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Onyx Storms starts off right, where Iron flame ended. I do highly recommend a full reread, as I did myself. I did not got confused as much at the beginning, as many others who did not reread or have read this Series a long time ago. Rebecca Yarrows throws us right back to the story in FULL impact. It's fast paced and the story turns and twists in an addicting kind of way. If you do not do a reread you will have a hard time at the beginning BUT it'll all add up along with the story- so don't worry if you do not want to reread.
The main Themes are definitely Love & Redemption, Personal Growth & Healing, Sacrifice & Loyalty, Power & Control, Consequences of the Past. The whole story is just very emotional and engaging in every way !
There are some people saying, the middle part of this book tends to be more slow and might feel like a gap filler but I strongly disagree and by the time you get to the end you will realize how important the middle part of this book is. There are soooo many clues, hints and given Information that will be needed for the upcoming Plot. Also we learn so much more about our characters: background information, growth and it's getting emotional and intense. This Book will answer many questions you had after the first two books but it will also leave you with many more after you finish !
BTW: the Banter and tension in this Book is 10/10.
Again I am struck with awe at how incredibly thought-through this whole Series is. Everything fits so well together and the Plot and Twists just got so muh bigger than I ever could have imagined !
I am invested, obsessed and totally in love with the empyrean Series and can't wait for the next book.
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, Death of parent
Minor: Addiction
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
It seems to be a trend with Yarros that her books finally develop their momentum about three quarters of the way through. I think that is a sign of a rushed editing process, and an author that perhaps shouldn’t have committed to a five book series from the outset.
The saving grace of the entire series? Ridoc and Andarna are literally the best and I would die for them.
Now that we’re past the middle book, hopefully there will be better pacing and some of the gaps in the story and lore can be properly addressed.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, War
Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing
Minor: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Death, Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Infidelity
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail
Some cons of the book: I’m not entirely in love with Yarros’ writing style, it feels very cheap to me at times, but still consumable. Not that it’s terrible, and i think the good plotline makes up for it. It’s sometimes difficult to understand what’s going on, and I’ll have to reread or flip a few pages back to reorient myself, but that could just be me as a reader.
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, War
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
Better than the second book but still not hitting as hard as the first did, please stop making it so hard to follow i just want to read about dragons not fight for my life in my downtime
Will read the next one as I have fomo but at what cost tbh, this is getting less enjoyable the longer we go on
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Cursing