the info-dumping was a bit much in this book. I think Fourth Wing had the perfect amount of world building and information. Iron Flame had a lot of information because the characters are going to class and learn about new magic and trying to gather info on how to raise wards and power the wardstone etc. and I get that it was important, but seeing them look for information, just to try it and fail and then having to continue their search was a bit exhausting. Immediately afte the death of General Sorrengail, we see three different immediate reactions from her three estranged children: Brennan, Mira and Violet. How did you decide how each of them would react to her choice to sacrifice herself by using Sloane to siphon her power into the wardstone? Hanson, Sophie (November 7, 2023). "Iron Flame Spoilers: What Happens To Violet & Xaden?". StyleCaster . Retrieved November 9, 2023.

Violet.” His gaze rakes over my face, lingering on my cheeks. I love the way he says my name. Sure, it’s the alcohol overruling my logic, but I want to hear him say it again. “Lieutenant Riorson.” 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. I’m going to assume we will NOT like Solas. Tairn seemed pretty stressed about him too. So yeah, new enemy. Of course, the biggest question is: Who is Solas’s rider? Could it be the vice commandant we read about in the Iron Flame description? Clearly it has to be a rider transferred here to the college. I honestly don’t know,” Yarros said. “His goal in this book is that she has to love him while he can still keep secrets. And this is one of the reasons: if you fall in love with a CIA agent, he’s not going to come home and tell you what he did at work today. There’s certain things you have to take on faith with the person that you love. Second, this is something that can get him killed on both sides from everyone, no one suffers inntinnsics to live. So this is the deepest, darkest secret he could possibly have and he would have to trust her implicitly.”Teenage Andarna’s tail is revealed to be a poisonous barbed scorpion tail after she battles Solas. We’re told by Tairn that dragon tails are determined after the feathertail childhood stage “by choice and need.” When specifical in “Iron Flame” does Andarna’s turn to scorpion and why that choice?

I actually prefer Book 1 a lot more than this book because that was more clear and exciting than this one. Not that this one wasn't great, but it didn't give the same feelings as the first one did when it hooked me instantly because of the Parapet scene. Many things didn't work for me. The start of this book wasn't as exciting... (she was eating freaking biscuits). And Brennan's revealation and all were just so avg and boring? A lot of info dumps too. The Dragons made this book better!

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The trio nearly collides directly behind the center of our wing — our section — then bolts toward the opening in the courtyard wall where the parapet lies. In some fan art, Xaden is depicted as white, though he is described by you as a person of color in the books. What are your hopes for that casting and how you think readers will react? I honestly don’t know. His goal in this book is that she has to love him while he can still keep secrets. And this is one of the reasons: if you fall in love with a CIA agent, he’s not going to come home and tell you what he did at work today. There’s certain things you have to take on faith with the person that you love. Second, this is something that can get him killed on both sides from everyone, no one suffers inntinnsics to live. So this is the deepest, darkest secret he could possibly have and he would have to trust her implicitly. And I would like to think that he probably would have once she — there’s a moment in the finale, when he is going off to fight the Sage and she has to go get the wards up, where she finally trusts him to go do whatever it is he needs to do so she can do what she needs. And I like to think that once past that moment, he would have. But until that moment, she never shows the trust for him to go do what he needs to throughout the entire book. So I’d like to think yes, but she figured it out. What is the purpose of Xaden’s ex Catriona? What did you want to do with that character and why did you want to introduce her now?

Yes, I’m aware. I had to find a Gaelic tutor, because I was even pronouncing that word wrong and it went very wrong for me. And that is something that I just have to own, too. And I’m sorry. My violetxaden heart was so happy!! I mean I knew Violet would be really stubborn about the Xaden lying to her thing and would hold it against him for quite some time, but I loved the angst that created. But Xaden is completely smitten with her and we love to see an obsessed boy. Vi doesn’t think that he would choose her over the revolution, but she doesn’t realized that Xaden would burn down the world for her 😌 he is not like that rule-following loser Dain .. Xaden would break every rule for her and the way Xaden is so worried for Vi and wants to protect her has my heart melting into a puddle 🥰 Andarna’s den is not named in “Iron Flame,” correct? I’m not missing the name for the secret seventh den of iridescent dragons? 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?I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, and when I finished, I had the overwhelming urge to just start it all over again' - Reader Review The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." I would rather lose this entire war than live without, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I'll do it. You gave me your heart, and I'm keeping it." So that is one fan theory that I’ve heard, that he already loved her because of stories Brennan told. And I was like, Brennan hasn’t seen her since she was 14, and that’s creepy. So we’re gonna stop that one right now. There’s no way Xaden is falling in love with a 14-year-old girl. And it might be hard for readers, but he’s not the guy who’s going to save the world, he’s going to be the guy who saves people who are important to him. And that’s it. Her mother killed his dad and not only that, but Brennan’s switched sides and told him horrible things about his and Violet’s mother. And we’re not in Xaden’s head second year, and for a very good reason, because we would know what his second signet is and you know what’s going on and then all your tension is relieved. It’s just a logical human emotion to want revenge on someone who put you through that much pain. 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!

I do. I'm sorry if you expect me to do the noble thing. I warned you I'm not sweet or soft or kind, and you fell anyways. That is what you get, Violet - me. The good, the bad, the unforgivable. All of it. I am yours." 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.I'm choosing to help whoever I feel needs helping in a way that's suited to my personal beliefs and that has nothing to do with the books I prefer to engage with. You and I are not easy people. What we build together has to be strong enough to withstand a storm. Or a war. Easy isn't going to give that to us." I'm not ignoring the problem, I'm simply choosing to keep my thoughts on the matter private and my general beliefs silent, except for serious situations that require me to speak up about them out loud or environments where I know judgement or opposition would come in a respectful manner and not in the form of bullying and name calling.