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Iron Flame By Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame

By Rebecca Yarros

  • Release Date: 2023-11-07
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
  • $14.99
Score: 4.5
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From 18,753 Ratings
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Description

Discover the instant #1 New York Times bestseller! TV series now in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Accolades for Fourth Wing
Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 (Fourth Wing and Iron Flame) • NPR “Books We Love” 2023 • Audible Best Books of 2023 • Hudson Book of the Year • Google Play Best Books of 2023 • Indigo Best Books of 2023 • Waterstones Book of the Year finalist • Goodreads Choice Award, semi-finalist • Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of 2023 • Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023

“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame

Reviews

  • This book will wreck you in the best way.

    4
    By The Haus of Hamilton Book Club
    I have such mixed feelings about Iron Flame — on one hand I was so emotionally wrecked by some of the plot-lines, on the other, I was so frustrated by the introduction of the rest. And I may have wanted to murder a few characters… All I know is that the throne room changed me, and the ending broke me. If Rebecca continues to write cliff-hangers like this, I don’t know if I’ll be able to make it through this series. Consider yourself warned

  • Great read

    5
    By GF Texas
    It keeps you turning pages!

  • So hooked…

    5
    By AndiePR19
    Another page turner I didn’t want to see end. Fantastic! Can’t wait for book 3! Yes, please!

  • Love this series!!

    5
    By SMill93
    The adventure never ends!! I can’t wait for the next books!!

  • World & Conflict Building

    5
    By tessahrkal
    I enjoyed the continued character development in Iron Flame, especially seeing Violet. That said, I found myself wanting more from her relationship with Xaden—outside of the repetitive back-and-forth about secrets, which started to feel a bit overdone. This book leans heavily into world- and conflict-building, expanding the scope and complexity of the Empyrean universe. The fractures in society and deeper unrest begin to surface, clearly laying the groundwork for what’s to come in future books. There’s a lot happening here, and while I liked the layered plotlines and twists, I definitely feel the need for a re-read to fully absorb everything. Overall, it’s a solid second book—denser than the first, but more focused on laying critical foundations for the larger story to come.

  • Love this book!!!

    5
    By kayelynt2017
    Iron Flame is so good!!!!!! Best book I have read in so long!

  • Read in 24hrs

    5
    By ashley5463
    She does it again couldn’t keep the book down

  • OMG@!!

    5
    By KateW65
    Absolutely loved it! It will have you hanging on the edge of your seat! I have never read something so powerful! I’m totally hooked.

  • ….

    3
    By rileywaggy
    Honestly, I loved this book until the end. I really dislike the end. Not where I expected the book to go.

  • Not the finest

    2
    By Rampant_Wilder
    Mystified by the amount of love for these boring, poorly written, not at all thought out books. As I read them I am convinced the writer believes all readers are absolute idiots - whatever happened to “show, don’t tell,” which I thought was a basic rule of writing. Very little world building, and what is in there is often excerpts from “correspondence” or books that the moronic main characters don’t bother to learn before flying off to long tedious battles that are miraculously won at the last minute, with long and detailed sex scenes between pretty flat and one dimensional characters interspersed between. I have read much better fantasy books in the free section of the Apple Books store. But clearly I am in the minority here, so sit, kick back, and enjoy an easy read with a magic super powerful purple dragon in peace, without my bewildered and heavy dislike.

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