A review by its_kievan
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

1.5

A car crash of a book. The plot is nonsense, the romance is absurd, the relationship conflicts are contrived, the characters are one-dimensional, the prose is awful, the twists come out of nowhere, the setting is monstrously underdeveloped, and yes I do already have a copy of the next one and will be reading it immediately.

Also it is deeply funny to me that Yarros said "there's a bit of my husband in every book boyfriend I write" when her husband is a white military veteran and Xaden is a POC guy fighting to overthrow a propaganda-fuelled military regime. Much to ponder there.