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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

76 reviews

rhiwind93's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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vivivi's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ohhhhhh things keep happening ahhhh 

It's one thing after another! People are dropping like flies! 

Really hard to put down. 

Finally able to catch my breath at the halfway mark. 

And somehow we manage to come back to a school setting, which I love. 

Things are looking bleak. I'm in the final 2 hours of the audiobook. Anything can happen. Anyone might die. Ahhh 

Holy cow that ending. Two cliff hangers in a row!! Amazing. Love it. Also, I need the next book. 

Are reviews supposed to make sense? I can't make any sense at the moment.
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natashareadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What the ffff-!! 
Ok, so I am still processing, trying to figure out what I just read and how I am feeling about it πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. 

Iron Flame follows the events of Fourth Wing. 
Everyone including Violet expected Violet to die during her first year at Basgaith- but it turns out that Threshing was just the first test to weed out the weak-willed and unlucky.
Now the real training begins. But it's not that it is malicious and brutal, or that it is designed to stretch a riders pain capacity beyond endurance. No it is the new Code Commandment who has made it his personal mission to teach Violet how powerless she is and to betray the man she loves. The man who broke her trust. 
Even though Violet's body might be frailer than everyone else's, her will is iron. 
But determination to survive won't be enough. 
Soooo, where do I begin? 
Let's start with the issues- I feel like the release was somewhat rushed. It seems sooo many people have had issues- from businesses that were promised the black pages for preorders, having those cancelled, to the wrong title being on the covers, to the missing dragons on chapter 17 (which include my copy I got from Indigo/Coles in Canada, to the lone copy I found in NYS- but I will take the missing dragon over any other issues), but I've even heard missing pages/chapters. Honestly, I don't know where the problem was, it shouldn't have en this big of an issue to begin with. 
Now that that is out of the way, let's continue onto the story within the book.
I still love this world, and these characters. 
I get the conflict between Xaden & Violet, but felt like it dragged on a bit longer than it should have. The biggest issue being trust & communication after the events of Fourth Wing continued on through the whole of Iron Flame. 
I also feel like the book was longer than it needed to be- I get that it was building up the story & the ending conflict/battle, but there is also a whole lot of nothing happening too. So it could have been condensed some. 
But besides those, like I said, I LOVED the world, and the characters. 
Even despite Violet's weaknesses she is still strong. And I absolutely love that strength about her. 
And I still love Xaden- for everything he has been through and everything he is. All his lies and secrets. He is still my favorite character. 
I still love Rhiannon, Ridoc, Sawyer, and all the other characters too. 
And WHAT WAS THAT ENDING?! I am going to lose my mind until I get the next book, because well, as always, I need answers, i need conclusion, and i need more πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚. I loved this book, and cannot wait for more from this story. 
4⭐ out of 5⭐. 
3🌢️ out of 5🌢️. Multiple scenes throughout in detail. 

Tropes: 
β†’ fantasy romance /romantasy
β†’ enemies to lovers 
β†’ forced Proximity 
β†’ academy (war college)
β†’ New Adult romance 
β†’ chronic illness (h) representation 
β†’ morally gray H 
β†’found family 
β†’ slow burn 
β†’ overcoming adversity/underdog 
β†’ dysfunctional family
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passionatereader78's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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wrensreadingroom's review

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

5.0

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lemonwrlds's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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lexim's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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chasingpages1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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luchikreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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solarel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first book was so much fun and well thought out. We all loved the theories and guesses about what was coming next. Iron Flame only delivered partially. 

The story itself was engaging about a third of the way through. The first third was just excruciating watching our loved characters just be miserable. 

The relationship conflicts were confusing and unnecessary, easily solved if given one rational conversation. These aren’t teens, so why are they acting so broody and immature? We expect better from them. 

The ending felt more like an attention grabber than a plot twist. It just made me disengage from the story for how left field it was. 

And lastly, the publisher really messed up on the delivery of this book. Not only did it have a slew of misprints, but there were dozens of typos and the grammar in some places was horrible. Not to mention the cheesy lines and nonsense derailments. They rushed this big time and the quality tanked because of it. 
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