A review by mistysbookspace
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

5.0

 

Before I get into my thoughts on this book, I have a bit of a rant that has absolutely nothing to do with the book, but I feel like I need to say this. I know that this book hasn't worked for everyone, and I get it. I see where most of y'all are coming from. We are all entitled to our opinions. What works for me might not work for you and that's ok. What isn't ok is the fact that some people are saying people who are giving this book a 5-star review are liars. To be fair I've only come across one review like this, but I've been told by others that they have come across the same thing. If you hated this book, then that's great your feelings are valid, but so are mine and everyone else who gave this book a 5-star rating. Just because our opinions are different it doesn't change the fact that both are valid and the fact that someone in the book community would insinuate otherwise is not ok. Bottom line the fact that someone called everyone who gave this book 5-star rating liars is not ok, and I really hope we can do better in the future. 

Now as for my thoughts on the actual book. As you can tell from my rating I loved it. I pretty much stayed away from spoilers of this book surprisingly, but I did read some non spoilery things before picking this book up and they had me very nervous which it turns out I was right to be nervous. I buddy read this book with Destiny and I'm so glad I had her to talk to. I've seen people say this had the middle book syndrome which I do somewhat agree with but despite that I was still hooked. The characters are what make this series for me. Yes, I love the plot as well, but the characters are what have a hold of me. There are a lot of them and it's hard to keep up with everyone at times, but the main ones are embedded in me. 

This book picks up right where Iron Flame left off. I can't get into a lot of details because I don't want to spoil anyone, but I will say I was totally expecting this to go one way, but it ended up going in a completely different direction that I loved. I was invested in the story and the characters from page one and this book had me on the edge of my seat just like the others. Also, by the end I had so many emotions roaring through me I couldn't decide if I wanted to throw my book or cry. Crying won out by the way. My biggest complaint in Iron Flame was the relationship dynamic between Xaden and Violet but in this book, they have both grown so much and I absolutely loved their progression. 

This is the 3rd book in the series so at this point I should be used to her cliffhanger endings. I knew it was coming but it still got me. I love that Rebecca is setting boundaries, but I really hope we don't have to wait 2 years to get book 4.