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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

64 reviews

marissa_nancy_nicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Animal death, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Blood, Murder, Torture, Violence, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

anarcia_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I wanna cry scream and keep the story going ITS SO GOODDDDDD

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Drug use, Genocide, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Physical abuse

nix_87's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

Such a great read, already wanting the next one to be out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, War, Murder, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Emotional abuse

scarlettereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five stars

Iron Flame is a fantastic book, and I loved almost every second of it. You know, until that bit at the end.

I’m mourning the loss of a character who didn’t even die. Feeling physically ill. I’m never going to emotionally recover from this.

Still it’s somehow even funnier than Fourth Wing was, and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t half because of Ridoc. Because it was.

Don’t read this book if you value your sanity because the end is almost as brain-breaking as the end of House of Sky and Breath. I need to lie down now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Chronic illness, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Torture, Blood, and Murder

rehtaehwashere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

2.5

 

• What I liked: I liked Andarna's sass, I liked that Xaden was so badass
  until the very end of the book
  , I liked that Mira
  didn't even question her sister even though she defied their mother
  . I like that Brennan was doing everything he could for the resistance and that the dragon riders were so ready to accept and help the griffon riders. I like the beginnings of a union against the venin for the people that could see it.
• What I disliked:  Xaden's choice at the end, that Violet was so focused on Xaden 'lying' to her that she was a fucking moron through the whole book. The first book she poisoned everyone
  and yet she drank suspicious water THREE TIMES?? THREE TIMES VIOLET YOU FUCKING IDIOT
  . That she couldn't solve the incredibly obvious riddle about the wards and that she couldn't figure out
  Andarna ISN'T A BLACK DRAGON even with her weird abilities and shifting scale colors
  . That she DOESN'T ASK QUESTIONS and then gets mad she doesn't know things. That she went from strong smart and resourceful to a fucking idiot in one book.
• Overall thoughts: Poorly edited, a lot could've been chopped out to make for better characterization and letting us understand WHY Violet is being so stupid, that a strong woman got ruined by a hot guy for the sake of plot and she's no longer intelligent and resourceful just because she wants to be petty, the ending sucked and the book was a slog.
• Recommend to a friend? Y if someone wants to continue the series but N if someone is on the fence about the series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Emotional abuse, Blood, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Death of parent

ginac's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Death of parent, Body shaming, Bullying, and Dysphoria

ninahuynh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

What a war! All the action and fighting and planning. I like how Yarros utilizes the dragons more in this book, especially Andarna (more frequent remarks that I found so funny and at the end). I don't see the romance as wanting to replicate the first book. I see it more as a romantic relationship that goes through tests of trusts. I do find it annoying and a bit controlling when Xaden expects Violet to ask him the correct questions in order for him to offer her the information she wants. And some of her remarks about Xaden became repetitive (though this may also be a me-thing, as I find too much mushy-gushy stuff in romance novels to be overbearing and annoying).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Animal death, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Grief, Torture, War, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

Was pretty slow and painful having to listen to the 2 main characters argue for majority of the book. I wish there was more character development and better world building. In saying that, I still cried at the end and really enjoy when the book is went into fun, adventurous plot lines. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

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

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

4.5

What. Even. I have to wait until DECEMBER? I really can’t. The ending of this book is such a cliffhanger and a twist I was not anticipating. I enjoyed this book, but felt some of it could’ve been condensed. I also felt that some of the magic wasn’t explained as well as I would’ve liked, but all in all, this was a good part 2. The characters are embedded in my heart now, and I hope they all have a happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Genocide, Emotional abuse, Blood, War, Drug use, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Vomit, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gore, and Gaslighting

jenniferbowman's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

Great overall story, but would prefer a quicker pace that builds rather than multiple mini-events with lots of “waiting” time in between.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, War, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Xenophobia