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A review by 10000bees
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This is I Can Fix Him, the book. The first half was ROUGH, especially the first few chapters when names were getting thrown around like crazy. If you're going to have a cute little character list, please include all the minor characters too and not just the core cast. But things got a bit better in the second half and things picked up the pace and Violet and Xaden's circular arguments mostly came to an end. Is this growth?
Their relationship is just so frustrating to me. I would have much rather have two badass dragon riders try to save the world together rather than two badass dragon riders struggle to save their doomed romance. But I do appreciate how supportive they are of each other.
I do wish that the stakes felt as high as they were made out to be, but everything about this series feels incredibly convenient. Violet and Xaden are great at everything until it would be dramatic if they weren't.
And I'm still not a fan of the writing style at all, but I think there has been improvements in some places. It's pretty clear to me that the author reads feedback (there's one line that I'm sure was written because of a common complaint from Iron Flame), and it makes me feel a little weird. I'm sure some people love knowing that, but I'm more worried that the plot might subtly change to fit more fan theories into it.
All that being said, this was definitely an improvement from Iron Flame and that cliffhanger has me almost looking forward to the next book.
Their relationship is just so frustrating to me. I would have much rather have two badass dragon riders try to save the world together rather than two badass dragon riders struggle to save their doomed romance. But I do appreciate how supportive they are of each other.
I do wish that the stakes felt as high as they were made out to be, but everything about this series feels incredibly convenient. Violet and Xaden are great at everything until it would be dramatic if they weren't.
And I'm still not a fan of the writing style at all, but I think there has been improvements in some places. It's pretty clear to me that the author reads feedback (there's one line that I'm sure was written because of a common complaint from Iron Flame), and it makes me feel a little weird. I'm sure some people love knowing that, but I'm more worried that the plot might subtly change to fit more fan theories into it.
All that being said, this was definitely an improvement from Iron Flame and that cliffhanger has me almost looking forward to the next book.