false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg 185637 5 Spellbound by the Faerie Queen, the woman known as Seeker has abducted human children for her mistress's pleasure for nearly an eternity, unable to free herself from her servitude and reclaim her own humanity. <br><br> Seeker's latest prey is a Merlin. Named after the legendary wizard of Camelot, Merlins are not simply those who wield magic, they are magic. Now, with rival mages also vying for the favor of this being of limitless magic to tip the balance of power, Seeker must persuade the Merlin to join her cause-or else risk losing something even more precious to her than the fate of humankind. 179435 2006 Blood and Iron (Promethean Age, Book 1) total:223|5:38|4:79|3:69|2:20|1:17| 223 770 507 68 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 2 3 false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:35:26 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 18:53:42 -0700 2008
I did not like this book.

The author has packed into it every bit of British Is...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 5 2 false Tue Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 12:00:02 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 06:39:57 -0700 2008
Half-way though the novel I was still unsure what the book is gonna do plot-wise... however, the characters and their evolving interactions are fascinating. It was described to me as "...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 1 3 false Wed Apr 30 16:47:42 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 13 08:01:31 -0700 2009
The problem might be in me.]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 1 1 false Fri Mar 06 06:50:03 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:06:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 4 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:48:18 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:53:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 28 13:42:56 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 13:43:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 4 0 false Sun Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 03 18:54:07 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 18:59:08 -0800 2009 2 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 05:18:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 06:59:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 5 1 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 07:33:11 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 03:24:29 -0700 2007
And the Kelpie? OMG, the Kelpie.]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 4 1 false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 19:09:57 -0800 2008 Sat Jun 21 15:00:26 -0700 2008
Full review:
http://fantasycafe.blogspot.com/2008/06/...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri May 29 19:04:34 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 19:06:26 -0700 2009
The myth and plot are dense and convoluted in a really very pretty...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 05:53:06 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 02 07:06:48 -0700 2009 1
It seems about a half to a third of fantasy novels rely on the reader's knowledge of Arthurian legend, but Blood & Iron insists on at least cursory knowledge of more than just the barest bones of Irish (Scottish, English) folklore. If...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 14 11:25:21 -0800 2009 Sat Sep 26 11:41:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 4 0 true Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 04 07:58:45 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 30 18:02:14 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3506230 0451462173 9780451462176 8 5 3.45 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3506230.Blood_and_Iron_A_Novel_of_the_Promethean_Age 2 1 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 13 18:08:27 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 08 11:19:24 -0800 2009
Blood and Iron begins in media res, with an agent of Faerie--the Seeker of the Daoine Sidhe--and an agent of humanity--the Promethean Club's Matth...more...]]> 3506230 0451462173 9780451462176 8 5 3.45 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3506230.Blood_and_Iron_A_Novel_of_the_Promethean_Age 3 0 true Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 10:58:49 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 21:42:42 -0700 2008 I really wanted to like this book more. I am a fan of the author, though I have only read her SF books before this one.

I can't put my finger on the problems exactly, though this is what seemed to me to be issues:

The book started out jumping around with several differen...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Mar 04 23:44:39 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 00:34:37 -0800 2008 Want more?
All right, first off, let me start by explaining that I am a complete nut about faeries---the old-style, human-sized version of them, seductive and amoral, that ...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 3 0 false Sat Dec 08 07:15:50 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 12 14:32:36 -0800 2008
This story deals with the intersections between faerie and the real world and a th...more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 5 0 false Sun Jul 29 13:20:43 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 13:20:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 185637 0451460928 9780451460929 215 63 3.45 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172527400m/185637.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/185637.Blood_and_Iron 4 0 false Fri Jun 05 11:56:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 20 12:20:14 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 05 11:56:13 -0700 2009 2
I enjoy it a lot, however, and my four sta...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=185637