TITLE: The Lost Prince
AUTHOR: Julie Kagawa
SERIES: Call of the Forgotten #1
PUBLISHER: Harlequin Teen
PAGES: 379 (Hardcover)
Note: An ARC of this novel
was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review
With all the magic,
romance and adventure I’ve come to expect from Julie Kagawa’s books, The
Lost Prince is the start of a fantastic new series set into the
enchanting Nevernever. This time the central focus of the novel in Ethan,
Meghan’s younger brother, and I can honestly say I’ve come to love him just as
much as I did his sister.
Ethan Chase has been
trying to avoid his Fey Seer identity ever since his sister disappeared into the
Nevernever, yet trouble seems to follow him everywhere and he soon finds
himself starting at yet another new school where this time he hopes to just
fade into the background. His dreams, however, are soon crushed with the rising
of a new type of fey who call themselves the ‘Forgotten’, a race who slowly
slipped out of human legend and are forced to drain the glamour out of other
magical beings. After a dangerous run in
with the Forgotten Ethan and school journalist Kenzie are dragged into the Nevernever
and become entangled with characters old and new as they try to prevent an
all-out war between the realms.
Ethan – he’s changed a lot
from the four-year-old boy who needed to be rescued from the clutches of the
Iron king. Now a young man, he’s slipped into the typical bad boy stereotype
and pushes everyone away in an attempt to keep them out of his world. Whilst he
did come across as a bit sullen and angsty at times I found myself warming to
him, especially when he allowed his defences to cave a little in his
interactions with Kenzie.
Speaking of our main love interest, I absolutely
adored her. She is witty, persistent and
brave, and she met every challenge head on. Then there’s Keirran. As soon as I
saw the name I couldn’t stop myself from squealing, and although it’s a
bit…weird, his character was certainly interesting and I can see some of the
similarity between him and Ethan and a certain other pair. And, of course, we
get a healthy dose of Grimalkin every once in a while, and I hope we get to see
him even more throughout the rest of the series.
The Forgotten were the
thing that really caught my interest. We got a sneak peek of them in The
Iron Knight, yet here they are much more prominent and I certainly
learned a lot about their identity and history. Although I can see some
similarities between this series and the last: new faerie court coming into
power, tension between the rest, blah blah blah, I can honestly say that I’m
really curious as to how this will pan out and what it might mean for the rest
of the Nevernever.
If you’re a fan of the
original Iron Fey series, then I would definitely recommend reading this book
and looking into the series. It is new, yes, yet it is still connected to the
old plot and characters and that gives it a greater diversity that I think it
couldn’t have achieved on its own. For me, this series it a definite must read
in the future.
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