Book Review: The Iron Thorn

 The Iron Thorn
By Caitlin Kittredge.
Page Total 492
Read in Two Days
Book Summery (As found on back of book);
In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft's epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Heretical, or born of the belief in magic and witchcraft. And for Aoife Grayson, time is running shorter by the day.
   Aoife's family is unique in the worst way. Her mother and her older brother, Conrad, both went mad on their sixteenth birthdays. And now, a ward of the state nearing her own sixteenth birthday, Aoife is trying to pretend that her fate can be different.
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  So first off what a name right? Aoife...Type it into Google Translate and hit the speak button, it sounds funny XD

Anyways. I loved this book! The world was amazing! I'd describe the book as a Victorian/Steam-Punk sort of book. Aoife is some one I could defiantly relate to. With the society pushing her to be a "proper lady". She receives a letter crying for help from her brother, and she takes off to help him. Even though he could be crazy.
The only things I didn't enjoy from this book were; It's slightly hard to understand in the beginning. But the author had her own way of describing things, and I respect that. Secondly, the romance didn't come fast enough. Now I know Aoife was scared of becoming mad and all, but I'm a sucker for romance (though I seldom admit it).
The love interest was Dean Harrison. I really liked his character (again that might be because of my romantic interest liking XD). He was smart and he was funny. You could tell That Aoife and Dean were going to end up together, but it took awhile. Cal, Aoife's faithful best friend was also a great character. He loved Aoife, and wanted to keep her safe. Although he was also, like society, trying to make her a good lady like woman. I think that's also why I liked Dean, he respected Aoife, and treated her as an equal.
Aoife has these powers, she calls Weirds. And helps save/begin the destruction of the Iron world.
This book had alot of imagination behind it and it's defiantly something I'd read again, and I encourage you to read it.
If you didn't like it, loved it, or just feel like commenting please do :)
My Rating:

Five Lightning Bolts! Awesome read!

(Alright I'm going to start putting random Movie and Book reviews on here. They won't be a constant thing though. Most likely my favourite or least favourite movies/books. This is my first time doing this so bare with me.)

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