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Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

20 reviews

anne_reader's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail

the_rabble's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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CW fantasy drama with theater kid delivery. If that's not your flavor, read don't listen. I find the pacing of the audiobook narrator's action sequences really distracting (has onstage monologue energy which keeps everything at an 11 and can be more anxiety producing than emotionally impactful) but still enjoy the story and writing style.

Has an excellent sex scene involving a

throne- 10/10 very cunning linguists.

Back half of the book moves, but first half is very masc-Dolores Umbridge, but with an unrepentant murder college instead of a whimsical murder boarding school.

You may want to wait for the entire series to be out.

There's enough of a cliffhanger/hook at the end to be impatient about having to wait.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

Minor: Abandonment

eviethebookworm's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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While I enjoyed the magic system, the dragons, and the lore in Iron Flame, I definitely found the cyclic arguing between the main characters to be repetitive. Also, Xaden’s story arc is giving Anakin vibes, and we don’t stan a self-righteous anti-hero who sacrifices sanity for… whatever he has for Violet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Suicide attempt

blacksphinx's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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My feelings from the first book hold steady - an entertaining popcorn read with the worst aspect by far being the romance. I groaned every time Xaden showed up because I knew I was going to be subjected to page-long kiss descriptions and poorly written sex scenes. Violet has so much stupid emotional drama over this boy, I hated it. It really dragged down the middle of this book, especially the jealously subplot. I kept reading because I wanted to know how the conflict with the venin was going to shake out and because I wanted to learn more about the dragons. There were some nice developments on that front, and the set up for the next book will keep me reading.

Some things stood as as really jarring. There is a returning minor character whose actions are all over the place in an illogical way. I cannot reconcile their behavior. It also bothers me that

torture is constantly portrayed as a valid and reliable way of getting information, when in real life torture is completely ineffective. The fact that the author is military-adjacent only makes me feel more sour about this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, Sexism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Alcohol, Colonisation

lizziaha's review against another edition

2.75

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I think that this book was ultimately just too formulaic. I felt like I was just rereading the first book. Yarros even tried to replicate the whole enemies to lovers vibe, which was annoying given that the characters were already lovers. On that note, Violet just annoyed me in this one. Many of her choices seemed to exist only to drive the plot, rather than because of her characterization. Despite the lack of growth for Violet and Xaden, I did love to see some of the other characters really grow into their own in this book. Some of them truly took me by surprise. I wish Yarros had focused a little more on other characters instead of rehashing the same things over and over again in Violet’s head. And speaking of rehashing—there were a few too many action scenes in this for me. It felt repetitive and made the book drag out for longer than it needed to be. And despite the high stakes, I didn’t feel the tension that they deserve. Violet never really fails at anything, and it starts to feel too easy at a certain point. The series definitely has interesting worldbuilding and concepts but I don’t think it’s executed as well as it could be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt

Minor: Kidnapping, Abandonment

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So... This book should have been put through at least one more round of edits. It definitely could have been cut down by 100+ pages. It's really sad because I was so excited to read this sequel, but it dragged so much in the middle. I would have rather waited for a much better version of this book to be published, than what we got. I hope that Rebeca Yarros and her publishers get back on track for book 3.

That said, it definitely picked up A LOT over the last 150 pages and the story really progressed a lot towards the end. If you're struggling with the middle, keep going. It is, at the very least, worth finishing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

katvou's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt

zoenelson's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

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I liked Fourth Wing a lot more. The author tried to fit so many new storylines and characters into this book. As a result, the pacing was quick and some storylines/characters were not fully fleshed out. At times I found there to be plot inconsistencies that would have benefited from closer editing. The torture scenes were really graphic. I’m also personally disappointed by the ending but hopeful the next books will get back on track! This book had high highs and low lows! Worth a read if you love the series and main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Gore, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Suicide attempt

taryn_g's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

chasingpages1's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abandonment