I had a blast reading this book. It wasn't perfect and I really didn't care. I just had so much fun reading it. 
 I liked Callum as a character. He's sarcastic and a little awkward. It made for a lot of humor all the way throughout the book. 
 A lot of people are concerned about the similarities between this book and Harry Potter. Yes, there are some similarities but after a while it's not very obvious unless your entire reason for reading The Iron Trial is to find those similarities. 
 I've never read anything by Cassandra Clare but I do enjoy Holly Black's books. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series. 
 Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for sending me a review copy.