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The Iron Crown

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In my opinion, The Iron Crown is the best of the series, an excellent wrap up to everything that’s come before.

I’d call this a slow burn friends-to-lovers romance. When the story opens, Kieran and Lugh have been best friends and fighting companions in the Wild Hunt for more than seven centuries. Lugh has been attracted to Kieran since they were young, but Kieran doesn’t see Lugh as anything more than a friend. About a third of the way through the book, Kieran starts to realize that maybe what he feels for Lugh isn’t friendship after all, but something deeper. Seven hundred years and change for Kieran to fall in love—that is some seriously slow burn. 😊

Even after that point, both the plot and the romance are relatively slow going for a bit. The first part of the book is all about setting up the story. It establishes Lugh and Kieran’s role as the Sluagh’s Wild Hunt, the part they will play in the wider conflict engulfing the Seelie and Unseelie Courts, and the nature of their relationship. At about the halfway mark, though, everything starts to take off. Kieran and Lugh are almost ready to admit their feelings for each other, and the stage is set for a shocking attack that changes everything. From then on, the book becomes thoroughly absorbing, and I had a hard time putting it down.

I would say that the novel overall leans more heavily on the side of fantasy than romance. The author spends a lot of time on her worldbuilding, more so than in the first two books, I think. Lugh’s ability to see the shades of the dead, the talisman that gives Kieran his own magical ability, the armed clashes culminating in the epic winner-take-all final battle—it’s all thoroughly detailed. Kieran and Lugh have some thoroughly romantic moments, but they have to fit them in between everything else that’s going on.

Even with the slow start, this book is my favorite of the series, because when everything finally comes together, it’s terrific. Readers who enjoyed the first two books in the series are absolutely going to need to read this one, too.

A copy of this book was provided through NetGalley for review; all opinions expressed are my own.

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The Iron Crown has the action typical of this series, but strays the farthest from reality out of the three. Like the earlier books by this author, the plot slows down around the 75% mark and then picks back up again towards the end. We see some of the most character and relationship building out of every book in this series as these are people who have known each other for centuries, so the interactions between characters feel more realistic. Overall, this was not my favorite read but it still managed to create an interesting story and expanded more on Lugh, a character who is barely talked about in the other two books.

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I've been curious about the relationship between Lugh and Keiran since the glimpses we saw of them in earlier books. The friends-to-lovers trope is one of my favorites and this story didn't disappoint. Although they've been friends for centuries, they've each hidden truths that have kept them apart. Against the backdrop of the war raging between the Courts, the author was able to weave the intricacies that both explained why they've stayed apart and why they're coming together now.

Separate from the love story between Lugh and Keiran, this final book in the Darkest Court series demonstrates how adept a storyteller the author is. The three stories occur almost concurrently and it isn't until this book that we see how all the pieces fit together. It was great to see the couples from the first two books and watch as Lugh is reunited with his brothers. Every piece of this, from the world-building to the individual characters, is so well done that it's a world I'll miss visiting.

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the war between the fairy courts comes to a head in the iron crown. lugh, the youngest of queen mab's sons has spent his life avoiding the shadows of the dead and living among the wild hunt. his best friend, the love of his life, kieran, his ever-present companion.

the hardest thing about this story is that if you've read books 1 and 2, you have information that the characters do not have, so part of the time i read, i was just desperate for them to catch up to where we left off in book 2. however, you kind of need to have read books 1 and 2 to really enjoy and understand what is happening. this is a complex and detailed world, and not having some of the context from the earlier stories, you will be a bit lost.

lugh and kieran's love story is a satisfying slow burn, and the story is resolved in a very satisfying way. i couldn't put the book down as soon as i picked it up, it's just that engrossing.

**the iron crown will publish on april 6, 2020. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/carina press in exchange for my honest review.

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M.A. Grant’s The Iron Crown is The Sixth Sense meets Vikings plus magic. Grant takes an outlandish mash-up and handles it with intelligent writing, but doesn’t treat the central love story as central, which means the book – though marketed as one - ultimately doesn’t feel like a romance.

Lugh is the third of three sons of the faerie Queen Mab of the Winter Court. Lugh, who has the ability to perceive the spirits of the unhappily dead, has spent the last few centuries as a seidhr “the eyes and mouth of the gods” (a kind of shaman/priest without medical responsibilities), to the Sluagh people, a culture of mortals. Keiran, a human whom Lugh saved as a child from a slaughtered village, is his partner through it all. Lugh, Keiran, and The Hunt (their own mini ‘band of brothers’) roam the land while Keiran concocts Homeric tales about their deeds. But conflict is brewing – Lugh’s older brother takes off for the Summer Court, his other brother is abducted, and the Sluagh lands are experiencing a mass “vanishing” of their military-aged youth. Soon, Lugh’s gift becomes an integral part of solving the mysteries and he and Keiran become pivotal players in the upheaval of the social order of their world.

The Iron Crown is a very well-told story. The pace is fast and the writing, while it isn’t in any way poetic like The Odyssey, Aeneid, or Beowulf – to which it which it alludes - is commendably smooth. Grant doesn’t so much world-build as world-assemble with pieces of actual reality and fiction; it’s Viking Scandinavia with a touch of Shakespeare (Freyja and Valhalla are mentioned, and King Oberon rules the Summer Court). Lugh and Keiran are equal protagonists who each narrate the story through their first-person points of view, but interestingly (and surprisingly to me), while Lugh appears to be The Hero at the start of the story, events conspire so that part way through, he basically cedes the role to Keiran (a quibble is that their voices are nearly interchangeable – perhaps they’ve simply spent too much time together. I know after only living with housemates, I started to pick up and use their phrases, which explains why I occasionally say ‘Huzzah!’).

The handling of Lugh and Keiran’s romance is the most unsatisfying part of the book. In some ways, they share an astonishing depth of intimacy; when they fight together, they use each other’s bodies as launching platforms to tackle their attackers, and grab spare weapons off the other mid-fight. They share a bed consistently (not sexually) and easily. Lugh has long desired Keiran, but Keiran lives preoccupied with feelings of “worthlessness” that Queen Mab has instilled in him. When Keiran and Lugh do pursue a romance, it seems to surprise Keiran, as if he spent almost years sleeping skin to skin with Lugh, who at one point literally offers Keiran his naked body, and never considered him as a romantic partner. And the incredible intimacy they have in daylight translates not at all to their bed – Keiran has a hesitancy that Lugh respects, but never addresses.

It’s never clear why, precisely, Keiran and Lugh’s romance has such a hard time transitioning to the physical, though one can winnow down the possibilities. Male-male partnerships are accepted in this world, so it’s unlikely Keiran has internalized any homophobia. There’s the power dynamic, which is acknowledged but unresolved – how can Keiran consent with a person who provides him with all the facets of his existence in terms of physical safety, social position, etc.? And there’s Keiran’s abused sense of self-worth. As this is a romance, I’d expect a large portion of the story would be related to Lugh and Keiran developing their relationship, grappling with its consequences, and getting to relish the enhancement the addition of sex could add, but it isn’t. It’s disappointing, and it makes the romance and happily ever after somewhat unbelievable.

If The Iron Crown had been a fantasy story only, I would have given it a higher grade, but because it courted a romance audience and then didn’t employ the tenets of romance which say the love story should be the main focus, I can’t do more than commend it for its better parts, of which the writing and the fantastical stand out.

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There aren't many books that make it to my "Epic" shelf but this book more than exceeds the criteria to make it to the shelf. It was THAT good.

The events of this book run concurrently to the events of the previous two books and slowly weaved a tale of adventure, self discovery and undeniable bonds(both familial and forged) that culminated with the battle that had been brewing since the beginning of this series. The writing was impeccable as usual and pulled me right into the Wylds with Lugh, Keiran and The Hunt and I was right there with them as they travelled across the Wylds to help people in need while accomplishing their destined mandates. Though not given individual page time, I really connected to the men of The Hunt and wish we'd get some snippets of them in some sort of "after series shorts" or something. I believe they were too interesting to let go just like that.

Moving on, as much as this book was EPIC in storytelling and world-weaving, I honestly do not think it was much of a romance(or at least in how I view my romance). Yes, I felt the deep, deep connection that existed between Keiran and Lugh. Since they had virtually spent their entire lives together, this was undeniable but I didn't feel that translating into a "romantic" bond. Now, I'm not saying this because there was virtually no sex in this book. I've read other books with absolutely no sex in them which had much better romantic bonds between the protagonists than what existed between Lugh and Keiran. I just wish the romance had been fleshed out more and given more special focus than it had.

Nonetheless, this little niggle of mine didn't take anything away from how great the story was and how the lead up to the finale was nothing short of awesome. I kept trying to piece everything together before the characters did but it was a challenge because this author had her plot on lock and wasn't giving anything away until she was good and ready to! I loved it! I believe it had the perfect ending as well, with all loose ends neatly tied up.

Needless to say, I absolutely enjoyed this book and indeed the entire series and I, for one cannot wait to see what else M.A Grant has in store for us. I'm READY.

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In terms of “the heir and the spare,” Prince Lugh of the Unseelie court can only barely be deemed the spare let alone an heir to Queen Mab. Largely dismissed as dispensable, without a clear-cut role to serve behind his older brothers, Prince Sláine and Prince Roarke, Lugh set out to carve his own place in history. He, along with his beloved Keiran, have travelled the Wylds for centuries with the Wild Hunt, building their legend, founding familial bonds and, eventually, creating a dynasty. The Iron Crown is their story as well as the culmination of the Darkest Court trilogy. It is a story built upon want and need and desire and yearning, set against a looming war the likes of which Faerie has never seen, and M.A. Grant weaves this epic tale with skill and a lyricism that only enhances its telling and elevates the beauty of the central relationship between Lugh and Keiran.

The Prince of War and Chaos is a misnomer. Or, at least is hyperbolic. There is no question that Lugh is fierce in battle, when the need arises. But, when all is said and done, he wants nothing more than peace and parity for the people of the Sluagh. His people. The people who know him as their Horned King, their seidhr, the eyes and mouth of the gods. For if they knew him by his true identity—as the son whose own mother was responsible for the deaths of so many in the Wylds—they would only see him as the enemy and the harbinger of conflict. Lugh’s role has not come without its share of secrets, things even Keiran doesn’t know about the man he has sworn to defend and protect since Lugh saved his life centuries before. The burden of the things Lugh sees is part of his magick and figures into the stories Keiran weaves to further Lugh’s legend, even if Keiran isn’t quite sure how Lugh leads the Hunt towards, into, and through their quests.

Keiran’s ascension is essential to the story and to his relationship with Lugh. This book is composed of pining, their mutual pining, and there has been centuries of it on Lugh’s part, which Keiran, as Lugh’s faithful guardian, has not permitted himself to entertain because his fear of losing Lugh is far greater than his belief he could ever be a worthy partner to a prince. There is such a deep and abiding love and commitment between the two of them that their relationship is often indistinguishable from a marriage of hearts and souls. It’s when Keir’s role changes that he begins to allow himself the hope that he and Lugh can be together as something more.

The anticipation of Lugh and Keiran admitting they don’t just love each other but are deeply in love with each other is only outmatched by whether they, and all the other characters who have come to mean so much to readers of this series, will survive the treachery that is visited upon the Unseelie sídhe in the form of the ultimate betrayer, liar, and thief of power. Grant metes out the suspense of the imminent battle for control of Faerie as brilliantly as she choreographs the battle itself, including the revelation of a darkness Lugh has been carrying with him. The final outcome for the Sluagh, which was negotiated to ensure their alliance, is the happiness within the happily ever after for Keiran and Lugh, Roarke and Finny, and Sláine and Seb.

The Iron Crown is every bit as passionate and poetic as the previous two books in this series. It is a journey of love and honor and heroism and sacrifice, building up everything that had come before it into a pure and impeccable consummation of high fantasy and romance and my love of the trilogy.

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The excellent closure of an excellent fantasy.
It doesn't leave any plot hole, it's well written and the world building is excellent.
I loved the characters and I'm sad if there won't be any further stories featuring them.
It was an excellent read, highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

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A wonderful conclusion to this highly entertaining series. It wraps up the overreaching series story arc in a very satisfying manner, it was all I could have hoped for for this amazing cast of characters. I was hooked on the series from the first chapter of book one and my interest never waned, I highly recommend reading the series in order because not one minute of this wonderfully engaging tale is to be missed.

*I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by NetGalley*

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I really wanted to read this book, and I was not disappointed.
It is the culmination of all the things that happened in the previous books, and the truth is that I LOVE the way the stories of the three brothers intermingle. I mean, obviously, they are brothers, but each one has a story so different from the other that it makes the trilogy super entertaining to read.

I loved the story of Lugh and Keiran, I was super intrigued by the whole matter of The Hunt, and I loved that whole part of the book, but the last chapters were wonderful and had all this super epic mood that had me without letting go until I finish it the book. I loved reading the three brothers together and all the tension of the battle, and seeing the main characters from the previous two books again.

Each of the characters has reasons for their super valid and well thought out actions. This is something that I love to read in sagas or trilogies with many characters, and each of them have different stories and personalities.

I really don't know how to summarize this, but I loved this trilogy.
If you are looking for something epic, with beautiful characters, good stories and romances, you have to read these books!

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3.75 Stars

Clearly, I overlooked that cover or I would’ve figured that’s the way the story would go! mean, look him (guy on the cover) and guess his description matched whom (in the story). 😁

I was surprised over how much I liked this story; after all I wasn’t all that impressed when Lugh and Keiran came into the picture on the previous books though I was curious of these best friends’s story. THE IRON CROWN is a wonderful completion to M.A. Grant’s “The Darkest Court” trilogy. The series of incidents that took place in previous books culminated in the final battle in this third installment of the series. Part of the story happened concurrently with those on “Prince of Air and Darkness” and “The Marked Prince” - intertwined to mould a scheme started (off page) on the first book. Which made it clear that the three books need to be read in order to better know who’s who and get the backstory as much as underlying sense of it all.

Similar to the previous entries, this is a moderate pace, dual POVs tale, journaling the adventure of Lugh and Keiran - the first the youngest of Queen Mab’s and the later the human child he saved from the rubble of a village after the Seelie troops razed it to the ground (if you had no idea what I’m referring to with Queen Mab, Seelie, Unseelie fae and such, you really need to back track to the first book). As the finale - so to speak - it’s an all encompassing tale; going on revealing the heck’s been going wrong and who’s been behind them yet also - through flashbacks, some detailed and some scattered - glimpsed on the pasts of the major players in this conflict. This illustrated the touching and heartbreaking fact (Lugh with the shades and Keiran with annihilation of his family) not only to our heroes but to the blackguard as well (though their painful upbringing was hardly an excuse for their horrible greed and murderous path). I didn’t particularly relished part of the events that unfurled - it’s obviously necessary for the plot to work but I really hate bad people got an upper hand - yet karma did pay off in the end.

The romance here put slow burn on a new scale - I mean, talk about centuries barely doing anything whilst holding your feeling. Mad!! Although without being an actual couple they already acted - and treated - like old married one! I think couple dynamic wise, theirs was the best over Lugh’s siblings ‘s (even when they had their moments of doubting the other’s conviction). Though what I loved about this book was not only the love story between our heroes but brotherhood love between existing and made family. THE IRON CROWN did a good job in patching things up and concluding the saga in a way that made me happy.


Copy of this book is kindly given by the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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One of my most highly anticipated books of 2020 delivers!

I've loved The Darkest Court series from the first book. Urban fantasy is usually a tough sell for me, but author M.A. Grant has written a fusion of contemporary fantasy that works on every level. The lore is clearly defined and the characters are relatable.

The Iron Crown brings the plot started in book one and continued in book two to a terrific conclusion. Layered between is the romance between Lugh and Keiran. The element of this series I have enjoyed the most is that both men are equal partners in plot and power. While the books tell the story of the darkest court, Smith, Sebastien, and in The Iron Crown, Keiran, are given huge roles to play. I honestly couldn't tell you which journey fascinated me more: Lugh's uncanny gift or Keiran's unexpected 'ascension.'

With friends to lovers being my favourite romantic trope, I was one very happy reader by the end.

Highly recommended.

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How am I supposed to review the ending of a series that somehow slipped in when I wasn't paying attention and stole my heart without me noticing? I have so many feelings and thoughts and love for Finny, Roark, Seb, Slaine, Lugh, and Keiran. They're all wonderful and complicated disasters and I adore them and their lovely creator so very much. 💖

The Iron Crown is the explosive enchanting finale to The Darkest Court series. The Iron Crown brings everyone's stories together as we race to the brink of a Faerie Civil War and of course I stayed up well past my bedtime a few nights in a row because I had to know what happens to these characters I've come to love. I was immensely satisfied with the ending but I wouldn't object to more stories from this universe. Alas, all good things must come to an end eventually. I still have the TIC audiobook, narrated by the talented John Solo, to look forward to. I highly recommend. All the stars. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Each book in the series has followed a different set of characters and some of my favorite romance tropes. Without spoiling which is which, though it's not hard to figure out, we get roommates-to-lovers, enemies(rivals)-to-lovers, and bffs-to-lovers, so there's something for everyone or for every Court or something like that. 😉 

The Darkest Court is one of the best series I've ever read and it will forever have a spot on my shelves.

I will edit in links to my Spotify playlists for each book after I make one for TIC. 

Thank you so incredibly much to Carina Press and M.A. Grant for a series that has brought me so much joy.

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Urm. I’m lost for words, which is an unusual place for me to be in given how much I can talk (and write).

But this book stunned me into almost silence, I say almost because you all know I won’t be quiet for long.

So, how to review The Iron Crown? Firstly, it’s fantasy at its best, drawing on all the ancient skills of storytelling to weave a tale which pulls the reader along.

It begins with Lugh, youngest son of the Unseelie Court, leader of The Wild Hunt and semi-self exiled Winter Court Prince.

At his side is Keiran, the Viking child he rescued from almost death at the hands of the ‘Light Ones’ the Seelie Fae of the Summer Court. Now grown and protecting him with the power of the berserker.

It’s complex, full of threads which wind themselves around to create a twisted narrative that takes some of the lesser-known folklore and legends of the British Isles (geographical land mass not political country 😉 ) and morphs them into an adventurous tale anchored on the love of two men.

There were losses on the way, and I felt them keenly, raged against the treachery and destruction, I hurt for the lost souls, betrayed by false hope.

At its heart, this is a fantasy tale. The relationship is the core, but it’s not a romance in the typical sense, so don’t expect loads of snogging and on page sex or you’ll be disappointed.

I wasn’t disappointed myself because I am such a folklore and mythology nerd and because the love between Lugh and Keiran bounces off the page in bucket loads.

The twists and new interpretations M.A. Grant brings to the legends of the Fae, the incorporation of Norse ideas and sagas into the mix, crafts an almost Odyssey-like adventure full of secrets and surprises.

The final dramatic moments had me gasping, literally, when I saw where things were going. A triumph of clues laid down way earlier in the previous books and a truly clever conclusion to the series.

That’s as much as you’ll get from me about the plot itself, it runs parallel to the later events of books one and two and absolutely must be read in order.

On my favourites shelf along with its siblings and all hail The Darkest Court.

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Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this book!

Rating: 4 stars
Rep: M/M
Trigger warnings: violence, gore, war, death.

While I'm sad this series has come to an end, the last book definitely didn't disappoint! I've been following these books since the beginning as I adore anything fae, fantasy and LGBTQ+ so this was the perfect trilogy for me.

This last book follows Lugh, the youngest brother, and Keiran, his best friend. I would 100% recommend reading the previous books as these can't really be read as standalone's. As I read the first book back in 2018 and the second book in 2019, my memory of events was a bit patchy so this was a little hard to follow sometimes and I do wish I reread the other books before diving into this one.

Nevertheless, I still adore this world and I think Keiran and Lugh are my favourite couple, their relationship was so gradual (friends to lovers), with centuries of tension and pining. It's obvious how much they care for each other and I loved the fact that they communicated so well, with no miscommunications at all.

The writing style was amazing as ever, it was effortless and drew me into the story almost immediately. This book definitely felt a little slower than the previous two books, but it wasn't something that bothered me at all. I also adored the brothers' connection and how they all started to fix their relationship and grow closer.

One thing I would've liked a bit more of is in-depth characterisation of the side characters, especially the characters that made up The Hunt.

Overall, an amazing end to a great series, I can't wait to read more by this author in the future!

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Friends to lovers...Lugh and Keiran are the ultimate friends to lovers even tho they were pretty much life partners already

This story is a fitting ending to the series, and I’m sad to see it end. It starts off running along the same timeline as the first two, but then the books collide.

And the action simply doesn’t stop.

Lugh and Keiran and the Hunt are constantly on the move. They have their official mission, but Lugh’s magic leads them astray quite often. And Lugh’s magic is horrifying and amazing and super fucking cool.

Keiran is a rock...but I’d argue that Lugh is a rock as well. Can’t have one without the other.

Highly recommend the entire series.

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I was so excited (as always!) to receive an ARC of The Iron Crown by M.A. Grant, so thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for keeping this fantasy & fae lover very happy 😊

So this is the third and final book in The Darkest Court trilogy, with each book based on one of the sons of Queen Mab, and the part they play in an epic battle between good and evil, Seelie and Unseelie, the Slaugh, some longggg living humans, ghosts (aka 'shades'), magic and everything in between.

The Iron Crown focuses on Lugh, the youngest of the three brothers, and his developing relationship with his (initially non-intimate) partner, best friend, loyal side kick (so many feels) Kieren, who is human but with a little (grudging) help from Queen Mab has been around for centuries.

As with the previous books, all of the back stories and loose ends are tied up nicely and this installment finally brings all of the brothers back together again. So good to have lots more Roark action (my definite fave😍). As the youngest brother, Lugh has always seemed somehow 'less' in previous books, but we finally get to find out the weight he has been carrying for centuries and he really comes into his own. As does Kieren. Can't say more for fear of spoilers!

The main action takes place on the road and the battlefield, so not too much angsty romance, but the feels are still there.

Make sure you read the books in order!

Highly recommended 5 ✨✨✨✨✨

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Winter is coming!

Wait, wrong universe, but I definitely got that same sort of pins-and-needles, action-packed feel from this last installment of "The Darkest Court" series that I did from the last few seasons of "Game of Thrones".

Much like the first two books, a large part of this book was an introduction to one of Queen Mab's three sons, and their eventual love interest, not only discovering who they were now, but also a lot of back-story surrounding events that happened in their pasts.

Here, we met Lugh, the youngest brother, who'd fled the Unseelie sidhe centuries ago, after being (literally) haunted by ghosts of the past, in favor of roaming Slaugh territory as leader of his Wild Hunt, helping the non-Fae caught between the Summer and Winter Courts politics and general fuckery.

By his side was his best friend and most staunch ally, Keiran, a human that he'd rescued from near-death long ago. Saying their relationship was complicated would be a huge understatement, but for all intents and purposes, they'd been platonic partners for centuries.

This was a love story, but I'd say that it was much more of a "fantasy" romance than an "epic" romance, since the story was infinitely more focused on the non-stop action and overcoming the bad guys than sitting around and lovingly braiding one another's hair while talking about their deep, undying feelings for one another.

I mentioned Lugh's ghosts of the past, but the landscape over which the Wild Hunt is dragged for most of this story was *very* directly affected by the ghosts of the present.

Although Queen Mab had charged Lugh to rush to a potential ally to request their assistance in the Winter Court's imminent battle, the aforementioned ghosts continued to pinball Lugh off course along the way, seemingly with little rhyme or reason, but in the end, all of those side trips led Lugh and Keiran to the place where they ultimately needed to be to succeed and save the day. For everyone.

The story fully delivered on its promise of an exciting, arduous ride, which I thoroughly enjoyed, but I was hoping for a slightly deeper level of feels than the book possessed. I'm all for intense action, but at my core, I'm mainly an intense romance kinda guy.

All of the angst came completely from external sources, with no real in-fighting between the MC's, for which I was thankful, seeing as how I've had enough "Big Misunderstandings" to last me about a buhjillion goddamn lifetimes, and the steam was about as fade to black as I've read lately.

One of my favorite parts of this story was how the previously-distant and aloof brothers finally began reconnecting, in spite of their cold and seemingly-uncaring mother's attempts to play them against one another. In that regard, the series ended in a very good place as far as I was concerned.

I'd rate this story at around 4.25 stars and recommend it to any fans of M/M fae fantasy.

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Iron Crown is an exciting conclusion to this excellent series. The final showdown when all of our characters are reunited is very satisfying. The ending feels very well-earned and will give readers closure. By having the third book in the trilogy end so well, recommending the entire series to friends and patrons will be super easy and you know they won't be disappointed.

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