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A review by rainbowscuba
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
After the first book I had quite high hopes but unfortunately the author got lost too much in the feelings of the main character while neglecting the page of the story development , which got lost a bit.
The amount of time the protagonist spends wallowing in her guilt and her mistrust and feelings for her love interest become annoying. She also does not seem to learn from previous mistakes as she seems to insist to repeat them at the next opportunity.
The sex could have been dialled back as it was not needed for the story and felt out of place at times.
Overall, the book could have easily been cut by 1/3 and it would have been faster paced and the main story would have not been so disjointed and it would have been more enjoyable to follow.
I was also disappointed that the story about Andarna was left so vague, became important in the end but felt rushed.
One last thing I did not enjoy the voice actor who read the story for the audiobook version. She felt to have the need to convey the urgency in battle situations by reading louder and louder and faster and faster. It made it comical.
The ending sets us up for third book but I am not sure if I will even bother.
The amount of time the protagonist spends wallowing in her guilt and her mistrust and feelings for her love interest become annoying. She also does not seem to learn from previous mistakes as she seems to insist to repeat them at the next opportunity.
The sex could have been dialled back as it was not needed for the story and felt out of place at times.
Overall, the book could have easily been cut by 1/3 and it would have been faster paced and the main story would have not been so disjointed and it would have been more enjoyable to follow.
I was also disappointed that the story about Andarna was left so vague, became important in the end but felt rushed.
One last thing I did not enjoy the voice actor who read the story for the audiobook version. She felt to have the need to convey the urgency in battle situations by reading louder and louder and faster and faster. It made it comical.
The ending sets us up for third book but I am not sure if I will even bother.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Sexual content, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence