If Fourth Wing is a black Morningstar dragon, Iron Flame is a nondescript green one.
Don’t get me wrong, this is still a "good" read - and you should pick it up if you liked Fourth Wing. However, while some on this app finished it in a day - I definitely could put this one down (in fact, I finished three other books before completing this one). The main issue here is the dialogue, which was incredibly repetitive and made me less invested in these characters.
Iron Flame was also too action-packed. Do you remember Barney Stinson’s “Get Psyched” playlist on How I Met Your Mother? “All rise” (no fall)? That’s what we have here. As a reader I couldn’t regroup after action and suspense in nearly every scene. And, as a result, I got used to this chaotic pacing and stopped really caring about the story.
If everything is suspenseful, nothing is suspenseful.
That said, the last 100 pages were the best part AND the ending was unpredictable.
Overall, I’m still invested in this story, this setting, and these characters - I’m glad I read the second installment and I’m looking forward to hearing what’s next for Navarre. I just hope Book 3 reads more like Fourth Wing.
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