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A review by jamielong
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I went into Iron Flame already warned it wasn’t as good as Fourth Wing and I’m here to confirm that, sadly, it’s true. This one was a much tougher read for me.
Let’s start with the romance between Xaden and Violet. There are rhree sex scenes, fine by me. But the relationship building was awful. It was a mess of constant miscommunication, and neither of them seemed to actually put in the work. This is where their young ages really start to show. Xaden will only answer questions if Violet asks? What kind of nonsense is that? Meanwhile, Violet spends most of the book angry, and Xaden starts drifting into Dain-like territory from book one.
The plot itself lacked excitement. The world building barely moved forward since most of the settings and concepts were already established, and nothing felt fresh.
This book is over 100 pages longer than Fourth Wing, but it easily could’ve been trimmed down. It dragged in so many places that I found myself rereading sections just because my mind wandered.
Also a lot of phrases were repeated and it was just getting repetitive and stale.
Overall, this is disappointing. I wanted to love it, but it left me feeling more exhausted than excited.
Let’s start with the romance between Xaden and Violet. There are rhree sex scenes, fine by me. But the relationship building was awful. It was a mess of constant miscommunication, and neither of them seemed to actually put in the work. This is where their young ages really start to show. Xaden will only answer questions if Violet asks? What kind of nonsense is that? Meanwhile, Violet spends most of the book angry, and Xaden starts drifting into Dain-like territory from book one.
The plot itself lacked excitement. The world building barely moved forward since most of the settings and concepts were already established, and nothing felt fresh.
This book is over 100 pages longer than Fourth Wing, but it easily could’ve been trimmed down. It dragged in so many places that I found myself rereading sections just because my mind wandered.
Also a lot of phrases were repeated and it was just getting repetitive and stale.
Overall, this is disappointing. I wanted to love it, but it left me feeling more exhausted than excited.