The Iron Daughter

So here's the thing. For the first third, maybe half, of the book I wanted to punch Meghan in the face. On the way to Tir Na Nog Ash kept telling Meghan that they could not be together. That Mab could possibly kill him if he were to declare his love for the half-Summer faery/human. At this point, she has spent some time with the fae and she knows how things work. So when they arrive at Mab's castle Meghan just doesn't seem to get it. She spends nearly the entire time there whining about why Ash isn't talking to her. And when she finally does get to hear from the prince he's cold and uncaring (BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE TO PROTECT BOTH OF THEM) she goes into some horrible despairing coma and doesn't want to live anymore.

I get it. She loves him SO MUCH that she just can't function. She's a teenager and that's the way things are at that age. Everything is the end of the world. But for god's sake please stop whining!

The other thing I'm over is the whole love triangle thing. Every YA book has got to have some love triangle nonsense in it. And it's not even just that there are two guys who are crushing on the same girl. She loves them both. Every time.

No me gusta.

But I'm torn because despite her whining the story is interesting. I don't understand why no one in the story (except, I suspect, Ironhorse knew) knows what Meghan is. I'm not sure if I'll finish the series. There are some good points, but there's irritating things too. Maybe those things will be resolved earlier on in the next book so that I don't have to spend half the book hating Meghan.