The Iron King

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Meghan Chase has a secret destiny-one she could never have imagined

Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school...or at home.

When a dark stranger begins watching her from…

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2 authors picked The Iron King as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Sarah Ashwood

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This is my favorite portal fantasy series. It truly defined portal fantasy for me, on top of all of the other books/series that I’ve already mentioned.

Meghan is your average teen…until she discovers a portal to a parallel world, the world of the Fey. This series has Meghan, and creatures from the fey realm, traveling back and forth as Meghan seeks to discover her true identity and her role in both worlds.

I loved how this series was fantasy but intertwined traditional fairytale creatures, storylines, and elements with Kagawa’s own twist on the Fey, along with Shakespearean creatures and even…

From Sarah's list on portal fantasy adventures.

K. Ross

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The Iron King is about a girl named Meghan. She lives in our modern-day world, but feels like something is ‘off’. When her brother goes missing it propels her into a world she thought was mythical during the middle of a deadly war. Meghan is determined to find her brother, but finds a handsome faery prince instead. This story is an adventure starting on page one and continues through The Iron Fey series.

From K.'s list on teen adventures for an escape.

Curiosity and the Cat

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Curiosity is certain she saw fairies at the bottom of the garden. Little does she know . . . they saw her first.

Emotionally abandoned by her mother and infatuated by a figurine of a fairy ballerina she discovers in an old toy shop, eight-year-old Curiosity Portland steals the figurine, unleashing strange and frightening happenings around her home, which, in turn, reveals a disturbing family history.