The Iron King by Julie Kagawa
Pages: 363
Pub Date: February 1, 2010
Author Website/Blog: http://www.juliekagawa.com
Synopsis: 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 afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth—that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil no faery creature dare face…and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.
This book is centered around fairies, and well feeling invisible in your own home. Meghan feels that ever since her real father disappeared, and her mother remarried shes no longer important. She has no idea that this is because of a secret thats been hidden from her. With her one real friend as the only person acknowledging her, her 16 birthday is nothing its cracked up to be. But then as always, there is that one mystical night. And Meghan finds out the truth about why she is no longer as important to her mother, as she was years ago. Filled with discoveries, drama, and well shakespeares fairy court its a story that no one ever really put much thought into writing. Julie Kagawa decides to take a leap and be one of the few who continue the back story to the kingdoms that shakespeare created.