Reviews with content warning for Death - Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst: Roman | Die heißersehnte Fortsetzung des Fantasy-Erfolgs 'Fourth Wing' in wunderschön veredelter Ausstattung

Slow to start but the ending is so fast paced and such a blur I'm still thinking about it days after. If it wasn't for the slow start, I would have finished it in 6 days instead of 6 months.

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What was this book? I feel like I was hit by a high speed dragon after finishing it.

I love this world and I love these characters. All of them. Even the villains... they are perfect, cruel, merciless...

The only reason this read isn't 5 stars is because the book has a lot of unnecessary stuff. The beginning is slow (but it was the same with 'Fourth Wing') but then the story gains the right momentum. I feel this book is unnecessary long: if they just talked - they share a mental bond, GOD, just mentally talk or whatever - many of the problems would be solved; and I think that are a lot of little details that were left without explanation.

But I don't want to judge too much, maybe all the explanations are in the next book! Yes, because after this ending I expect perfection for the third book. Everything MUST be ok.

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avacyn731's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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macintasha's review against another edition

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adventurous tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

The concept of the universe lore is very interesting, but the writing comes across as very rushed and unfinished.
Most of the conflict between the main characters is the "miscommunication trope" in the form of childish sniping, which gets to be pretty grating the third or fourth time they have the same conversation. Romance is not my genre, but I enjoyed Fourth Wing for the fantasy -- Iron Flame definitely is a step down from the first book in pacing, plot and character development. Hopefully the author is given more time to flesh out the universe and better write/edit the next one.

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