Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2)
Rebecca Yarros
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· 245 ratings · Published: 07 Nov 2023
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College―Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits―and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College―and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame
Tagged as:
- fantasy 33
- military 29
- war 26
- magic 24
- disabilities & scars 24
- new adult 23
- tortured hero 21
- enemies to lovers 20
- competent heroine 20
- first person pov 18
- take-charge heroine 18
- alpha male 17
- gifted/super-heroine 15
- high fantasy 14
- tortured heroine 13
- warlord/commander hero 13
- royal hero 11
- angst 11
- possessive hero 10
- college 9
- independent heroine 9
- height difference 8
- grumpy/cold hero 7
- dangerous heroine 7
- vengeance 6
- forced proximity 5
- monsters 5
- abduction 5
- sassy heroine 5
- warrior heroine 3
- mystery 2
- bad boys 2
- m-f romance 2
- fighter hero 2
- other man/woman 1
- rich hero 1
- class difference 1
- good grovel 1
- political/court intrigue 1
- hurt/comfort 1
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- content warnings
- death / grief 21
- animal death 14
- abuse 12
- third party abuse 6
- torture of mcs 2
- ableism 1
- mental trauma 1
- suicide / ideation 1
- torture of side characters 1
- past abuse 1
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The 'The Empyrean' series
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