A review by ashleyjean6
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I ended up loving the first book in this series, despite a rocky start. This book ... Not so much. It was long and slow. Every traumatic event was instantly cured by massive amounts of unrealisticly amazing sex. I don't mind the steamy scenes, but come on. Maybe some therapy? Or not 3+ different scenes where it's horror followed by mind blowing sex?? By the 3rd-ish sex scene I was FF to get back to the plot already. And there was definitely some lacking information and character building, despite the obvious (sometimes laboriously so) information building happening to fill in holes. By the time we figure out Jack and Andarna and General Sorengail dies... I felt like some of those things fell flat because we hadn't been getting much from or about those characters. I dunno, overall this one just moved slowly, had too much sex and not enough really good driving plot. And it was LONG. I'm taking a break, no desire to dive into book 3 after the crummy ending on top of a long, annoying book. 
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