Iron Flame

I am heartbroken to report that I did not love this one as much as I did the first one. 
It didn't read the same. It was much more of a drag for me to try to get through and it took me way longer to finish. 
I found myself getting so angry at Violet and Xaden throughout this book and I was just yelling at them HOW FUCKING HARD IS IT TOO COMMUNICATE?? You keep having the same fucking fight about how he isn't telling you things, and she isn't asking. And then they fuck and it's all better. This book made them so toxic. And Xaden didn't even seem like the same person! The entirety of the first book was how he trusted her to take care of herself and he believed in her and this one undid all of that with how protective he became of her. It was beyond annoying.
I did cry again because I still love these characters so much and their pain also caused me pain. Theory:
I think Violet's dad is involved with the Venin and that's why none of them are allowed to kill her. but I will definitely be finding out if I'm right because I'm still going to be reading Onyx Storm as soon as I can get my grubby little hands on a copy.