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dcnireads 's review for:
Onyx Storm
by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
a shameless 5 stars. im well aware that this series doesnt exactly have the best rep but fuck it. if it's trash then call me a fucking raccoon because i'm eating this shit up and this book just reminded me why i love to do that.
i felt drained after reading, both in a positive and negative way, so im basically just gonna copy and paste the same initial thoughts i've said to anyone who asked since i finished: it was so much more entertaining and exhilarating than iron flame, yet still as harrowing and emotional with a mind fuck of an ending. it fixed every issue i had with IF: the characters and their relationships, the pacing and the expanded lore and worldbuilding, all were written better and actually worth getting invested in this time around. i think this definitely revived my love for the series as a whole, and though i always value not pressuring authors to write faster and giving them time to cook on their own pace, i think taking a bit of a break before writing and releasing book 4 is nasty work because what exactly am i supposed to do in the meantime after all that. what the fuck, rebecca.
i felt drained after reading, both in a positive and negative way, so im basically just gonna copy and paste the same initial thoughts i've said to anyone who asked since i finished: it was so much more entertaining and exhilarating than iron flame, yet still as harrowing and emotional with a mind fuck of an ending. it fixed every issue i had with IF: the characters and their relationships, the pacing and the expanded lore and worldbuilding, all were written better and actually worth getting invested in this time around. i think this definitely revived my love for the series as a whole, and though i always value not pressuring authors to write faster and giving them time to cook on their own pace, i think taking a bit of a break before writing and releasing book 4 is nasty work because what exactly am i supposed to do in the meantime after all that. what the fuck, rebecca.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Grief