Saturday, November 25, 2023

Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros

 

Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros is the second book in the Empyrean series.

Started: 11/19/2023
Completed: 11/25/2023
Recommendation: Mild Recommendation
Recommended By: Nobody

Review:

The soft port theme continues.  This one escalates from "struggle to survive" to "struggle to save the world."  *SPOILER* The return of Jack is unpleasant and not well explained.  The "will they won't they" continues to be annoying.  It feels like this book is a collection of cliches and I find that mildly annoying.  So, not certain I will read any more of this series.  Still, I have to admit that the concepts are good and some of the staging is excellent.  The dialog is stilted at best and check caresses combined with the ardent desires held at abeyance for the other is droll.  I just feel like this book would have been much better if there was more time on the way friendships form and less on the "need" for one another.  I almost laughed out loud at some of the dialog..."you are my gravity."  So, I can mildly recommend it if you can skip/get by the soft porn, oh, and the torture (which is not as graphic, thankfully, as it could have been).

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