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Meghan Chase used to be an ordinary girl...until she discovered that she is really a faery princess. After escaping from the clutches of the deadly Iron fey, Meghan must follow through on her promise to return to the equally dangerous Winter Court with her forbidden love, Prince Ash. But first, Meghan has one request: that they visit Puck--Meghan's best friend and servant of her father, King Oberon--who was gravely injured defending Meghan from the Iron Fey. Yet Meghan and Ash's detour does not go unnoticed. They have caught the attention of an ancient, powerful hunter--a foe that even Ash may not be able to defeat.... An eBook exclusive story from Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey series.
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Summary: Excellent Iron Fey bridge novella nicked star for minor inconsistency
Winter's Passage is a novella ideally read as a bridge between Kagawa's delightful books in her Iron Fey series; first The Iron King (Harlequin Teen), then the newly released, The Iron Daughter (Harlequin Teen). It works on a small scale as an intro to the Iron Daughter alone, but since much of what's written here is repeated there, I thought of this as sort of snack; it felt a little like a bite to eat between courses, meant to remind me of what I'd had a little while ago and keep me hanging around for what was coming.
Winter's Passage picks up where The Iron King left off, with half-human, half-fae Daughter of Summer King Oberon, Meghan Chase delivering her brother home to his human parents, then keeping her promise to sort-of boyfriend Winter Prince Ash to return to NeverNever and into the hands of Winter Queen Mab. Cleverly sidestepping a few words not exactly specified in that promise, the duo stop to check on their injured friend Puck, and find they're being followed by something bigger and nastier than anything they've encountered yet.
Kagawa's NeverNever is populated with nasties, good guys, curious things and inanimate object variations on many popular themes, tossed together creatively then woven into her own terrific fantasy world. Large bits of A Midsummer Night's Dream along with pieces of Alice in Wonderland, Where the Wild Things Are, Willy Wonka, Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz and even some borrowed elements of manga can be seen peeking out in small places. NeverNever itself is a charming, albeit pretty dangerous place to be if you don't have a knowledgable guide who's good with a knife, and Kagawa succeeds quite brilliantly in taking care to keep her world consistent from The Iron King through Winter's Passage.
Where I had issue with Winter's Passage was in the relationship with Meghan and Ash, and coincidentally or not, it was exactly the place I had it in The Iron King. For what I anticipated would be a book with romantic subtexts, The Iron King was a bit cool, Ash in particular. By contrast, Winter's Passage, Ash in particular, is all over the map with its emotions; it's a horse at a speed track given free rein, then halfway through, being pulled back to a trot and made to walk the rest of the way. While Meghan had always been an open and emotional person, Ash was not; to see him suddenly acting out of character by essentially being a fairly typical teenaged boy felt jarring, especially so when he later reverted back to his colder persona, which I suspect was the author's intent.
The novella ends on an ominous note that will definitely pull the reader into The Iron Daughter; Meghan Chase remains the ultimate Dorothy, Cinderella and Superman wrapped in one; always depending on her faith that she'll survive what's thrown at her and find her way home with her handsome prince and save the planet. Kagawa's imagination, fantastical NeverNever and the characters she's populated it with promise an eventful ride.
I recommend picking up all three in the Iron Fey series that are available so far: The Iron King, Winter's Passage and The Iron Daughter.
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Summary: Nice short story to tide us over
This is a short book that takes place between The Iron King and The Iron Daughter. I tend to read series out of order for some strange reason, never on purpose, but read this one after I had already finished The Iron Daughter. Didn't really matter, as this was a fast read and there was no confusion with the plot or timeframe.
Meghan and Ash are on their way to the Winter Court, to fulfill the promise Meghan had made that she would voluntarily go with Ash in return for his help in the first book. They have a few adventures along the way, as nothing runs smoothly in the land of the fey.
Think that it was a great idea to release this book to help tide fans over until the release of The Iron Daughter! The story was interesting, and we learned a little more about Ash and Meghan, so Team Ash fans should be happy! Julie is a great writer, and I've loved everything she's written so far!
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Summary: Passing Grade
This novella takes place in the aftermath of Kagawa's The Iron King just prior to the outset of The Iron Daughter. I'll say that my thoughts on these four chapters are strongly influenced by the fact that I actually read a galley of The Iron Daughter prior to reading Winter's Passage. So, I think that took away some of the anticipation and punch of reading these chapters.
Don't get me wrong, the novella definitely filled in some of the gaps between where we left off and where we picked back up, but I felt slightly ambivilent about it because I already knew where we were ultimately landing. This ambivalence in no way reflects on the quality of the writing (which was extremely good), the characterizations (which I still love) and the quick plot line (which provided additional information to what I read in Iron Daughter). This is all strictly on me!
What was great about this story was that for a girl who sits firmly on the side of Team Ash I got some awesome stuff. He was his usual seesawing self -- equal parts tender and brash. Then there was Meghan who gave as good as she got. Together they had another common enemy to defeat that should have united them. Whether it did or not I will not reveal simply to avoid spoiling both this story and some of the plot of The Iron Daughter. There was also a really great twist surrouding the common enemy that was towards the end of the novella. It took me by surprise which I really loved because I had no idea it was coming.
In the end I got enjoyment out of reading Winter's passage it offered some really great stuff to read. It was just a bit anti-cimactic given the order in which I read it. Moral of this story, definitely read Winter's Passage, it was as awesome as The Iron King, but definitely read it in order. Have Iron Daughter directly at your fingertips because you'll want to dive right in.
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Summary: Filling in the Spaces
This novella of the Iron Fey covers the period of time between the end of The Iron King and the beginning of The Iron Daughter. It describes the journey of Ash and Meghan (accompanied at times by the Cait Sith Grimalkin) between her home in the Louisiana bayou and the Unseelie Court of Queen Mab in Tir Na Nog.
As with The Iron King, Winter's Passage features a richly imagined world, lovingly created and peopled with beings both fearsome and magical. In their travels across the lands of winter, Ash and Meghan encounter a dangerous hunter while struggling to reconcile their feelings for one another with the fact that Ash has made an unbreakable vow to bring Meghan to Queen Mab as a prisoner. Both the action sequences and the romance are deftly handled, heightening the anticipation for The Iron Daughter while still telling a wonderful, self-contained story.
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Summary: A Dark and Dangerous Place
Never make a contract with a Faery. Meghan Chase knows this but it could not be helped. You do what you have to do to survive or in this case to save her brother Ethan, kidnapped by the Iron fey. Since Meghan has discovered her identity she has also learned to never swim in quiet ponds and to never trust talking cats.These are some hard truths and Meghan knows that the contract can not be broken and the fey always collect.
Its payback time and Meghan finds her heart beating faster, not sure if it is because Prince Ash has come to take her to his mother, Queen Mab, or because of her feeling for this tall and dark fey, so beautiful and so dangerous. She knows they have a bond but that he will follow through with his duty and deliver her to the Unseelie Winter Court. Having found, during her rescue of her brother, that she is half fey the problem is she is the daughter of King Oberon of the Seelie Court, so she is a sworn enemy of the Winter or Unseelie Court.
Knowing that Prince Ash has no option but to deliver her, she has but one request. She wants to see her best friend Puck. He saved her from the iron fey putting himself in deadly peril. She had not seen him since he had been injured.
Meghan had known Puck her entire life, they were great friends, it was not until just recently that she found out that Puck, who she knew as Rob Goodfell, actually worked for her father and had been assigned to protect her since birth.
Prince Ash has agreed to this request , wanting to do something for Meghan, knowing in the end he would be her betrayer. Moving from the real world to the fey world is not so difficult if you know where to go and where the trods are. These trods are the portals into the Nevernever, and can be just about anything, an old barn door, cemetery gates, and even old bathroom stalls. They are usually guarded by vicious creatures left by the fey to keep their borders safe. Once they find Puck, and she is assured that he is healing, Ash will then deliver her to Tir Na Nog the home of Queen Mab and the center of the Winter Court.
It is during this journey that she again runs into Grimalkin the talking faery cat. He agrees to journey with them but also warns them of danger. There are other creatures in the wood and in this part of the winter area, they do not like the summer folk. While they know she is being delivered to the queen the hatred for her kind runs deep. As the three companions enter the forrest they find themselves pursued by the unimaginable. There is danger and peril at every turn. Will Ash be able to save her, just to deliver her to her justice in the end, or will either of them survive in this savage but cold and beautiful place.
Julie Kagawa has portrayed a beautiful and dangerous place with all kind of creatures that go bump in the night. She has also developed some wonderful characters, with great depth. The story is ingenious and makes for a great series. Will being sworn enemies stand between the feelings of Meghan and Prince Ash. I can't wait for the next book to come out to see what happens.
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