The Iron Road completes the adventures of Javani and Ree in an action packed finale that was very satisfying to read.

This story really belongs to Javani. She wants to be seen as an adult and have her own adventure, but Ree is reluctant to allow her daughter to grow up. This leads to a lot of tension between the two in the beginning of the book.

Now, Javani’s opinion that she’s old enough to go it alone might have become very annoying very quickly, but Wragg thankfully manages to navigate that potential issue and she doesn’t come across as a petulant child for the most part. The best thing he does is remove Ree from the picture for most of the story so it gives Javani a chance to figure things out on her own and allows them to come to an understanding by the end of the book. I like how he did it.

The story is just as interesting as the previous books. I really like the world Wragg has created here and the characters are all great to read. I do enjoy the relationship between Ree and Javani, as fraught as it is at times and I liked how it came together at the end of the book.

The Iron Road was a good ending to the series. I enjoy everything from the plot to the characters and it is a very satisfying ending to the series.

A 4.5 starrer

A fantastic trilogy capper, The Iron Road distills the conflicts of the previous 2 books into a primal mother-daughter relationship conflict with the 2nd half of the book moving like its massively inspired by Mad Max Fury Road and a set piece that on an out-of-control moving object

There is a lot of love about this book and in a way, the book goes all the way back to Ree's history. Picking up a few months after where book 2 left out, the conflict has now become larger in scale and Ree plays a prominent role. That does mean a strain in the relationship she was just building with Jawani, who wants to nothing but to prove herself capable and worthy of being part of this struggle. The first half of the book is rooted in this tension despite the strife and conflict everywhere else.

The book does well to expand on the Guild and its ultimate plan - it introduces a few characters (some whom we instantly hate, some whom we sympathize with) and makes them interesting cogs for developments in this book. While the 1st 2 books were in parts, musings about the nature of violence and a life that has lived it, this book is a measure of what happens when a person gets back into that life again and that is all what happens to Ree

Naturally given this book is also about Jawani, she gets into that position of leadership to drive things and she does it in her trademark way with a collection of characters now looking upto her to achieve things and lead them. There are also very interesting character dynamics at work here that keep the narrative fresh and some interesting moments on situational levity.

This is a damn interesting and intriguing book that descends into an action packed 2nd half while still giving us quiet character moments. This has been a fantastic series & I am glad to have picked this one up