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A review by romancewithem
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
3.5
Honestly this book is so long and so much happens I feel like I've forgotten 90% of it (the month long break in the middle didn't help)
I enjoyed the audio but kinda wished I eyeball read it instead just as the fast paced moments with lots of action I had to pause/go back as there was so much happening I need to work out what I actually listened to (and imo I wasn't even listening that fast at x1.45 which is on the slower side for me)
The lack of communication/miscommunication/whatever the fuck was happening between Violet and Xaden got on my nerves real quick and I was so glad when (minor spoiler) they agreed to no secrets and I really hope they stick to that in the next book or so otherwise I'll dnf so fast
As a forced proximity lover, the first half where Violet and Xaden were forced to be apart was straight up not a vibe and I didn't like it here
the use of "recovered correspondence" for some pre chapter spiel is making me so uneasy like wtf is going to happen in the rest of the series, it's making me so uneasy and we still have 3 books left (I think)
This whole series is giving me major Divergent series vibes and the more I think about it the more parallels I can draw, just as long as it doesn't end the way Allegiant did (iykyk)
I did pause this at one point for like a week cos there was a plot point which just made me so irrationally angry, I needed to take a break cos honestly what the actual fuck was I reading at one point
Also this was so long, like no audiobook needs to be longer than a day. As I said at the start so much happens that I don't even remember half of it, this could've easily been 2 books
Finally, this cliffhanger at the end seems less dramatic than the one in FW, maybe it's cos so much drama happened that I was just glad to get to the end of it and be able to move on to reasonable length audiobooks (aka anything 14 hours or less)
- romantic fantasy
- dragons
- miscommunication
- so much drama / action idek what happened
- 1 very stupid and annoy plot point I wish it never existed
I enjoyed the audio but kinda wished I eyeball read it instead just as the fast paced moments with lots of action I had to pause/go back as there was so much happening I need to work out what I actually listened to (and imo I wasn't even listening that fast at x1.45 which is on the slower side for me)
The lack of communication/miscommunication/whatever the fuck was happening between Violet and Xaden got on my nerves real quick and I was so glad when (minor spoiler) they agreed to no secrets and I really hope they stick to that in the next book or so otherwise I'll dnf so fast
As a forced proximity lover, the first half where Violet and Xaden were forced to be apart was straight up not a vibe and I didn't like it here
This whole series is giving me major Divergent series vibes and the more I think about it the more parallels I can draw, just as long as it doesn't end the way Allegiant did (iykyk)
I did pause this at one point for like a week cos there was a plot point which just made me so irrationally angry, I needed to take a break cos honestly what the actual fuck was I reading at one point
Also this was so long, like no audiobook needs to be longer than a day. As I said at the start so much happens that I don't even remember half of it, this could've easily been 2 books
Finally, this cliffhanger at the end seems less dramatic than the one in FW, maybe it's cos so much drama happened that I was just glad to get to the end of it and be able to move on to reasonable length audiobooks (aka anything 14 hours or less)
- romantic fantasy
- dragons
- miscommunication
- so much drama / action idek what happened
- 1 very stupid and annoy plot point I wish it never existed