Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame is the second book in the Empyrean series, following Fourth Wing. It´s about Violet Sorrengail´s second year at Basgiath War College, which is basically a school for dragon riders where everything is trying to kill you. The stakes are way higher in this one because she´s not just trying to survive her classes anymore, shes uncovering secrets about the government and a war that´s been hidden for centuries. It´s got a lot of action, and some pretty intense plot twists. 

I really liked Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros because it didn´t have that second book slump you see in a lot of series. Violet is such a cool main character because she isn´t the strongest physically, but she uses her brain to outsmart people who are twice her size. The ending of the first book left off on a huge cliffhanger, and this book picks up right there and keeps the energy up. 

Reviewed by C.G., Grade 11

Glendale Central Library