Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

751 reviews

sarahlaney7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

This book destroyed me in the best possible way. Rebecca Yarros is pure genius and I loved getting to know the characters even more in this book than I did the last one. I have nothing but love for this book. It is so beautifully, impossibly real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture

sandysmith's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.25

I didn't enjoy it as much as the first book Fourth Wing, but it was likeable enough. DRAGONS ! Violet and Xaden have serious trust issues as Xaden keeps things from her. Parts of the book are slow, and others breathtakingly fast, so the pacing for me was a bit off. But Dragon's and particularly the ones bonded to Violet Tairn and my favourite Andarna now a fabulous teenager. I will read the next book in the series when it comes out (I've started, so I'll finish), but there are more questions arising from the cliffhanger ending. Excellent stuff, but I hope the next book has more Fourth Wing vibes...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelpacz's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

octopus18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

kellyyy_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

readingelli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Suicide attempt

jldime's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

Fun book overall!

Throne scene pretty good. Went a little long with the whole “full disclosure” stuff and “selective truths” but I get it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

roxiejacobs4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

I enjoyed this book. For me, it was a little slower than the first one until the last like 75 pages of the book. The twist at ending however has me on the edge of my seat to see what happens in the next book that’s set to be released in January 2025. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Torture

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

So in this sequel, Violet and Xaden are preparing to set up their rebel base and start their new year training. Violet struggles to control her signet and emotions following Xadens new assignment. After the trauma in Fourth Wing, Violet struggles to cope with Liams death and the revelation of her brother. To start on a positive note, I love that this was more like a spy novel with all the sneaking around and secrets. The increase in communication between Violet and Xaden is so needed and well handled. Onto the negatives, giving Xaden a crazy ex is so incredibly unnecessary emotionally that it makes me mad. This has almost no combat or actual training in it despite being a book set in a war college where soldiers train to fight. The lack of raw emotion that emanated from the first book is also pretty disappointing. I just feel like this was good conceptually but so rushed and under edited it loses all the charm that was present in book 1. Overall it was fine and I will read the next book but for me this is trending towards From Blood and Ash (great first book and terrible sequels). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail