A review by jamiebear
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I think my biggest gripe with Yarros is her dialogue/writing. She started as a romance author so that probably explains it. But she uses language that fits into this time period, but feels awkward in high fantasy. Like she referencing “core memory” and “that was a choice” and linguistics that just feels too modern and sometimes brings me out of the story.
It’s almost like she doesn’t know quite where the story is going and I think red tower contracted her at 5 books so she’s drawing things out and still introducing world building into book 3. Things happen in books 2 and 3, but not enough for like over 500 pages each book. She could spent more time fleshing out certain plot points but instead focuses on character conflict 
Favorite moment:

Andarna leaving 🥺 and exploring the other islands, I wish we could have spent more time at each.