Really bad writing quality, I can’t believe the ratings are so high on goodreads. I’m just expressing my opinion, so unless you also didn’t like it I’d not keep reading this post, because I hate when people talk shit about my favorite book lol… Anyways, the main character, Violet is the most annoying insufferable whiny girl I’ve everrrrr read about. The “chosen” trope was honestly very overused, Violet apparently has a bone Illness but Rebeca never mentioned it on the book. So her fans and her thinks that I have a crystal ball to guess?! I just thought she was very ANNOYING. She could at least actually train and improve instead of waiting for her 7ft boyfriend to save her or poisoning her enemies please. Also the thunder thing while they have love is very cringy sorry, I hated it. The world building is horrible and the plot is messy. I wanted to know more about the school system but the author just skipped through it. The best part of the book is for sure the dragons. The characters are very basic with no personality or depth…they felt like exactly what they are (fictional). I like books that makes me feel like I personally know the characters. That’s more of a rant than a review. And apparently the second book is even worst according to some of my friends… And the author is very problematic, honestly Sarah just Maas 2. But to call her Sarah j Maas is actually an insult to Sarah because I actually like almost all of her books…
I really liked Fourth Wing and it was a fun read, but the sequel is terrible. I’m about halfway through and am having trouble finishing it. I will excuse mediocre plot and world building if the character development and romance is good, but everything is terrible about this book. Nothing the characters do makes any sense, the pacing is way off, the romance is so boring, the characters are so one dimensional, ugh I could go on…I was so excited for this to come out and am so disappointed.
Ugh same. I very much enjoyed Fourth Wing as a fun, shut off your brain kinda read. The same way I enjoyed Twilight. I’m not going to argue it’s great writing lol but it was enjoyable to read as light entertainment
But Iron Flame is killing me. I got it from my library the day it came out and I’m still not even half way through. I’m so bored. I was hoping she’d improve on some of the world building issues and flesh out the characters a bit more in this book but she definitely hasn’t. I’m pushing through but unless the second half is somehow amazing there’s no way I’m reading any more of this.
I’m convinced the sequel was an unplanned rush job to strike while the iron was hot.
Me too