Main Characters
- Violet
- Xaden
- Mira
- Brendon
Publisher’s Summary
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.
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My Review
So, let me tell you how this series miraculously appeared on my for you page on TikTok. I’m a fan of BookTok, but to be honest, it has let me down more often than not. I caved and bought the second book with the sprayed edges after seeing all the hype on TikTok about finding the book early and trying to purchase it. Then I ended up buying the first book with the sprayed edges as well. The cashier raved about it, claiming it was so good that she got a tattoo because of the book, so of course, I was excited. However, my excitement quickly turned into disappointment after reading the first book and then the second. I mean, seriously, TikTok had people reacting to the last hundred pages? I couldn’t care less about this book. The first one offered nothing beyond a rushed love story and characters with no depth or development (the dragons were the only highlight). The second book was just a never-ending cycle of “I can’t trust him because of this and that and blah blah.” If the character of Violet had been more thoroughly explored, maybe the author wouldn’t have had to waste so many chapters trying to tell us how Violet feels.
I highly doubt I’ll ever read the third book. If anyone is interested in taking the sprayed edges copies off my hands, please let me know.
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Book Quotes
Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it. And hope? That shit is harder to kill than a dragon.
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame
You’re my gravity. Nothing in my world works without you.” “Gravity,” he whispers, a slow, beautiful smile curving his mouth. “The one force we can never escape,” I tease.
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame
You must save yourself,” Tairn demands. “I chose you not as my next but as my last, and should you fall, then I will follow.
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame
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