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Iron Flame

Rebecca Yarros

4.21 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional 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
adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

3.5 stars, Okay that was a lot, there was some pretty cool bits not gonna lie.

Basically the first half dragged on with a lot of ‘I can’t trust you, you can’t trust me’. The whole actual war fighting venin was fun but I spend so much time rereading bc I am so far from following the story line.

As much as i love this world, the second book was a bit disappointing for me. Don’t get me wrong - its still a beautifully written book, but there were a bit too many romantic scenes which are difficult for me to get through.
Also the story was a bit longer than necessary in my opinion. But i still love it and will be reading the other books from this series
emotional funny tense fast-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

WTF IS THAT ENDING
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Well, it's hard to give a rating because there was so much going on in this book - it felt more like three separate books instead of just one.
Some parts were great, others were really tedious to read. It didn't have to be so long and imo ~ 200 pages less would have been better for the story overall.

But I really liked the ending and didn't see it coming (so glad I was able to avoid the spoilers) - I'm definitely excited for the third book now. I also like that the author focused more on the friendships in this story, but unfortunately the romance was sub-par.

All in all, I would rate Iron Flame 2/5 stars because it was alright, but I wouldn’t read it again. I liked Fourth Wing better, but at least the dragons were as hilarious as ever.
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes