Ironside vs The Riddle: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Quests, Supernatural, Paranormal, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction
Ironside
When pixie Kaye declares herself to Roiben on the day of his coronation, he is forced to send her on a seemingly impossible quest. Now Kaye is forbidden to see or speak to him unless she can find the one thing she knows…
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The Riddle
Maerad is a girl with a tragic and bitter past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the Treesong before their…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Ironside is the quickest read — about 6 hours vs 9 for The Riddle.
- The Riddle has the widest readership — 22347 ratings behind its score.
- The Riddle runs the darker storyline; Ironside stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Ironside | The Riddle | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.5 (157) | 4.1 (22347) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (81) | 3.9 (47) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (112) | 4.5 (22) |
Reception
| Ironside | The Riddle | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 157 | 22347 |
| Editions | 12 | 10 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 7218 |
| Reading it now | — | 353 |
| Written reviews | — | 698 |
| Wikipedia attention | 306 | 80 |
| Pages | 329 | 492 |