I ❤️MY FANTASY ZADDIES (If you know what the red annotations mean….then you know 🥵) #booktok #romantasybooks #romantasyrecs #romancereader #bookish #fourthwing #zodiacacademy #savagelands #adawnofonyx #betweenwrathandmercy #romancebookrecs #literarylola #fyp ♬ original sound - Diego R Exclusive: Read an excerpt from 'Iron Flame,' Rebecca Yarros' 'Fourth Wing' sequel". TODAY.com. September 12, 2023 . Retrieved October 31, 2023. We learnt from reading Fourth Wing that boy, oh boy Rebecca Yarros does not pull her punches. And Malek, Dunne or whatever gods you feel like praying to aren’t going to protect you in Iron Flame either. Thankfully, things took a pleasant turn when I reached the second part and I wasn't only rooting for them, I was absolutely feral when everything mined their eventual happiness. How did you decide to do a part one and part two for “Iron Flame,” and did you ever consider making part two into the third book in the series instead?

Violet and Xaden took the book world by storm in Fourth Wing, and we’re so excited to bring you a matching edition of the sequel: Iron Flame! P.S: What is the author going to write in the next THREE books?! We are already in the middle of fighting against the venin and wyvern and I hope RY doesn’t drag out the storyline too much and makes it another Zodiac Academy situation 💀 Yarros’ book and its sequel, Iron Flame, out Nov. 7, are among the many helping to popularize the romance-fantasy genre, also called “Romantasy.” The genre, which seems to have gotten its name from TikTok, where the hashtag of the same name currently has over 475 million views, blends the two popular categories in often engaging, world-building novels. Some of the most successful include series like A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, Crowns of Nyaxia by Carissa Broadbent, and Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Blood and Ash books. A scream musters at the base of my throat, but I can’t breathe in this inferno, let alone give it voice. The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity."

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There were a few things that didn't really get explained. For example, why wouldn't Brennan encourage Violet to do research on wards? Violet was trained as a Scribe and would be an excellent person to assign for this task. I get he didn't think they would have enough time to figure it out and he thought they should focus on making more weapons, but no one assigned Violet a mission, so why have her do nothing instead of possibly finding a solution to win the war? His logic wasn't full-proof. Also, the end where Brennan fixes the wardstone. . . we spent the entire book trying to understand wards and then figure out how to mend them and somehow Brennan does this but we don't see how? It better be explained in the next book and not glossed over. Also, why did Xaden become venin? In the dream he has, the Sage said it would save Violet from dying while she was draining herself for the wardstone, but I don't see how thats true. If you have any ideas please let me know. And random but can someone please make a timeline of when Xaden would have been able to have a relationship with Cat? Because according to my math, he would have been, like, 14 years old! There are even more situations that needed an explanation but I don't have the energy to go through them all. He’s turning. So you go through the epigraphs, and there’s certain degrees,” Yarros told Varietyin a sitdown interview Monday, just ahead of “Iron Flame’s” Tuesday release. “One of the things I love to play with is that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and that when you want magic and you can’t have it because you haven’t been chosen by a dragon or a griffin, what will you pay for it? And people will pay with their souls. You see it in our society, all the time, people will sell their souls for power. So it’s a matter of, how much of his soul did he exchange? And once you start, how do you stop and is it an addiction?” Our main protagonist, Violet Sorrengail, is tenacious and despite her physical struggles, emerges as a beacon of strength and intelligence that makes you root for her. The journey she goes on is a testament to the sturdiness of the human spirit as she has to constantly face adversity and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. The character development of both her and the lovable side characters (shoutout to Rhiannon, Ridoc, Jesinia and Sawyer!) is superb in Iron Flame and readers will find themselves deeply invested in both their struggles and their triumphs. PS: Violet during the torture scenes and and final battle when she saves Sawyer was impressive as hell! I respect her so much and strive to be just as badass.

Following the dramatic sheer cliff-face that was the ending of Fourth Wing, we were left on tenterhooks about what on earth could happen next. Iron Flame is one hell of a terrifying roller coaster ride. Violet knows the truth that’s been kept hidden for centuries, and now she has secrets to keep from friends and foes, gas lighting professors, sadistic leadership out for blood, oh and classes this year that are deadlier than last in a war college that never relents. I was over the moon to reunite with my favourite grumpy old dragon and possibly favourite character ever, Tairn, and a newly adolescent and incredibly snarky Andarna. The chemistry between Violet and Xaden is served at the perfect temperature - sizzling hot - although their relationship is far from smooth sailing. A rider can either have one powerful signet or two signets or go insane if their dragon previously bonds with a direct relative. In this case, Sgaeyl had bonded with Xaden’s grandfather. When Xaden manifests his second signet, he hides it on seeing Basgiath killing inntinnsic (mind readers). With rumours that Sgaeyl bonded with a distant uncle, he is able to hide his signets by claiming that he has one powerful signet – shadow wielding. Andarna’s den is not named in “Iron Flame,” correct? I’m not missing the name for the secret seventh den of iridescent dragons? TW: physical torture, imprisonment, brutal injuries, perilous situations, blood, dismemberment, burning, murder, death, grief, ow drama. It’s been quite some time since the world has seen a pop culture phenomenon like Twilightor Harry Potter, but author Rebecca Yarros’ latest novels are one of the many fantasy series attempting to give those modern classics a run for their money. Fourth Wing, released in May, centers around Violet Sorrengail, a young woman pushed to join a dragon-riding school by her mother—the commanding general at the fictional Basgiath War College—and her journey to find herself by venturing beyond her comfort zone. It features a steamy, enemies-to-lovers romance with Xaden Riorson, the story’s antagonist, a love story initially complicated by the fact that Violet’s mother killed Xaden’s father.RIP Mama Sorrengail. For all of Fourth Wing and most of Iron Flame, I hated her. And honestly, even after everything, I still don't like her very much. However, while I know she wasn't a great person or mom, I understand her choices. Again, I don't agree with them, but she really thought she was protecting her children. I wept when she died, not because I am sad she's dead, but for Brennan, Mira, and Violet. They now know that even if their mom was misguided, her intention was driven by the love of her children and now that she's gone, they'll mourn what was and what could have been. They each had such different responses and I felt them all. When the man stops keeping secrets. He’s not exactly an open book, nor is he as forthcoming as he’d like to think he is. He’s like, “I tell you the truth”— no he doesn’t! No, he’s like a male Celaena Sardothien, “I’ll tell you my my plan when it’s time.” No, he like’s to think he’s open, he’s not. He’s like, ask me anything — but not that! Book three, man! I love Andarna. I think it’s fun that she’s a teenager, too. And she eats everything because I have teenage boys and my editor is like, why is she eating everything, and I’m like, have you ever been with teenagers? She’s eating all the sheep, and I love that Brennan is like, how do I find enough sheep? There are logical questions when Violet brings the entire riot to Aretia and Brennan is like, how do I feed you? But everything regarding Andarna is coming. That is not an “Iron Flame” question, my dear. By birth, if it were still a kingdom and not a province. So technically, he would be the Duke. There’s an epigraph where they removed the right to go sit on the council and gave it to the Duke of Lewellen — and there’s so much that got taken out of edits. This book, had it not been edited down would have a lot more in it. So you’ll see in book three, how it is Aretia has been allowed to survive without being caught. Something got cut out in edits and I was like, oh, my gosh — OK, book three! Technically, he would be the Duke and he would be the person sitting in the seat of Tyrrendor. So it’s a question of Lewellen, who’s the current Duke, what he’s going to do with the existence of Aretia.