Brian-McClellan on It's a Binary World 2.0 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/tags/brian-mcclellan/ Recent content in Brian-McClellan on It's a Binary World 2.0 Hugo en Sun, 10 Nov 2024 18:55:00 -0500 Catching Up on Book Reviews https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/posts/catching-up-on-book-reviews/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:01:01 -0500 https://www.ericsbinaryworld.com/posts/catching-up-on-book-reviews/ <p>It&rsquo;s been a while since I posted a book review on here and rather than have a whole bunch of book review posts, I thought I&rsquo;d collect the most recent ones into this post.</p> <h2 id="iron-flame-by-rebecca-yarros"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90202302-iron-flame">Iron Flame</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7539785.Rebecca_Yarros">Rebecca Yarros</a></h2> <p><figure><img src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1706724269l/90202302._SX98_.jpg" alt="Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)"> </figure> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6706806264">My rating</a>: 5 of 5 stars</p> <p><em>I listened to the audiobook, so, in all likelihood, I&rsquo;m going to mispell everyone&rsquo;s names</em></p> <p>As I said with the first entry in this series, Yarros does a great job writing a compelling fantasy story. The romance is there, but it&rsquo;s not what brings me into the story. We&rsquo;ll get back to that momentarily. The best thing I could say about novel is that when I got to the end, I was upset that I have to wait until some time next year to continue the story. Yarros gives us a complete story (well, 2 of them - more on that as well) and does leave us with quite a compelling reason to come back, but even without the events of the last chapter, I would be there for the aftermath of the macro events of this book. If you need another reason to get into this book before I get to the details - there were multiple moments where Yarros had me reacting strongly to events in the book - like the precursor feeling to crying. Usually this involved Violet&rsquo;s squad mates, but the penultimate chapter (not including Xaden&rsquo;s epilogue) with the Sorengale family - I almost had to pull off the road for a moment.</p>

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