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Average rating4
No spoilers. This was a solid follow up to the first book. The writing seemed to improve, the world/lore is expanded, and for the most part the pacing was good.
I burned through it (pun intended) but it's long. Iron Flame feels like two full books, with two complete story arcs. It's cool that we got all this content at once but my personal preference would have been to have them separate.
The bulk of the first half is focused less on the romance and more on the plot which was great, because Violet and Xaden got on my nerves. I wish the conflict between them had more measurable growth, but they just kept having the same fight over and over until they didn't.
Finishing it left me feeling a little brain fried, probably a lot in part to the 878 ebook page count. Would still recommend if you liked the first one.