The Iron Raven is the first book in a new trilogy in the Iron Fey world. Admittedly, it does help if you’re read the first 7 books in the Iron Fey series, but Julie does a good job of quickly summing some events in past books that are relevant to this book (which is also helpful for someone like me, who hasn’t read the books for a good 6 years!).

The plot is fast with plenty of action and sufficient build-up to the next two books. I did however have some issues with Puck’s inner monologue. It was great to finally get inside the head of a beloved character from this series but much of his inner monologue was very repetitive with just a little too many dad jokes.

There is romance in this book, but it’s not the sole focus which is nice. It did, however, feel a little insta-romance (occurring over the course of 3-5 days, which honestly, it takes me that long to do my ironing let alone fall in love with someone!). It would’ve also been nice if the romance had been LGBTQIA+ of some description to add some representation, especially considering every other romance in the series has been essentially white/heterosexual. I enjoyed it, but didn’t love it

My thanks to @harlequinaus for sending me a copy to review.