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kirbylover16 's review for:
Onyx Storm
by Rebecca Yarros
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Each book seems to get worse for me. The pacing is still bad. There are too many characters, powers, and locations to keep track of. I find myself liking Violet less and less. Her disability quietly disappears from the narrative, and her focus narrows entirely to Xaden. Also, Sawyer's whole storyline of losing his leg feels gross.
She comes across as self-harming, selfish, and strangely incurious. You're telling me she never once questioned why she’s the only girl with natural silver hair? Or never show interest in her extended family after her father died and her mother and sister ignored her for months? Even the dragons, once a highlight, are barely present. They either disappear entirely or conveniently reappear only to feed characters answers after they’ve already figured things out. (and the reader figured it out a book ago)
And of course, it ends on another cliffhanger that undercuts everything the book built up. So now Xaden is Venin, and it’s supposedly incurable, except the story guarantees it has to be curable, because if Garrick or Bodhi are also Venin, then what, they all just die in the next book? And with the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if Violet and Andarna both end up pregnant somehow.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Vomit, War
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism
Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail