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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

37 reviews

jess_tries2read's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I liked this book just as well as Fourth Wing. The pace is slower than Fourth Wing, however I enjoyed seeing more of the world than just Basgiath. 

I still think there are large holes she could fill to make the world feel more rich and lived-in. I'd also have less of a chapped ass if the author would stop throwing in modern verbiage in this fantasy universe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Xenophobia

rachelpacz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

octopus18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

readingbymollie's review against another edition

3.0

adding "Rebecca Yarros" to my list of people who have upset me. That's the ending? THAT??? 

Wasn't expecting to love this, based on my reaction to book 1, and i didn't. Not a lot of surprises (save that ending). The back-and-forth in the beginning of will-they-won't-they felt a bit overplayed. Some f*cked up sh*t in this book, I continue to have issues accepting that things certain societal institutions (vagueposting ;)) do are just acceptable (a concept this series just glosses right over, though a feather-light touch of potential critique can [shockingly] be found in this book). 

Definitely interested in finding out what the hell is going to happen in book 3! 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and War

grayscale08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

honeyedapricots's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

monsarona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

Enjoyable ride overall, even if it did drag a tiny bit. It definitely feels more unique as a story to the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emilycfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Not quite as good as Fourth Wing (honestly, that might be impossible so I knew it probably wouldn’t / couldn’t be), but Iron Flame still had a death grip on me until I finished it. I read FW and IF back-to-back, and I felt like I was living on adrenaline and almost disassociated from my life because ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS READ AND ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS THIS SERIES. I read literally all night until 7am or later multiple times. I was so sad when I finished IF because now I have to wait until the next book is released. But at the same time, the flood of relief I felt when I finished was PALPABLE (like after you turn in the last thing during exam week after running on fumes for days) lol. I was like thank god I’m no longer held captive by these books and can relax now and get back to my normal life haha
A few things that brought it down from 5 stars for me: Violet and Xaden’s relationship dynamic gets pretty repetitive and frustrating, but I’m hoping that it was intentional and we’ll see growth from them moving forward. I also didn’t like how many times the story jumped forward to the next day or several days / weeks later because I felt like I was missing things (like, did they talk about xyz but we didn’t see it or have they not even discussed it?). I just want to know what happens every minute of every day!! Even the “boring” day-to-day stuff because that’s when we get to see Violet’s friends and learn more about the world :( but I also get that it’s already a long book. Similar to FW, the writing is simply fine — not so terrible it ruins the story but also not good (I swear to god everything is measured in heartbeats as if this world does not have any other unit to measure time)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

imds's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and War