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I really enjoyed the first two installments of the Dark Swan series but I found myself getting really frustrated as I was reading Iron Crowned. Eugenie makes some seriously bad decisions and there were times I was about ready to strangle her! I’m getting really annoyed that she refuses to accept her role as queen of the Thorn Land, her people are suffering because she won’t step up to her responsibilities and it’s about time she grew up and did the right thing.

I’ve also had enough of the love triangle and starting to wonder just how many times Eugenie will jump back and forth between Dorian and Kiyo. Dorian behaves badly in Iron Crowned and while I don’t blame her for being angry I didn’t like the fact that she goes running straight back to Kiyo before even talking to him to get his side of the story. I’ve gone from really loving Kiyo in the first book to completely despising him now, his actions in Iron Crowned made me want to punch him! I don’t think Dorian is much better though so at the moment I’m not routing for either one of them. I’d rather see Eugenie on her own and learning to become a decent queen.

I am curious to see if Eugenie can redeem herself in the next installment though and although I saw the twist at the end coming it should make things interesting as the series progresses. Unfortunately this wasn’t my favourite book in the series but I’m hoping things will improve again from here onwards.

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http://www.agentlori.com/mead/iron-crowned-dark-swan-3-uk-online-sale.html#comment-484 J. Zelos "jeannie" Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:40:38 +0000 http://www.agentlori.com/mead/iron-crowned-dark-swan-3-uk-online-sale.html#comment-484 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 6 of 7 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-3-0._V192197091_.gif" width="64" alt="3.0 out of 5 stars" title="3.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>a bit disappointing but still a good read</b>, <nobr>5 April 2011</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A1X2URS71RRMMF/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/277-0131135-8977479?ie=UTF8&tag=salesuk0141-21&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">J. Zelos "jeannie"</span></a> (uk) - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1X2URS71RRMMF/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/277-0131135-8977479?ie=UTF8&tag=salesuk0141-21&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a><br/><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V167143935_.gif" width="58" align="absmiddle" alt="(REAL NAME)" height="15" border="0"/>    </div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>Iron Crowned: Dark Swan 3 (Paperback)</b> </div> I've been waiting for this having enjoyed the first two books in the series - but the sex scenes have gone from teasingly erotic to so blatant and so "in your face" that they almost ut the reader off :o( Sometimes less is more!! The quest for the iron crown i thought would take longer - its the crux of the title and yet over in a few pages, and Eugenie and the duo of Kiyo and Dorian is begining to get VERY irritating - she really needs to make up her mind as she's begining to come across as an unpleasant user of people rather than the nice person she started out. What i do like is the way that she doesn't always have options and yet is unsettled by the route she has to choose and the way that the power is begining to take precendence for her - but i really hope she can overcome this, she needs to stay the freindly grounded person she started with a heart wanting to make the right choices for everyone and not just herself. There's some ground for her to recover in the next book but its been a good read through the series so far with just a bit of a let down in this book where the story never quite seems to come together properly. 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a bit disappointing but still a good read, 5 April 2011

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This review is from: Iron Crowned: Dark Swan 3 (Paperback)

I’ve been waiting for this having enjoyed the first two books in the series – but the sex scenes have gone from teasingly erotic to so blatant and so “in your face” that they almost ut the reader off ( Sometimes less is more!! The quest for the iron crown i thought would take longer – its the crux of the title and yet over in a few pages, and Eugenie and the duo of Kiyo and Dorian is begining to get VERY irritating – she really needs to make up her mind as she’s begining to come across as an unpleasant user of people rather than the nice person she started out. What i do like is the way that she doesn’t always have options and yet is unsettled by the route she has to choose and the way that the power is begining to take precendence for her – but i really hope she can overcome this, she needs to stay the freindly grounded person she started with a heart wanting to make the right choices for everyone and not just herself. There’s some ground for her to recover in the next book but its been a good read through the series so far with just a bit of a let down in this book where the story never quite seems to come together properly. I hope it all pulls together with the next one ) and the love trinagle gets sorted.

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