Review of The Stone Demon (The Iron Witch #3) by Karen Mahoney

Description
After being tricked into opening the doorway to the Demon Realm by Aliette, the Wood Queen, Donna Underwood is faced with a terrible ultimatum from the newly released demon hordes. They demand that the alchemists deliver the Philosopher's Stone, or their reaper storm will plunge the world into a devastating modern-day Dark Age.
Donna is sent to London, England, where she must complete her alchemist's training and learn how to recreate the Stone. But time is running out. Between facing the vengeful demon king, Demian, and collecting the Stone's elements, Donna realizes she must give her own life in order to succeed. And this time, even braving death may not be enough to save the world.

My Thoughts
I got the privilege to be able to grab a copy of this book from netgalley as long as I review it after I have read it. I have been waiting for this one.. since.. errm.. I read the last one maybe.. haha. The title is awesome, I mean when something says "Demon" in the title you just have to read it..or attempt to read it. The description is amazing the bit which made me say "I really need to read this as quick as I can to get to the end" was "And this time, even braving death may not be enough to save the world". This line just makes me so intrigued into reading this. The last thing which made me so happy about reading this book was the cover of the book, its stunning and pretty and amazing, and everything you can say which is positive. Overall I'm so hyped about reading this book.

I really enjoyed this book for many reasons.. first being the storyline which is continued from the 2nd book. Secondly the pace and the writing in the book was really good and even though the book wasn't the longest out there it was certainly enough to fit everything the author needed for the final installment of this trilogy.Thirdly the characters are flawed so I'm so happy about that because if the characters were perfect then it would be boring. Throughout the whole trilogy the main character Donna has made mistakes and in this one its about correcting them and sorting them out in the best way possible. The last.. or.. what i can remember the ending which I am not going to spoil but I'm going to say this "Not the usual ending" for me.

More characters get introduced in this book and you also see ones we knew about from the other books.
I would say that this book was amazing and I loved it to bits.
I recommend this book to everyone who has read the first two book and who love a good short amazing book.

Tara

Review:

Review of The Iron Witch (The Iron Witch #1) by Karen Mahoney

                                 Description:

Freak. That's what her classmates call seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. Donna's own nearly fatal injuries from the assault were fixed by magic—the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. The child of alchemists, Donna feels cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane and grounded is her relationship with her best friend, Navin Sharma.

When the darkest outcasts of Faerie—the vicious wood elves—abduct Navin, Donna finally has to accept her role in the centuries old war between the humans and the fey. Assisted by Xan, a gorgeous half-fey dropout with secrets of his own, Donna races to save her friend—even if it means betraying everything her parents and the alchemist community fought to the death to protect.

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Characters:

The main character Donna has been called a freak, and horrible names at school, so she now gets home schooled, she has incredible strength.

Navin who is the only one who wants to be friends, and be close to Donna, still, doesn't know her secrets, but that doe snot last long.

Xan is a half-fey and he is hot, and anyway, he has secrets of his own, so him and Donna make good friends, or maybe more, because they have things in common.

My thoughts:

This book was brilliant, and i loved the plot, how at the beginning, she is clueless what is happening , but then she gets dragged in, and she solves it.

I hope more people will like this book, because it is a must read book!!!

Tara

Rating: *****

"people wish they were special, but then when you are special, you wish you weren't"- By Tara-Jayne Bell