By: Samuel Defazio

Adventure, action, love, loss, and dragons. Readers of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean Series) can rejoice as the third installment is upon them! Taking off right where Iron Flame leaves off, Onyx Storm keeps the dark fantasy and the romance and adds new places and new adventures. After the terrible revelation at the end of Iron Flame, Violet must now hold herself and Xaden together as more dark forces and fate try to destroy everything in their path. With new locations, new characters, new ideas, and even new knowledge, every detail of this story is important.

But be warned, the book jumps very often from place to place. Make sure you always check your map in the book so you don’t get lost. I will also remind all of you that this is not a Young Adult series. There are plenty of bloodshed and sexual situations to make some people blush. This book has divided fellow dragon rider fans to a 50/50 on either loving it or being confused by it. I personally loved the new places, though I will admit I got confused on how long the distances were between locations. Other than the constant world building this book dives deeper into its dragon lore and the lore of its characters. The only complaint I have is I now have to wait for the next book to be written and if that’s the only complaint I have I could consider this novel a success.

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