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Book Giveaway: The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge

Hello and welcome! Caitlin Kittredge is one of our favourite UF writers – we read and loved Street Magic, the first in her Black London series (reviewed HERE) and the two books in the Icarus Project series which she writes with Jackie Kessler (review of Black and White HERE; review of Shades of Grey HERE).

The Iron Thorn (Iron Codex #1) is her first foray into YA and to celebrate its release (as well as our successful return to blogging), we are offering one copy to one lucky winner.

The Book:

Genre: Steampunk/ Fantasy YA

Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: February 2011
Hardcover: 512 pages

In the city of Lovecraft, the Proctors rule and a great Engine turns below the streets, grinding any resistance to their order to dust. The necrovirus is blamed for Lovecraft’s epidemic of madness, for the strange and eldritch creatures that roam the streets after dark, and for everything that the city leaders deem Hereticalas born of the belief in magic and witchcraft. And for Aoife Grayson, her time is growing shorter by the day.

Aoife Grayson’s family is unique, in the worst way as every one of them, including her mother and her elder brother Conrad, has gone mad on their 16th birthday. And now, a ward of the state, and one of the only female students at the School of Engines, she is trying to pretend that her fate can be different.

You can read more about the book (and the author) at Caitlin Kittredge’s website HERE.

The Excerpt:

There are seventeen madhouses in the city of Lovecraft. I’ve visited all of them.

My mother likes to tell me about her dreams when I visit. She sits in the window of the Cristobel Charitable Asylum and strokes the iron bars covering the glass like they are the strings of a harp. “I went to the lily field last night,” she murmurs.

Her dreams are never dreams. They are always journeys, explorations, excavations of her mad mind, or, if her mood is bleak, ominous portents for me to heed.

The smooth brass gears of my chronometer churned past four-thirty and I put it back in my skirt pocket. Soon the asylum would close to visitors and I could go home. The dark came early in October. It’s not safe for a girl to be out walking on her own, in Hallows’ Eve weather.

I called it that, the sort of days when the sky was the same color as the smoke from the Nephilim Foundry across the river, and you could taste winter on the back of your tongue.

When I didn’t immediately reply, my mother picked up her hand mirror and threw it at my head. There was no glass in it–hadn’t been for years, at least six madhouses ago. The doctors wrote it into her file, neat and spidery, after she tried to cut her wrists open with the pieces. No mirrors. No glass. Patient is a danger to herself.

“I’m talking to you!” she shouted. “You might not think it’s important, but I went to the lily field! I saw the dead girls move their hands! Open eyes looking up! Up into the world that they so desperately desire!”

It’s a real shame that my mother is mad. She could make a fortune writing sensational novels, those gothics with the cheap covers and breakable spines that Mrs. Fortune, my house marm at the Lovecraft Academy, eats up.

My stomach closed like a fist, but my voice came out soothing. I’ve had practice being soothing, calming. Too much practice. “Nerissa,” I said, because that’s her name and we never address each other as mother and daughter but always as Nerissa and Aoife. “I’m listening to you. But you’re not making any sense.” Just like usual. I left the last part off. She’d only find something else to throw.

I picked up the mirror and ran my thumb over the backing. It was silver, and it had been pretty, once. When I was a child I’d played at being beautiful while my mother sat by the window of Our Lady of Rationality, the first madhouse in my memory, run by Rationalist nuns. Their silent black-clad forms fluttered like specters outside my mother’s cell while they prayed to the Master Builder, the epitome of human reason, for her recovery. All the medical science and logic in the world couldn’t cure my mother, but the nuns tried. And when they failed, she was sent on to another madhouse, where no one prayed for anything.

Nerissa gave a snort, ruffling the ragged fringe above her eyes. “Oh, am I? And what would you know of sense, miss? You and those ironmongers locked away in that dank school, the gears turning and turning to grind your bones . . .”

I stopped listening. Listen to my mother long enough and you started to believe her. And believing Nerissa broke my heart.

You can read the full excerpt online HERE.

The Giveaway:

We are giving away one copy of the The Iron Thorn, courtesy of the author to one lucky winner. The contest is open to EVERYBODY and will run until Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:59 PM (PST). In order to enter, all you have to do is leave a comment here. Only ONE comment per person, please! Multiple entries and/or duplicate comments will be automatically disqualified. Good luck!

198 Comments

  • Kathleen Brown
    March 28, 2011 at 12:31 am

    My friend read this and said that it was really good. The concept sounds pretty original and awesome. Thanks for hosting the contest.

    -Kathleen
    kathleenelizabeth@live.com

  • Pippi55
    March 28, 2011 at 12:42 am

    I’d love to get this book. =)

  • Elaine Willis
    March 28, 2011 at 1:08 am

    This sounds like something the kids at my school would love.

  • BrendaC
    March 28, 2011 at 1:11 am

    Sounds intriguing! 🙂

  • Lise
    March 28, 2011 at 1:20 am

    looks like a really good book 😀

  • natalie23
    March 28, 2011 at 1:40 am

    It seems like I have been waiting for years for this book to come out, it’s on my birthday wishlist.
    I love the Black London books and the Shades books so I’m looking forward to reading this.

  • Jaime Callahan
    March 28, 2011 at 2:09 am

    I love the cover and title of this book. Great excerpt too!

  • Bec
    March 28, 2011 at 2:19 am

    That. Is. Awesome. Our Lady of Rationality!Forget your Potters and your sparkly vampires, this is just cool. It’s detailed and authentic, like the author has imbided Chine Mieville and a steam punk Umberto Eco without all the over-educated impress me now wordiness.

  • Claudia
    March 28, 2011 at 2:23 am

    I’d love a copy of this book. Thank you for the giveaway!

  • The Book Memoirs (Elle)
    March 28, 2011 at 2:35 am

    I’ve had my eye on this one, I’d love to have a copy! 🙂 – Elle

  • Sabrina @ about happy books
    March 28, 2011 at 3:18 am

    This book has been on my radar for some time now.

  • Leslee
    March 28, 2011 at 3:39 am

    I love Caitlin Kittredge, especially her Black London series! And steampunk, my new love, combined in one book! Oooo, I would love to win this! 😀

  • Kirsten
    March 28, 2011 at 3:42 am

    wow. the book sounds interesting, just from the excerpt. would love to have a copy 😀

  • Lobo
    March 28, 2011 at 4:10 am

    This looks like a great read, would love to get it.

  • Charlotte
    March 28, 2011 at 4:10 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this one–thanks for the giveaway!

  • Ceilidh
    March 28, 2011 at 4:12 am

    My respect for Kittredge shot up when I heard she would not be contributing to any more Running Press anthologies as long as they employed Trisha “alternative sexualities” Telep. I salute you Caitlin!

  • Stephanie Tran
    March 28, 2011 at 4:35 am

    This sounds so exciting! I love the thought of a family curse… It reminds me of a similar but modern plotline of “Impossible” by Nancy Werlin and I am highly looking forward to this!

  • Shweta
    March 28, 2011 at 4:44 am

    Book sounds good. I recently discovered steampunk genre and can’t seem to get enough. Thanks for the giveaway

  • Gerd D.
    March 28, 2011 at 4:50 am

    Sounds great!

  • Samantha
    March 28, 2011 at 5:02 am

    I love the cover of this book. I knew I wanted to read this one just after seeing the cover. Thanks for hosting this contest!

  • bookharlot
    March 28, 2011 at 5:12 am

    Sounds so interesting, and gorgeous cover!

  • Melissa
    March 28, 2011 at 5:17 am

    I got The Iron Thorn from the library and just finished it yesterday. I loved this book, this is a book that i will read time and time again.

  • Caity
    March 28, 2011 at 5:24 am

    Ohhhh–I want it! But then is there a book I don’t?

  • Karissa
    March 28, 2011 at 5:42 am

    I have been looking forward to reading this book! Thanks for the contest 🙂

  • SandyG265
    March 28, 2011 at 5:57 am

    Sounds like a good read.

  • Lauren
    March 28, 2011 at 6:16 am

    This sounds excellent! ~ L

  • Alexandra
    March 28, 2011 at 6:30 am

    Looks good. I’d certainly like to read it.

  • Ignacio Pacheco
    March 28, 2011 at 6:39 am

    It is a great book i hope a win ;D

  • Kaethe
    March 28, 2011 at 6:46 am

    Lovecraft? Seventeen madhouses? Steampunky goodness? I cannot wait to read this book.

  • Katy
    March 28, 2011 at 7:10 am

    I am cautiously excited about this one. The first line from the excerpt is awesome, and I WANT to like it. However, I have been disappointed with the steampunk I have read. I did not like The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook (I know I am not the popular opinion around here). And the whole cursed at 16 plot sounds much like the plot line from Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. Thus, I am hesitant to feel excited over this one. A review would be helpful…

  • Rebecca
    March 28, 2011 at 7:19 am

    My library assistant read this and loved it….I would love to have a copy!

  • Andrea Chettle
    March 28, 2011 at 7:23 am

    Great giveaway for a great sounding book I would love to read this

    Thanks for making it international!

  • Greg
    March 28, 2011 at 7:29 am

    Being a fan of all things Lovecraft and maddness and having a growing interest in YA fiction I must check this novel out.

  • Maryam H
    March 28, 2011 at 7:36 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this for a while; thanks for the great contest!

  • Maya S
    March 28, 2011 at 7:57 am

    This sounds interesting and totally different than what I normally read…I think I need to give it a try!

  • Lisa (Read.Breathe.Relax.)
    March 28, 2011 at 7:57 am

    This book has been on my radar for awhile! Hoping I win 😉

  • R. Rowe
    March 28, 2011 at 8:03 am

    Sounds interesting!

  • Andrea
    March 28, 2011 at 8:06 am

    This has been on my list for a while, and based on the excerpt you picked, my interest is piqued even more. Thanks for offering up a copy!

  • Casey
    March 28, 2011 at 8:09 am

    Enter me please!! Thank you!!

  • Ashleigh
    March 28, 2011 at 8:12 am

    I want this book so badly. It’s been on my to-read list for months and I’m so happy it’s finally out! I hope it’s as good as I expect it to be. I have a soft spot for the author’s Nocturne City series and I’d hate to see The Iron Thorn disappoint.

  • MarieC
    March 28, 2011 at 8:13 am

    OOO! Count me in!

  • Beverly H.
    March 28, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Thank you for the giveaway! I would love to win 🙂

  • Nikki Egerton
    March 28, 2011 at 8:29 am

    I’d love to read this, the excerpt sounds very ingriguing
    xx

  • Sue
    March 28, 2011 at 8:32 am

    This book looks awesome and I’d love to win it!

  • Gypsi
    March 28, 2011 at 8:35 am

    Looks fantastic. I love UF and yet have never read her! Plan to rectify that soon!!

  • Jessica Rodgers
    March 28, 2011 at 8:35 am

    My daughter is excited for this book. Thanks for the giveaway.

  • Dominique
    March 28, 2011 at 8:36 am

    I have been eyeballing this book for awhile. Was actually going to do a bookshop this weekend… but maybe I’ll hold off until after the give-away 😉

  • Bev "Iridium"
    March 28, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Huge Caitlin Kittredge fan and I’ve been dabbling in steampunk for a while, so to have these two things combined… am I allowed to *squee* here? :mrgreen:

  • ~Linda~
    March 28, 2011 at 8:39 am

    I would love to read the Iron Thorn
    please enter me. 🙂

  • Audra
    March 28, 2011 at 8:43 am

    Just read two rave reviews for this one – thanks for the giveaway! I hadn’t realized Kittredge has published so much already — must read her stat!

  • Marie B.
    March 28, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Count me in – I’ve been waiting for this book to come out!

  • Cindy
    March 28, 2011 at 8:48 am

    Just one of many books on my to read list. Would be awesome to win it. 🙂

  • Renee
    March 28, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Oh, I like the sound of this one! LOVE her Black London series. (I’ve even gotten my guy hooked on it!)

  • Kristy Islam
    March 28, 2011 at 8:51 am

    id sooo love to win this book :))) x

  • Stephanie
    March 28, 2011 at 8:56 am

    I’ve been looking forward to this book since I read about it here a while back. Would love to win a copy 🙂

  • Paige M.
    March 28, 2011 at 8:57 am

    I definitely want in on this one!

  • Kate
    March 28, 2011 at 9:01 am

    My last name is Proctor!! 🙂

  • Cecelia
    March 28, 2011 at 9:02 am

    I’d love to be entered! I’m rather addicted to anything steampunk, and this one sounds awesome.

    Thanks!

  • Su
    March 28, 2011 at 9:03 am

    Thank you for the giveaway! This book sounds awesome.

  • Michelle
    March 28, 2011 at 9:03 am

    This looks fantastic! Thank you for holding such an awesome giveaway. (:

    And because I haven’t commented on the other post regarding this, congrats on getting the site back up!

  • Anne
    March 28, 2011 at 9:09 am

    ooh, I want 🙂

  • Sarah C.
    March 28, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Looks great. Love the cover!

  • mary Ann Langan
    March 28, 2011 at 9:12 am

    Would love to win, sounds great.

  • Harriet
    March 28, 2011 at 9:14 am

    It sounds awesome. I love Caitlin’s writing! 🙂

    (So glad the site is back up, btw. Phew!:D)

  • CrystalGB
    March 28, 2011 at 9:21 am

    Sounds great. I would love to read this book.

  • Skarrah
    March 28, 2011 at 9:28 am

    This looks like an awesome book!

    It’s good to have the Smugglers back online. :mrgreen:

  • Chrissy
    March 28, 2011 at 9:29 am

    I’d love to get my hands on this book 😀

  • Krissi M.
    March 28, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Oooh! Pick me, pick me!

  • Laura
    March 28, 2011 at 9:43 am

    The premise sounds very interesting, I would love to give this a read!

  • Melinda
    March 28, 2011 at 10:11 am

    I love everything that I have read by Caitlin Kittredge. She’s in my top favorite authors and I’m working toward owning and reading everything she’s written. I’m very excited to see what her young adult writing is like. I can’t see any possible way that I’ll be disappointed with it! I can’t wait until my daughter, who is a book junkie, is old enough to read what I read! With a young adult title, I can introduce her to one of my favorite authors a little sooner!

  • Van P.
    March 28, 2011 at 10:23 am

    would love to read this, thanks for the giveaway!

  • Travis
    March 28, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Sounds great, count me in!

  • Mia
    March 28, 2011 at 10:34 am

    Lovecraft!

    I really shouldn’t be participating in this giveaway. I have too many books to read as it is, but I just can’t help myself.

  • Nafiza Azad
    March 28, 2011 at 10:55 am

    I would love to win this! The cover draws me in. And keeps me there.

  • ThisViewOfMine
    March 28, 2011 at 11:32 am

    Sounds interesting. I’d like a chance to win, please.

  • Iffath
    March 28, 2011 at 11:34 am

    I’ve heard this is something really special! Thanks for the giveaway!

  • curiousnomad
    March 28, 2011 at 11:39 am

    +1 me too. i am so in!

  • jenmitch
    March 28, 2011 at 11:41 am

    looks like a super fun book, would love to win! 🙂

  • Sara
    March 28, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Looks like a good one!

  • Lisa
    March 28, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    Cover is soooo compelling! Definitely include me in the giveaway! Thank you!

  • Trisha
    March 28, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    I just encountered your blog and this looks like an amazing book! I’m definitely going to follow you.

  • Franki
    March 28, 2011 at 12:34 pm

    What I creepy premise! Mental hospitals always give me the willies – looks good!

  • Hollie M
    March 28, 2011 at 12:40 pm

    Sounds like an awesome book! I have a copy of Black and White which I found surprisingly good..I enjoyed Caitlin’s writing style.
    I would love to win:)

  • Laura D.
    March 28, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    This sounds so good! Lovecraft! I have to say, I’ve a fondness for the word eldritch. 🙂

  • elaing8
    March 28, 2011 at 12:58 pm

    I really enjoy Caitlin’s books. The Iron Thorn sounds really good too.Thanks for the chance to win a copy.

  • Shishi
    March 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Oooh, exciting!

  • Jessica
    March 28, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    Thank You~ 😀

  • Tina
    March 28, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    I love the cover for this book! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂

  • LiLi
    March 28, 2011 at 2:54 pm

    This would be my entry into YA Steampunk so hopefully the gods will grant me some luck for this giveaway! 😉

  • Robin K
    March 28, 2011 at 3:48 pm

    Count me in!

    robin [at] intensewhisper [dot] com

  • Ellie
    March 28, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    Sounds interesting!

  • Amanda Lee
    March 28, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    This book has been on my to-read list since I first read the summary… looks amazing! 🙂

  • Kate N. (Yzhabella)
    March 28, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    This sounds like a really cool read! thanks for the chanc eto win!

  • Erica
    March 28, 2011 at 4:54 pm

    that sounds pretty awesome, I must say.

  • Christa
    March 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    Please enter me! I would already own this book if I weren’t actually trying to enforce my book-buying ban. : ) Seriously… so hard!
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Ebony McKenna
    March 28, 2011 at 5:24 pm

    Ooooh, comment, comment, comment.
    This looks brilliant.

  • Melissa (Books and Things)
    March 28, 2011 at 5:40 pm

    Thanks for the chance to win.

  • Jo
    March 28, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    Yes, please!!!! Would love to get my hands on this one!

  • Amy C
    March 28, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    The cover is gorgeous!

  • Jill
    March 28, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    I read my first real steampunk novel a few weeks ago and a few more since then and I love the genre! This would be a great addition to my growing collection!

  • Victoria Zumbrum
    March 28, 2011 at 6:23 pm

    Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this book. Tore923@aol.com

  • Pam S (pams00)
    March 28, 2011 at 6:24 pm

    I love love love Caitlin’ Black London series and have some of her other books on my must read list. Her gritty world building is amazing. She may not do all hearts and roses but her characters do mesh well together. Looking forward to checking this one out.

    pams00 @ aol.com

  • karie johnston
    March 28, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    oooohhh..sounds good!

  • S.S. White (Calico Reaction)
    March 28, 2011 at 6:28 pm

    I’d love to win a copy of this!

  • Lucia Hua
    March 28, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    This book looks so good! Really like the cover. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Rose
    March 28, 2011 at 6:31 pm

    Entering!

  • Lynossa
    March 28, 2011 at 6:34 pm

    Wow, thanks for the giveaway and glad that you’ve solved the server problem!

  • Megan Mack
    March 28, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    I LOVE Caitlin Kittredge’s Black London series and I am so excited for her new YA book. I can’t wait to read it but can’t afford new books right now. Tear….

  • Bethie
    March 28, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    This looks so good. Please count me in.

  • Priya
    March 28, 2011 at 6:43 pm

    I would love to win! Please count me in =]

    swaid124(at)gmail(dot)com

  • Misti P
    March 28, 2011 at 7:04 pm

    I can’t wait to read this book.

  • Courtney
    March 28, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    This book sounds good!

  • Mariska
    March 28, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    I want to win this ! thanks for the chance 😀

  • CH12
    March 28, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    I’d like to win a copy! Sounds intriguing.

  • Llehn
    March 28, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    I’d love to play please. Thanks.

  • Erin L.
    March 28, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    I’d love to read this. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Jen B.
    March 28, 2011 at 7:49 pm

    I am always looking for new YA for my kids. 😀

  • Celesta
    March 28, 2011 at 7:56 pm

    Thanks for hosting this! I LOVE the cover of this book. Here’s crossing my fingers!

  • Nina
    March 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    What?! Did someone say a Caitlin Kittredge give away? Count me in 😀

  • wade2121
    March 28, 2011 at 8:20 pm

    I’d love to read this.

  • Melanie L
    March 28, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    I have been wanting to read this one. Thanks for the chance to win.

  • soc_puppet
    March 28, 2011 at 8:56 pm

    This sounds chilling. Just from the brief excerpt, I can already feel my heart reaching out to Aoife. The last line is heart wrenching.

  • Amy C
    March 28, 2011 at 9:31 pm

    What happened to the joint review for The Iron Thorn that was scheduled for last Friday? I’m curious to know your opinions on the book! 😀

  • Tiah
    March 28, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    I would love to be entered. Thank you!

  • Carol Thompson
    March 28, 2011 at 11:17 pm

    I am intrigued !

    Sounds like a very strange book although it is the first I have heard of it.

    Now I want to read it but entries are already up to 125 so chances not good.

    Thanks for the giveaway and for opening it to worldwide entries.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

  • Sharry
    March 28, 2011 at 11:55 pm

    Anything you girls recommend sounds delicious!

  • A'lina
    March 29, 2011 at 12:17 am

    I seriously can’t wait to read this! And the cover is awesome! Thanks for the chance to win!

  • Hollie M
    March 29, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Sounds really good! I have read Black and White by Caitlin and really enjoyed her writing style so im excited to see how this compares:P
    The covers really pretty as well:)

  • jennifer
    March 29, 2011 at 1:35 am

    Beautiful cover!
    I would absolutely love to enter the contest!

  • Katie
    March 29, 2011 at 2:53 am

    Magic, steampunk, and an amazing cover? Count me in!

  • Elly
    March 29, 2011 at 3:15 am

    I just love steampunk books. It’s so different, and really far-off from the real world and I think that’s what makes it enjoyable to read and get lost in. 😀

  • Becky
    March 29, 2011 at 3:34 am

    I am curious how she even got here. Did her mother have her after she went crazy or did she have her before she turned 16? And if you know your child will be crazy, is it right to have them? I am already thinking about the book and all I have read is the blurb!

  • Maia O'Young Vlies
    March 29, 2011 at 3:35 am

    this sounds really fantastic!

  • Bella F.
    March 29, 2011 at 3:43 am

    wow, after reading the synopsis I really want this book 😀

  • Amanda Isabel
    March 29, 2011 at 5:40 am

    I have seen this book around, and I put it on my TBR list – but I hadn’t heard of Caitlin Kittredge,or all those books you just mentioned. Thanks! I have some shopping to do! 🙂 Thank you for the contest!

  • Giada M
    March 29, 2011 at 5:44 am

    She’s a new author to me. I’m so curious to read The Iron Thorn. It sounds fabulous! (I’m steampunk addicted :P)

    Thank you for this chance!!!

    Giada M.

    fabgiada (at) gmail (dot) com

  • Susan
    March 29, 2011 at 6:02 am

    This looks amazing, I really want a copy! Thank you for doing this giveaway!

  • nicanicnix
    March 29, 2011 at 6:22 am

    Count me in please!:)

  • Rachel R
    March 29, 2011 at 6:59 am

    Please enter me! Thanks! 😀

  • Dovile
    March 29, 2011 at 6:59 am

    I’d love to read this! Thanks for the chance!

    spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

  • heather craig
    March 29, 2011 at 8:04 am

    I’d love to win this book! Thanks for the giveaway!

  • julie
    March 29, 2011 at 8:15 am

    sounds like a great book

  • Stacy
    March 29, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Sounds like a great book!

  • Elinor
    March 29, 2011 at 8:47 am

    This sounds like a really interesting book!

  • Audra Holtwick
    March 29, 2011 at 9:34 am

    I really wanted this book- I would even give up my stash Of Chocolate-Not LOL
    audie@wickerness.com

  • Alina Neganova
    March 29, 2011 at 10:57 am

    I would love to read this.

  • Tatiana C.
    March 29, 2011 at 11:43 am

    Great giveaway! I was really sucked into the excerpt.

  • Jade Walker
    March 29, 2011 at 12:30 pm

    This looks fantastic, I’d love to read it!

    jade-walker@hotmail.co.uk

  • Kate & Zena
    March 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    The cover is absolutely STUNNING! It’s gorgeous!

  • Dana
    March 29, 2011 at 1:56 pm

    Looks great! I would love to have it.

  • Iyana
    March 29, 2011 at 1:58 pm

    this book seems like it will be very interesting and i feel like this book will have a lot of crazy twists and turns that i for one think would be a total nail biter lol =D

  • Vanessa
    March 29, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    This looks good. I’m on a big steampunk kick.

  • Nicole
    March 29, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Steampunk! PLEASE let me win people! This would be my first steampunk book I would have ever read.

  • Jasmine A S
    March 29, 2011 at 4:14 pm

    This sounds like a wonderful concept, (and the cover is lovely), and the excerpt is better than both. 😀 I really hope I win a copy!

  • pamelia
    March 29, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Thanks for the contest!

  • Scribe Kira
    March 29, 2011 at 6:42 pm

    thanks for the awesome contest!!! this book looks awesome and i loooooooove the cover and the title!!!!!!=o)
    =o)
    😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

  • Allie
    March 29, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    Sounds interesting. I should like to read it. 😀

  • Jufuzle19
    March 29, 2011 at 8:34 pm

    wow it looks so awesome!

  • sakura
    March 30, 2011 at 5:04 am

    Count me in please!

  • ChrisB
    March 30, 2011 at 5:09 am

    I’m looking forward to reading it.

  • Anne M Leone
    March 30, 2011 at 5:20 am

    Ohhh, yes please! Thank you!

  • Frederikke
    March 30, 2011 at 6:28 am

    I’ve been stalking this blog for a couple of months now… And I found that this is certainly a book I’d like to read. 😀

  • Josephine
    March 30, 2011 at 7:32 am

    No review? 🙁

  • Hannah
    March 30, 2011 at 8:15 am

    Ooh sounds very awesome! 😀

  • Miss Bookiverse
    March 30, 2011 at 9:05 am

    I’d like to be entered 🙂

    missbookiverse(at)gmail(dot)com

  • notunlikely
    March 30, 2011 at 9:18 am

    In love with this cover!

  • Beverly
    March 30, 2011 at 9:37 am

    Nice cover + Intriguing synopsis = love to get my hands on a copy and read it!! 😀

  • Rin
    March 30, 2011 at 11:54 am

    Looks amazing! Please enter me!

  • E.R.
    March 30, 2011 at 12:12 pm

    Looks interesting!

  • Weasel of Doom
    March 30, 2011 at 2:14 pm

    Sounds interesting!

  • Mel S
    March 30, 2011 at 2:33 pm

    I loved Black and White so can’t wait to try this book! Count me in! 🙂

  • Katie
    March 30, 2011 at 2:41 pm

    I heard this was really good. I’d love to win!

  • Welzen
    March 30, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    I’d love to reed this book 😆

  • jennifer
    March 30, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    i heard alot of good thing about the iron thorn

  • winnie
    March 30, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    I’ve been wanting to read this! Thanks for the chance to win!

    chibipooh(at)gmail(dot)com

  • vvb
    March 30, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    Awesome book! Looking forward to reading it.

  • Jacqueline C.
    March 30, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    I enjoy both of Kittredge’s urban fantasy series, so I’m really looking forward to this one.

  • Donna S
    March 30, 2011 at 6:58 pm

    Thanks for the chance!

  • brit
    March 30, 2011 at 8:54 pm

    I am looking forward to this book, I am always interested in trying steampunk and have already liked Ms. Kittredge’s previous work, so another title slinks on my TBR list.

  • Bohemienne
    March 31, 2011 at 7:13 am

    I am very excited about this book!

  • Teri C
    March 31, 2011 at 9:05 am

    I loved the author’s other series so now with the YA release I cannot wait to read it. I would love to be entered.

  • Kaya H
    March 31, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Seeing all the rave reviews online I have been eagerly waiting to get my own copy. I would love to win and read Iron Thorn.
    Thank you for putting it out there for us.

  • Katie
    March 31, 2011 at 10:33 am

    I’ve been meaning to give steampunk a try… especially as it sounds like an excellent break from the YA dystopian novels I have waiting to be reviewed. This sounds perfect!

  • Megan
    March 31, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Looks like a great book–would love to win!
    mearley1979 at gmail dot com

  • Goetz Kruppa
    March 31, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    The book sounds quite interesting, but how they could put that cover on it…
    Is this really appealing to the young adult audience they want to reach?

  • CG
    March 31, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Cant wait to read this one! I love love love steampunk. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  • Lilian
    March 31, 2011 at 6:33 pm

    Looks Good !! 😀

  • Ali
    April 1, 2011 at 4:16 am

    Yay for steampunk! Count me in please!

  • Anjell
    April 1, 2011 at 6:12 am

    Yay Giveaway!! I really want to read this book..thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  • denise
    April 1, 2011 at 6:21 am

    Oh I really want to read this book I’m waiting on my copy from my library what a intense exerpt please enter me

  • Anita Yancey
    April 1, 2011 at 6:40 am

    Sounds like a good book. I would like to read it. Please enter me. Thanks!

  • Caitlin F.
    April 1, 2011 at 11:15 am

    This sounds like such a fantastic read! Definitely have to add it to be TBR pile. 😀

  • Alicia
    April 1, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    Oh this just sounds amazing. Adding it to my TBR now….

  • Ginny
    April 1, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    ooooohh! i like this. it looks like something i would love to read…. in the very near future too. 😉 thanks for bringing it to my attention and im glad the blog is bck up!

  • blackplume
    April 1, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    yay! steampunk.. I would love to read this book.

  • DeAnna
    April 2, 2011 at 7:59 am

    Would love this book for my collection and love your website!

  • Nautica
    September 17, 2014 at 7:15 am

    This is the best book in the world!

  • rosalyn
    April 22, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    I want this book because its interesting, and i feel happy when i read it.

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