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A review by thriftedbookworm
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
there was simply no good reason for this book to be the 900 pages or so that it was, and i feel like a lot of the really good/fun parts of what i liked about fourth wing got lost because of it
honestly the reason this got the stars it did was because i love the dragons and violets squad more than anything else. that, and i can understand why the girlies like xaden
but violet ?? dear god i’ve never wanted her to stop whining more. girl it’s WAR there’s gonna be secrets stop crying about it and move tf on. and the weird jealousy thing with cat ??? hated that too. also 95% of this book has me really having a hard time believing that violet is smart because she sure acts like the dumbest bitch in basgiath and maybe the whole continent
the last 10% of the book got me hooked enough to want to read onyx storm, mostly to see what happens, on top of again i did have a fair amount of fun when the plot WAS good. i feel like this book could’ve used so much more editing and time to make a better story instead of (what felt to me like) a bunch of stories shoved into one long book.
idk the writing rly wasn’t that great and the book relies a lot on vibes and at times in this book even those weren’t great. glad i didn’t waste money on it (can’t say the same for my time tho)
anyways i would die for tairn and that’s about it
honestly the reason this got the stars it did was because i love the dragons and violets squad more than anything else. that, and i can understand why the girlies like xaden
but violet ?? dear god i’ve never wanted her to stop whining more. girl it’s WAR there’s gonna be secrets stop crying about it and move tf on. and the weird jealousy thing with cat ??? hated that too. also 95% of this book has me really having a hard time believing that violet is smart because she sure acts like the dumbest bitch in basgiath and maybe the whole continent
the last 10% of the book got me hooked enough to want to read onyx storm, mostly to see what happens, on top of again i did have a fair amount of fun when the plot WAS good. i feel like this book could’ve used so much more editing and time to make a better story instead of (what felt to me like) a bunch of stories shoved into one long book.
idk the writing rly wasn’t that great and the book relies a lot on vibes and at times in this book even those weren’t great. glad i didn’t waste money on it (can’t say the same for my time tho)
anyways i would die for tairn and that’s about it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail