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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
3.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did like this book, the plot was more interesting than fourth wing, as I enjoyed the development of other characters in this book. There was still a number of interactions between Violet and Xaden which had me giggling and swinging my feet and I love, love, love the dragons. 

The biggest issue I had with this book though? It was too flipping long. I feel like with some editing and concessions this book could’ve easy been about 500-600 pages and still covered everything. The bit in the middle especially seemed to drag forever and was a bit of a slog to get through, in my opinion. 

That being said, I did enjoy this book and look forward to reading the third book, but apparently this is meant to be a 5 book series and I’m confused about how much Yarros can drag this plot line before we’re just reading the same story over and over. 

3⭐️