1/5 ⭐️ stars ☺️✨ An unfortunate (though not unexpected) affront to the craft of writing.Call me naive, but I honestly hoped after the train wreck that was *Iron Flame*, Rebecca Yarros would take her year and work out the kinks in her storytelling and world-building and at least deliver something on par with *Fourth Wing*. At my most optimistic, I hoped she might work a miracle and make something decent enough for me to give her two or even three stars, but in a concerning continuation of her dow...

4.5 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Remember when I said that if Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) didn't win me over (since I had mixed feelings about Iron Flame) that I would quit the series? Guess what? This girl is NOT quitting! I can tell Rebecca Yarros really poured her heart and soul into this installment to show us the true potential of this series and where it's heading—and I'll be eagerly waiting for book 4. I finished Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) in less than 24 hours on its release day, so that tells ...

|| 2.5 stars || Okay, I have a LOT to say, so buckle up, because this is going to be a long one. I promise to be completely honest, though: no hate for the sake of hate, and no praise where it doesn’t deserve any. Just pure and total honesty. ➛ Writing First of all, the incessant name-dropping of characters and places I am sure I have never heard of before was genuinely making MY HEAD SPIN. Why was every single page filled with like four names (at least) that nobody knows or cares about an...

Can you really pad out 500 pages with nothing but posing and pointless back-and-forth, and call it a book? Apparently, you can. What the heck happened here? Was Rebecca Yarros kidnapped and replaced by an imposter who wrote **Onyx Storm**? Did she crack under the pressure and have to ChatGPT the whole thing? Because this doesn't resemble the series I've come to know and love *at all*, and I'm pretty speechless (well, not so speechless that I can't rant, obviously). Let's start by asking the mo...

Part One: Prologue - Chapter 20It’s been five minutes since the end of book 2, and Violet “I Can Fix Him” Sorrengail is having a mental shouting match with her ancient teenage dragon. Andarna is moaning about not knowing where she comes from, kinda like Gonzo in *Muppets From Space*. They talk about a bunch of stuff, and even though I reread *Iron Flame* just days before this book, I have absolutely no freakin’ idea what anyone’s on about. At one point, Xaden is called “His Grace,” and my eyebal...

What a repetitive drag. I called it after Iron Flame-- there is just not five books worth of story here.I'm pretty certain this is where I part ways with this series. It's a shame because I am somewhat invested in these characters after spending 1,700 pages together, but I don't want another Throne of Glass situation where I keep coming back, hoping for something better when our chemistry has already fizzled out. Part of the problem is with me: I’m trying to make this series something it isn’t i...

➳ I need Imogen to use her powers and wipe ALL of my memories from this shit show ☆I'm giving one, and only ONE, disclaimer. If you're going to be a smartass in my comments... blocked + reported. I am so done with all these stans coming in and harassing and borderline abusing me and my friends for not liking this book. If you like it, good for you. This is a reflection of the author and her craft, not other readers. Read whatever you want and leave the rest of us ALONE. ⌞World-building + magic s...

This was the most mind-numbingly boring, stupid piece of garbage I've ever had the displeasure of reading. It honestly makes *Iron Flame* look… decent. Let's dive in. Reading *Onyx Storm* felt like watching a toddler lost in a supermarket, desperately searching for their mom. This book was such a letdown! I just don’t get the need to drag this series out for five whole books! Especially when it was originally supposed to be a trilogy. But, surprise, surprise, after the first book blew up, it mag...

2.75 ☆ Onyx Storm ❌ Name Storm ✅I'm practically dizzy from the overstuffed, constant bombardment of characters who are basically strangers, plus territory names that get thrown into the mix from outta nowhere. Seriously, who the heck are these people? Where the heck are we? What the heck is going on? Sometimes you couldn't even tell if it was a place, a person, or somebody's dragon, gryphon, or...rat? Mama, pick me up.What happened to 'Hello, how are you, my name is'? Proper introductions, expl...

✩ 2.4 stars ✩ What to Expect:➼ Found Family➼ Looking for a Cure➼ Forbidden Love ➼ War/Combat➼ Touch Her & Die➼ Repetitive/Full of Filler ➼ Dragons, Wyverns, & Gryphons➼ Cliffhanger Ending➼ Third Person POV I'm sick to death of this book, so let's just get this over with. I will never understand how so many people are rating this 5 stars. If I hadn't read Iron Flame, I might have bumped this up to 3 stars, but at this point Rebecca Yarros has written an unbelievable amount of filler and s...