Wow, wow, wow. Sager put so much into this first book in the series that I was left wondering time and time again what more she could throw into a single book. A Kiss of Iron could’ve easily been two separate books (both length-wise and plot-wise), but Sager ended up keeping me intrigued and enthralled from start to finish, despite the loaded plot. 

I loved both Kat and Bastian. They both had their parts to play at court, and both were keeping a lot from the other, but you could see how real they were to each other even through the deception. Both main characters has such great character development, and it was a journey to see how far Kat had come from the first chapter until the end. Kat was often put in impossible situations - sometimes through no fault of her own - and I thought the way she responded to and dealt with each new obstacle was wholly realistic for her character. Well before the halfway point, I fully felt like I knew this character. 

I love a good fae x human romance, and I love it even more when I don’t have to wonder how such drastically different lifespans are going to make it work. While Sager didn’t actually outright solve this issue in this first book, she did plant the seeds for how Kat and Bastian can make it work in the long run. 

A Kiss of Iron has a lot of elements that fans of all the bestselling fae romances will love to see appearing here. In fact, Sager packed so much into this book that the length and amount of things happening ended up being the only negatives for me. I thought this book could’ve easily been split in two, breaking up everything that happened to Kat so it didn’t seem like so much. Poor Kat could’ve used a break. 

Overall, though, this was a great fae romantasy that featured a packed plot and some great characters. The rest of this series is definitely on my TBR, and I can’t wait to see what comes next for Kat and Bastian.