Review: Necessary AND Nice
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
This novella takes place in betweenThe Iron KnightandThe Lost Prince; in fact it reads somewhat like an episode cut from the end of the former for length.So if you are reading the Iron Fey novels, do you absolutely need to read this?In this case, yes.  Having read The Lost Prince I can now assert that it  does NOT reveal the critical information found only in this story, information that will explain why all of Faery trembles at the thought of Keirran and why Meghan Chase trembles in particular at the thought of Kierran and Ethan Chase come together.In this episode the Iron Quartet (Meghan, Ash, Puck, and Grim) suits up for one last quest.  The Oracle they've dealt with before is sounding a clearer Warning of Doom for all of Faery, and Meghan is going to receive a shocking prediction and be forced to make an even more shocking decision that will set the next Iron Fey series in motion.So what it comes down to is that you will want to read this before you read the first book of the new series.Note: Non-Kindle users finally have an alternative:The Iron Legends: Winter's Passage\Summer's Crossing\Iron's Prophecycollects this along with the two previous Kindle-only novellas:Winter's PassageandSummer's Crossing, and Kindle users who haven't already purchased the first two novellas separately can opt for the Kindle version of the collection:The Iron Legends: Winter's Passage\Summer's Crossing\Iron's Prophecy.Note: The question has been raised whether this can be categorized as Steampunk; IMHO based on the first three books, the answer is no, though there are "steampunkish" elements.