Heart of Iron

“The Heart of Iron” is the first novel in a series which is written by Ashley Poston. The novel follows Ana, who was found as a child drifting through space with a sentient android called D09, Ana was saved by a space captain and his crew, that she now calls family. But D09—one of the last remaining illegal Metals—has been glitching, and Ana will stop at nothing to find a way to fix him. Ana's desperate effort to save D09 leads her on a quest to steal the coordinates to a lost ship that could offer all the answers. But, a spoiled boy beats Ana to the coordinates. When everything goes wrong, she and the Ironblood end up as fugitives on the run. Now their entire kingdom is after them—and the coordinates—and not everyone wants them captured alive.

I found the novel really fun as the novel is basically Anastasia, in space. The novel is a fast-paced and engaging novel. I found Ana quite annoying sometimes as she was a bit of a loose cannon, as she is willing to take all the risks and putting her own crew mates which are her so-called-family in harm's way to save D09 from permanently dying down due to his memory core glitch. I mean I get it, but he didn't want anyone to get hurt for him, so in a way she was disrespecting his wishes, but I did like the romance between Ana and D09. I also liked Jax as I found him a fun and enjoyable character with a cute romance. I gave the novel a 3/5 stars.