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The Iron Trial - Holly Black and Cassandra Clare.


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Ashvini's Rating: 3/5
Emma's Rating: 3/5
Ashvini:
The Iron Trial was definitely an interesting read. A lot of people are comparing it to Harry Potter and I can see what they mean by that but The Iron Trial had a lot of differences to Harry Potter as much as it had similarities.
There were many different twists to it, which really hooked and involved me into the story and what was going on in it. Whenever I felt that I could sense in which direction the story was heading to, it would turn the other way and make the unexpected, the reality. I really love when a book involves readers like that with such amazing ideas.
However, at times I did feel a little bit disconnected from the book at the really scary or emotional parts. I mean, the ideas were cool and the story was interesting it just felt a little distant. Maybe, it’s because I need to read more of The Magisterium material, and am still fairly new to the whole concept? I don’t know… but other than that the book still had pretty cool ideas.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes magic, adventure, and fantasy. Overall, other than the whole gap between the book and I, I’m glad to have read The Iron Trial and am looking forward to reading more books from the Magisterium series.

Emma:
Before I read The Iron Trial I had heard so many good things about it. Now after reading I can tell you what I thought.  Maybe it's just me being weird and all but I get feelings while I read. Now as we do reviews for more and more books you will begin to notice that I talk about how I feel while I am reading sometimes (I have talked to Ashvini and she feels it to). But while I was reading I felt something. I felt as if while I was reading I could put the book down at anytime no matter what was happening and that the different feelings I get while reading a book were not there. Was it just me or did you feel it to? (Warning: real thought ahead in this next sentence.) Anyways, I had thought that the idea of the whole "Magisterium/Iron Trial thingy" was so cool and different in the way that while I was reading I literally thought: "I know these type of books, blah, blah, blah is going to blah, blah, blah then blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."(I have blocked out the actual thought with blahs so I won't spoil it for you), but as it turns out the story was way, way different. So all you soon to be fans of fantasy, and already fans of fantasy, be prepared for endless surprises!
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Can you guess what the next review will be on? HINTS: It's a YA dystopian novel. It's authored by Jennifer A. Nielson.....

More reviews coming to a computer near you soon!

Yours Truly,
Ashvini and Emma

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  1. Anonymous22 April 2015 at 17:51

    Heyyyy this was in the book fair thingy!!!

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    1. TwoGirlsThatRead3 July 2015 at 09:34

      You are most likely right. Since this book was recently released and popular you will probably see it in your school book fair.

      Happy Reading,
      EMMA and ASHVINI :)

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