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Book Review of The Iron Witch (Iron Witch, Bk 1)

The Iron Witch (Iron Witch, Bk 1)
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17 year old Donna Underwood has secrets...lots of secrets...that she keeps even from her best friend, Navin Sharma until he follows her one day and discovers things he shouldn't. Then she is forced to reveal almost everything and once the dam is broken, she finds herself blabbing to Xan Grayson too. Xan is a half-fairy ex-college student who has sparked her interest especially when he removes his shirt. (You'll find out why when you read the book!)

This wasn't your typical teenage Fae story since Donna is an orphan "adopted" by the Order of the Dragon when her parents (members) were killed. She had led a life of secrecy and an interesting incident precipitated her being home schooled...at the Order, of course. Donna has issues with the Order and hasn't really decided if they are the good guys or the bad. When Navin is kidnapped by the dark elves, Donna has to decide who she trusts and prepare to rescue him with Xan's help of course.

I liked Donna's solution but fear that it is going to come back to bite her in the ass in the next installment. I will continue reading this series as I want to know WTH Simon Gaunt is up to and why Quentin isn't aware of his machinations (they are lovers after all.) Oh and it will be interesting to see exactly what Donna can do with those funky iron tattoos!