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Trapped: The Iron Druid Chronicles

Written by Kevin Hearne

Narrated by Luke Daniels

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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After twelve years of secret training, Atticus O'Sullivan is finally ready to bind his apprentice, Granuaile, to the earth and double the number of Druids in the world. But on the eve of the ritual, the world that thought he was dead abruptly discovers that he's still alive, and they would much rather he return to the grave.

Having no other choice, Atticus, his trusted Irish wolfhound, Oberon, and Granuaile travel to the base of Mount Olympus, where the Roman god Bacchus is anxious to take his sworn revenge-but he'll have to get in line behind an ancient vampire, a band of dark elves, and an old god of mischief, who all seem to have KILL THE DRUID at the top of their to-do lists.

Don't miss any of Kevin Hearne's phenomenal Iron Druid Chronicles novels:
HOUNDED | HEXED | HAMMERED | TRICKED | TRAPPED | HUNTED | SHATTERED | STAKED

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Release dateNov 27, 2012
ISBN9780449013076
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Trapped: The Iron Druid Chronicles
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Kevin Hearne

Kevin Hearne hugs trees, pets doggies, and rocks out to heavy metal. He also thinks tacos are a pretty nifty idea. He is the author of A Plague of Giants and the New York Times bestselling series The Iron Druid Chronicles.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I cannot really write much without giving spoilers, so I'll keep this review short.

    As I have come to expect from the Series, the book was good, but not great. It also ended on a major cliffhanger, which I find annoying (regardless of the fact that I have the next book ready to read).
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Reviewed by: Rabid ReadsThis was probably my least favourite installment to date; that being said, I’m still giving it four stars because Kevin Hearne’s humor and sharp writing continue to dazzle me even though in this particular instance the story did not. TRAPPED felt like a segue book; it’s twelve years later and the time has come for Granuaile to become a druid, but in order for that to happen the author had to tie up a few loose ends and introduce new plot threads. I still found it to be an enjoyable listen; Oberon always manages to bring a smile to my face, and Luke Daniels is an incredibly talented narrator who could make algebra sound interesting.All of the previous novels in this series have revolved around a particular lore whether it is the Tuatha Dé Danann or Thor the thunder god. This installment introduces Olympian mythology which I’m assuming will be the main focus of HUNTED and dabbles in Norse a bit as well, but otherwise it’s mostly about Granuaile. When she first showed up in THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect, but her character has grown on me over the last few novels, and she really shines in this latest one. I like how she challenges O’Sullivan at every turn and yet is still the yin to his yang. I was so happy with the turn their relationship takes in TRAPPED.I continue to consistently laugh out loud whenever I listen to these audiobooks. Oberon’s up to his usual antics except this time it’s a new religion called Poochism, and he now gets double the attention because Granuaile can speak to him too. Atticus’ “Nigel from Toronto” identity makes another appearance along with a fun (and accurate) pop culture reference about the Leaf’s hockey team and their penchant for suckage (fyi I’m a Habs fan). In fact, this novel is full of Canadian Easter eggs because the gang even hides out in good ol’ Manitoba for a stint. O’Sullivan’s fifteen centuries of blaming the dark elves for EVERYTHING finally comes to bite him in the butt too when they decide that enough is enough.Luke Daniels continues to hold me in thrall with his infectious energy and authentic narration. His enactment of Oberon is always good for a chuckle, and he makes a splendid Atticus O’Sullivan as well. Heck, even his rendition of Granuaile is good! I don’t think I’d be finding this series nearly as entertaining as I am without his voice in my ears. Daniels is equally as skilled at delivering punch lines as he is upping the pace during the action scenes; although, this installment was a little tamer that its predecessors because he didn’t have to read from a giant squirrel’s POV or sing one of the wolfhound’s silly songs.I gave my guy book 1 for Christmas, and at the time of this review’s writing, he’d jumped ahead of me and had already started reading HUNTED; I’m told that it’s his favourite installment so far. Now, coming from a man who normally reads only a couple of novels a year read, six in two months is a testament and a half to this series’ awesomeness. TRAPPED is the worst of the best and when you’re talking about Kevin Hearne’s writing that still means that it was pretty darned good.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The Iron Druid Chronicles is a favourite urban fantasy series of mine. Debuting in 2011, Books 1 through to 4 were published in quick succession so it feels like it has been a long wait for Trapped, the fifth installment, featuring Atticus, Oberon, Granuaile and a host of mythical figures.Trapped begins twelve years after the events of Tricked (the gap broken by Hearne's short story Two Ravens and One Crow), just as Atticus is ready to complete Granuaile's binding. Before it can begin, they are interrupted by a Slavic thunder god fleeing a freed Loki whose release from captivity is said to herald the start of Ragnarok - the burning of the earth. Atticus's adventure into the realm of the Norse Gods (in Hammered) and making an enemy of Hel - the Goddess of the Dead (in Tricked), as well as various Roman and Greek Olympian gods, seems to have brought forward the prophesied apocalypse and he is ordered to fix it by Odin and Frigg. What follows is a frantic game of hide and seek as Atticus tries to avoid being sucked dry by vampires, assassinated by dark elves, torn apart by vengeful Gods and revealing his true feelings for Granuaile so he can finish initiating the first new Druid bound to Gaia in more than a thousand years.Action packed and fast paced, I still adore Hearne's twists on mythology and the manner in which he involves them all in the series from North American Indian skinwalkers to the fae of celtic lore and and introduces yet more - in this case the Svartalfar, or dark elves. The plot of Trapped is fairly complex as Atticus and Granuaile are the targets of many, all with differing agenda's and not able to trust anyone fully, except each other.Atticus is a fantastic yet flawed character. Often arrogant and sometimes selfish his actions come back to haunt him in this installment and he is has some serious penance to do. To his credit, Atticus takes responsibility for his poor choices and does what he can to make amends, even at the risk of his own life. The romance that sparks to life with Granuaile is not unexpected and I'm glad it has finally blossomed though I am not sure The Morrigan is going to be too impressed when she figures it out. It was great to witness Granuaile finally come into her own in Trapped - she surpasses her master in may ways and proves to be formidable partner in battle. Oberon is, of course, his usual lovable self, often more quick-witted than both of his human companions (and always craving bacon).Originally, Hearne planned The Iron Druid Chronicles as a six book series, I sincerely hope he has changed his mind because I couldn't bear to think that the next book will be the last for Atticus, Granuaile and Oberon. If you enjoy urban fantasy I highly recommend this series though it's not one you can join midstream so start with Hounded, you won't be sorry.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Granuaile finally comes into her own in this fifth installment of The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne. There might be some spoilers for previous books. 12 years have passed and Granuaile's training is complete. It's time for Atticus O'Sullivan to bind her to the earth so she can become a full Druid. Just as they're ready to start the ceremony, Atticus's cover is blow as Perun makes a sudden return to earth with a very angry Norse god hot on his heels who is determined to destroy everything in his path.This story is definitely a bridge to the second half of the series. Most of what our heroes encounter is a lot of set up for the remaining four books. Granuiale becoming a full Druid is the main plot and all of the side threads is Hearne reminding the reader of basically everyone from mythology that Atticus has pissed off since the series started. It's a large list. It makes for a slightly disjointed story and also means there are a ton of ways for the remainder of the series to go. If I was a betting girl, I'm going to guess that Hearne will try to address all of them in the next four books. That should be interesting.One of my favorite moments was Granuaile discovering her new shape-shifting forms as a Druid and taking them all for a test drive. This did not disappoint! Also, the simmering romance we all knew was coming is here and it's rather sweet. Again I listened to the audio book narrated by Luke Daniels. He is brilliant and has quite a knack for giving every character a unique voice. If I'm being fully honest, this is probably more of a 3.5 star book. I love Oberon so much that I have bumped my rating up. The book is worth reading for his witty dialog alone.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Love this series but this wasn't my favorite.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This series doesn't disappoint! I enjoy the audios for the voice of Oberon (Atticus' wolfhound) and because it would drive me insane, trying to pronounce the Celtic, Old Irish & Norse names. Yes, it really-really matters!
    Granuaile has *finally* gotten bound to Gaia, celebration & whoopie has been made. Lots of political upheaval & conflict, with several factions hunting our favorite Druid.
    Fun, as always.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    While the previous book had a believable plot that, this one goes back to the 'normal' plot elements - Atticus has made a whole bunch of deities mad through his actions throughout his life and from time to time they take turns going after him. So do the vampires of the world. Unfortunately, no matter the god or goddess or age of the vampire, Atticus comes out on top. While that's normal that the hero wins, its not really normal that they defeat deities with the ease of this druid, even when he's not on his home turf. Not all is bad, his relationship with Granuaile continues to move ahead and Oberon is amusing as always. This is a fun read, but its not really plot driven, a bit too much character driven for me.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The main characters consistently find themselves in conflict; likely just the begining. A new druid comes into power and a love affair is acknowledged. Action packed and drama filled. Recommend the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I enjoyed this book quite a bit, the style and pacing is more like the books in the beginning of the series. The plot was very interesting and I'm excited to continue the series.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    While enjoyable, this was not as good as the previous Iron Druid books that I've listened to. It centers around the initiation process of Atticus's apprentice, Granuaile, and his efforts to bind her to the earth and make her a full-fledged Druid. There is plenty of action but that appears to be thrown in just to provide, well, plenty of action. As always, Luke Daniel's narration is excellent and, once again, he has managed to turn Atticus's mangy wolfhound, Oberon, into a comic genius worthy of star billing.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Fun read, if not always well written.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The main characters consistently find themselves in conflict; likely just the begining. A new druid comes into power and a love affair is acknowledged. Action packed and drama filled. Recommend the series.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    always funny and original but somehow slower and less of a page-turner than the previous books.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    3 1/2 stars? Good, but a little weaker that the last one. It feels like it's mostly ramping up to the next book -- which, y'know, fair enough. A little annoyed to constant refer-backs to a bridge novella that I didn't know was prerequisite.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Cliffhanger!
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    What a nearly unreadable chaotic mess this one was. Starting off with "... and twelve years later ..." made me really wary. What were Atticus and Granuaile doing those twelve years besides training? What was the training like? What did they learn from each other? How did they manage to live twelve years nearly chaos and mishap free?Not to mention which, everyone and their magical pet is after Atticus now because of his shenanigans killing gods in the previous books. But do we really need a cast of thousands to tell us just how deeply in the shite they're in? Not even a scorecard could have helped me keep up.Kevin Hearne has one chance left to redeem Atticus for me.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Another good installment in a good series. I liked this one a little less than the earlier ones, though I did appreciate some of the more thoughtful and philosophical parts of this one.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I did enjoy it. The time jump was weird at first. I don't like books ending on a cliff hanger. If you write a good story, I'm going to read the next one even if you don't leave a cliff hanger.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This one just didn't seem as much fun as the previous books. I get that we have the cascading consequences of Atticus' action in book 2--but the carnage was not equalized with the humor here, and I think it suffers for it. And I'm bummed because I just realized that these books cannot be lent to my sister's Kindle, and that was one of the reasons I bought the Kindle versions.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    More detailed review coming later. I love them all but the one prior to this had me worried as it was bit over the top snark wise and though action filled was not one of the best. This one was back to the right level and.balance of bacon, baddassery & beginnings as well as endings (especially clown deaths)!

    ****spoiler possible******

    PLUS I finally had my "Mulder-Sully" infection cured as well as getting our Clever Girl fully power up!!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    All Atticus wants to do is finish Granuaile's training and her tattoo which will give her all the power and spells she needs to survive. The elemental Kaibib shares terrible news with him. The Russian plane has been totally burned by Thor. This is one of the ways that the gods travel up and down through their world, Yggdrasil. A bottle neck in travel would make it too easy for ambushes.All of these locales and characters make this series fun, if not confusing with all of the crossovers between different theologies. The Irish and Scandinavian names don't help, either.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    The rating of 3 stars sometimes here mean that they are really two, but one star has been added because I'm interested in reading the other books in this series, the Iron Druid Chronicles. This being the latest - at the time of writing this review - much of the past events have been hinted at, and the author packed a lot of info in these pages.Atticus. Granuaile. Fjalar. These are about the only names I remember from Trapped. Many of the names are of Irish origin. What transpired through most of this messy experience of this book is that the writer just might be enjoying himself very much so while writing about Greek, Norse, Irish, Roman gods. Not to mention fairies, bacchantes, and dwarfs. The most obvious passage like that was the long retelling monologue of the dwarf Fjalar regarding the battle against Hel. Hel is hela here, as Frigg is Frigga. Spoilers, Thor was killed by Atticus, the hero. Loki has been released. People are astonished at this prelude to Ragnarok. Many things happen.It's tough to visualize a lot of the magic of the Druid. Take the binding of his assistant to the earth. The details were a bit hazy. For Granuaile to become a druid, she had to be tattooed with a thorn. Are her tattoos blue? Can they be magically hidden? What are the limits of druid powers? How come through five books, the hound Oberon has survived?This book is better than the two Prydain chronicles books that I have read. This book although epic in proportions, has some modern cultural references which are used to make us like Atticus. The Black Cauldron was boring compared to Trapped. However, Trapped does smack of being a thriller in fantasy's clothing. That is evident from the chases, intrigues, double crossing, mysterious identities of the several dimensions, or planes of existence. Also many questions are pending and they are interesting enough for me to look forward to the sixth book of the Iron Druid Chronicles.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I feel like there wasn't much that really happened in this book compared to prior ones...but that's alright. I actually enjoyed it more than the previous couple in the series. Hearne reigned in the pop culture references and jokes a bit, and that made the few he did make more enjoyable. It wasn't overdone as it was in tricked. Atticus seems to finally be figuring out what an idiot he was in Hammered, it would seem that Granuile is definitely a good influence on him.
    I'm glad to see their feelings and tension evolve into more of a romance, and also glad that while it was an important point in this book, it wasn't the entire story. Also, yay for G finally being bound to Oberon and able to hear him.

    It took me awhile to get into this one...partly because I was put off that we've skipped the years of training that Granuile had to go through, but about a third of the way in things picked up and it was a quick read from there. Can't wait for the next, both Tricked and Trapped feel like steps in the right direction after Hammered.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I keep reading these, and enjoying them, but I'm not sure why. I guess I like the mild snarkiness, and the various pantheons that keep popping up. I'm not enthused about the inevitable relationship that came with the Druid's training of the new Druid. I don't love the gimmicky longevi-tea that confers immortality: I recognize that it's hard to create a persuasive way to get immortality, but if it's as easy as brewing a particular tea, then that actually creates a lot of ethical and practical issues that would affect someone's life. They were addressed a little in the flashback about one of his earlier families. But, but ... and then other descendants? Seems like there would be a lot. Anyway, I'll keep reading this series notwithstanding my quibbles.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This took me forever to read in paperback. I miss Luke Daniels!!! Too many interuptions in the storyline as well, didn't seem as well structured as all the previous books. Not enough of Atticus by himself.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Atticus continues his Quest, kills a few more gods. Despite those distractions, he manages to complete Granuaile's Druidic training and start the binding process. Oberon contiues to provide dogmatic bet apt advice while seeking the ultimate sausage.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I finished this whole series in a little over a week. It is amazing! If you like fantasy, mythology, set with a modern day twist... read this series.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I took a bit of a break between the previous book in this series and this one. But I am very glad that I came back to it. This was one of my favourite instalments so far...There was a bit of romance that I think any series readers would have already seen coming. I don't know that it added anything to the story, however. It was not detailed or graphic and, actually, the sex scenes were treated more like interlude between events... something that was there just to give the sense of time passing.There is plenty of Oberon too. Not so much that he got annoying, but enough that it was pretty funny when he did 'speak up'. There was just a bit of mythological history in here; quite a bit less than some of the other books in the series. I liked that Hearne didn't try to turn it into a myth text book. The story is told via a series of vingette encounters with the 'bad guys' and I have to admit the overarching storyline that held these little segments together was a little on the sparse side. It felt mostly like: attack A, escape and investigate, attack B, escape and romantic interlude, attack C confront the source and resolve.Hah... even saying all that, I still really enjoyed this book. The pacing is terrific, Oberon is terrific, even Atticus has some decent one-liners. I don't think you'd enjoy it nearly as much if you hadn't read the rest of the series. There is no cliffhanger, but I will be reading the next in the series.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The only thing I should have to say about this book ( and author) is that I always have a great time reading the books.

    I still have some Issues with Granuaile and the relationship the gets closer here. That said I do think she is an interesting foil for Atticus and a well written character in general.

    I can't wait for the next books!
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A big jump forward in time, and a more engaging story on a much larger canvass.