miggyfool 's review for:

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Gods damn it, these books are ruining my life (non derogatory). Incredibly trope-y and dumb at times, but incredibly fun. I loved the political conflict of this book so much more than the boot camp army brat first book. I still could care less about Violet and Xaden’s love life, though. I didn’t guess the last twist

but I did guess Andarna’s twist halfway through the book, so that felt good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, Injury/Injury detail