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Iron Flame - Flammengeküsst by Rebecca Yarros

7 reviews

rebndav's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Self harm, Death, Torture, and Physical abuse

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

At no point during the reading of this book did I know or anticipate what was going to happen until it was actually happening! Rebecca Yarros had twists and turns weaved into this sequel from the very beginning! It almost felt like two different stories from the first half to the second half as the characters transitioned to a new location. Towards the end of the story is where things got interesting and the ending was just insane! I had no idea it would be so mind boggling and now it has me wondering what the third book will bring! And we will have to wait so long for its release!!!! AHH. The only thing I did not like about this book was the tension/arguing between Violet and Xaden. The arguing was straight out of a bad romance novel and there was no reason for the miscommunication and conflict they were having other than to bring another plot point into the story. It was painful to read their dumb arguments, but I still give this book a 5 stars because of how blown away I am!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, Self harm, Gore, Murder, Death of parent, Genocide, and Fire/Fire injury

katvou'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Ableism, Blood, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Self harm, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and War

lemonwrlds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Vomit, Bullying, Drug use, Genocide, Torture, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Deportation, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Medical trauma

solarel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The first book was so much fun and well thought out. We all loved the theories and guesses about what was coming next. Iron Flame only delivered partially. 

The story itself was engaging about a third of the way through. The first third was just excruciating watching our loved characters just be miserable. 

The relationship conflicts were confusing and unnecessary, easily solved if given one rational conversation. These aren’t teens, so why are they acting so broody and immature? We expect better from them. 

The ending felt more like an attention grabber than a plot twist. It just made me disengage from the story for how left field it was. 

And lastly, the publisher really messed up on the delivery of this book. Not only did it have a slew of misprints, but there were dozens of typos and the grammar in some places was horrible. Not to mention the cheesy lines and nonsense derailments. They rushed this big time and the quality tanked because of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Xenophobia, Blood, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Bullying, Chronic illness, War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement