Recap: Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros || full spoiler plot summary to explain what happened in IF!

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  • @FelixDeltaSig
    @FelixDeltaSig 26 днів тому +94

    Watching this right before book three comes out and I have to say: this is the most in-depth and straight to the point summary. Other videos try way too hard with stupid jokes and try to be funny, to the point where idk if I’m watching a recap or a weird summary/review…
    You found a way to make it fun and straightforward. Haven’t read this book in a year since it came out and now I remember everything. Thank you!

  • @kelseypartridge7909
    @kelseypartridge7909 Рік тому +66

    This was so helpful. I was so confused about everything with the Sage when I was reading it 😵‍💫 and I felt like she lost me when they were doing the final battles

    • @lavanyajakka4129
      @lavanyajakka4129 11 місяців тому

      Same😊

    • @waxtopia
      @waxtopia 24 дні тому +1

      This is how I felt even after listening to the audiobooks 3 times over lol Rebecca is just trying to rush wayyy too much. So many editing errors, the ending was confusing and felt extremely rushed like she only had a certain amount of pages she could do and shoved whatever she could into the last chapter.

  • @garychristison763
    @garychristison763 10 місяців тому +8

    Thank you. I was plodding through the book and my library loan ended at the start of the final battle. Dispite skimming through some of the corny love spats, I still fell short. Your recap of what I read flowed nicely in to what I didn't read. Like your Jack portrait, he doesn't deserve any better.

  • @arbella26
    @arbella26 12 днів тому +11

    Xaden being turned into a venin is exactly like dimitry being turned into a strigoi. Gteat recap, thank you so much ❤

  • @margotsmaman
    @margotsmaman 12 днів тому +10

    I’m about to queue up to go to a midnight release of Onxy Storm so I seriously needed this recap. Brilliant video!

  • @smalltiny
    @smalltiny 11 місяців тому +80

    xaden's googly eyes got me to subscribe lmao

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  11 місяців тому +8

      I'm still laughing about it months later 😂

  • @nurshantahmazova1263
    @nurshantahmazova1263 2 дні тому

    best summary ever i loved it, others were very vague or included their opinions but this one is genuinely amazing

  • @nicjean
    @nicjean 8 місяців тому +12

    Thank you so much. I got about 22 chapters in and was debating wasting more of my time on something that I felt was unnecessarily long. Now I can read a different book and won't feel tempted to pick this back up again just to know the end!

  • @ginachild1879
    @ginachild1879 Місяць тому +6

    the googly eyes haha this was so thorough!

  • @rejukannah
    @rejukannah 10 місяців тому +71

    I don't understand the 66 chapter like Violet obviously recognised Xaden to be a Venin in the previous chapter but later in 66 chapter she's still sleeping next to him.....I was confused abt how he got turned and still am....

    • @seez6963
      @seez6963 9 місяців тому +8

      It isn't evident that violet is aware that his fear is because he turned into a venin. The part where he turned into a venin lies between his interaction with the sage which has not been fully disclosed yet. However a tiny glimpse of it is shown in the supposed "dream" of xaden -right before he wakes up there's a line that quotes, "there’s something beneath me, a steady flow of unmistakable power" it seems like it is right there where in desperation of survival he ends up turning to a venin and sucking the power out of ground maybe that is he how he survived death from the sage or general. So it appears that the previously mentioned "supposed dream" was infact a memory.

    • @rejukannah
      @rejukannah 9 місяців тому +2

      @@seez6963 oh yeah, it makes sense that it might be a memory tysm i was soooo confused

    • @seez6963
      @seez6963 9 місяців тому +1

      @@rejukannah not a problem buddy

    • @arthurtheaardvark13
      @arthurtheaardvark13 5 місяців тому +12

      I actually believe it’s just because they’re not choosing to tell everyone else that Xaden turned and for that night they’re just gonna rest after battle and deal with the situation the next day.

  • @stars4jes
    @stars4jes 9 місяців тому +24

    How Xaden changes reminds me of Dimitri turning Strogi in Vampire academy and the use Lissa powers to fix him and bring him back. That is what I am thinking will happen.

  • @stephaniechambers2562
    @stephaniechambers2562 10 днів тому

    This was probably the best recap out of all the ones I've tried to watch. Thank you!!

  • @jadaw7686
    @jadaw7686 29 днів тому +3

    Thank you so much for your book recaps!!!!! this is exactly what I needed before Onyx storm comes out this month☺️

  • @zanyhands29
    @zanyhands29 Рік тому +11

    I enjoyed your recaps of both books. May I suggest you listen to parts of the audiobook for pronunciations. I only listened to these books but I can believe they were crazy to sound out.

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  Рік тому +1

      Thank you 🥰 I watched some interviews with the author about pronunciation and then watched some videos from people who speak Gaelic who ran through some of the names and words from the books, and I'm not sure I trust the author on those now 😂 It's all a bit of a jumble in my head!

  • @Wojtekoa
    @Wojtekoa Рік тому +25

    Andarna is a chromatic dragon. She can change the color of her scales like a chameleon. They appear irradecent when black because it's difficult for her to hold that same color as tairn, I'm assuming.

  • @shirinshashova2384
    @shirinshashova2384 Рік тому +34

    I didn’t understand how the wardstone was saved when the author didn’t really explain Andarna using her power as the 7th dragon to reignite the ward. I understand how Violet’s mom used Sloan as a conduit to give it power, but where were the 7 dragons in this? Don’t they need to combine their fire like they did in Aratia? Or were they able to skip that somehow? It just didn’t make sense to me

    • @paperiot
      @paperiot Рік тому +8

      Yeah she completely skipped over the actual process of the 7 dragons breathing fire into the wardstone and all that. It was implied but not written. I was also so confused when I first read it!

    • @Wojtekoa
      @Wojtekoa Рік тому +22

      No, it was explained it just so happens vi was in a daze. So brennan was lucky enough to some how mend the iron back together and got it back up standing which mind you is a massive feat because the iron is ment to contain rune magic and pure imbued magic energy. Menders are not supposed to be able to fix magic imued items at all. After that event, Violet figures out finally, andarna is a hidden 7th clan of dragons. So they gather 6 new dragons, each of the different clans and andarna for the 7th. Now, while the second waves rage on and xaden fights the general/sage. Vi races to embue what is supposed to be a several weeks' worth of energy into a few minutes. In doing so, she hits her limits and starts to burn out. Vi's mom general sorrengail notices she makes the choice to sacrifice herself for her children because her children are more important than her own life. So by using solane syphone ability, they transfer the life energy of both general sorrengail AND her dragon. Which combined with almost the entirety of Vi's self is enough to embue the ward stone again. Leaving the 7 to reignite it with their breath. Their breath, I'm assuming, containing a certain form of draconic magic. The first years and Mira, who rushed down to help, hury to remove Vi, brennan, and the lifeless mom from the chamber so it can be basked in flame. Andarna uses her body to block the tunnel leading out as the flames roar in from both her and the 6 other dragons. Thus reignitining the wardstone of basgiath.

  • @reginanohelaniyoga
    @reginanohelaniyoga 8 днів тому

    Also thank you. I started reading onyx storm and I for the chapter 2 thinking…. Maybe I should watch a recap, it has been over half a year since I read this book.
    This was so detailed and helpful. You’re amazing !

  • @shantellecranford4409
    @shantellecranford4409 10 місяців тому +3

    I appreciate the recap. Very thorough.

  • @PetiteFrog
    @PetiteFrog 10 днів тому

    Thank you for the recap! Much needed, I’d forgotten way more than I thought! The googly eyes 👀 😅

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  8 днів тому

      I can't wait to do book 3 with the googly eyes on full display 🤣

  • @Badgirlgibbs
    @Badgirlgibbs 26 днів тому

    Thank you so much I missed a lot of stuff !!
    The book was so huge I’m glad I’m doing this recap ❤

  • @tarynhammnd271
    @tarynhammnd271 4 місяці тому +1

    This was a really great recap. My friend is reading it and not feeling it (she's still super in the beginning) so I was trying to determine where exactly she was. Found my answer in five mins but watched the whole thing. Got me all fired up fir onyx storm again

  • @arthurtheaardvark13
    @arthurtheaardvark13 5 місяців тому +25

    The googly eyes 🤣🤣
    I actually don’t blame Xaden for not telling Violet about his previous engagement to Catriona because Violet was honestly such a horrible communicator and listener, and completely unreasonable for this entire book, and didn’t even give Xaden the chance to explain it (verbally or via their bonded connection) because she was constantly mad at him, blocking him out and refusing to speak to him.

    • @jajac7888
      @jajac7888 4 місяці тому

      Def agree with this take. Violet was quite immature and emotionally reactionary throughout this book and it led her to then not actually ask the questions she could have to get to know Xaden better. My hope is that she will mature further in the coming books because in this book, I felt like Violet’s character development was more static.

  • @imchelly3127
    @imchelly3127 22 дні тому +2

    The googly eyes on Xaden killed me lol

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  22 дні тому

      I'm still laughing about it a year later 🤣

  • @shantellecranford4409
    @shantellecranford4409 10 місяців тому +18

    Jack Barlow coming back is the biggest twist of the SERIES???? 🥴 maybe of Iron Flame but not the whole series.

  • @samanthabrooke96
    @samanthabrooke96 Місяць тому +1

    it was so hard for me to follow! between all of the different magic terms, places, names, rules, wing/section/quadrants, my head was spinning. thanks for the recap!

  • @BeSoForRealRightNow
    @BeSoForRealRightNow 11 днів тому

    THANK YOU FOR THIS. So I don’t have to suffer through this again before I read book three

  • @reginanohelaniyoga
    @reginanohelaniyoga 8 днів тому

    I love the picture of choal 😭 from my absolute favorite series TOG.

  • @emares527
    @emares527 13 днів тому

    Thank you! Just what I needed before book 3 🎉

  • @Missrawson
    @Missrawson 16 днів тому +1

    Watching the 6 days before release of onyx storm. Thank you 🎉❤

  • @dchqn
    @dchqn 8 днів тому

    I LOVE YOU SO MUCH THANK YOUU🥹🥹 it was really nice to watch and remember what happened! thank youu!🥰🌸🫶🏻

  • @tierrahulsey6163
    @tierrahulsey6163 5 днів тому

    thank you smmm. i literally couldn’t get through it and the audio didn’t help either. i think i got to chapter 12😭. i try to not dnf but mannn i was just so bored.

  • @chelseadavis5442
    @chelseadavis5442 12 днів тому

    The googly eyes on Xaden have me dyinggg 🤣

  • @emelinemcgrath4230
    @emelinemcgrath4230 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed your recap and would love to hear more of your thoughts and predictions for the third book.
    What other book series are you referring to regarding the similar plot?

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  Рік тому +1

      Thank you! *SPOILERS FOR ANOTHER SERIES BELOW*
      I was talking about Vampire Academy! Book 3 ends similarly 😫

    • @kelseypartridge7909
      @kelseypartridge7909 Рік тому

      @@BooksofAmberomg I love that series and you’re spot on!!

  • @lilywhitefi
    @lilywhitefi 14 днів тому

    Thank you that must’ve taken you ages! I tried reading the last ten chapters as a reminder but that was a complete fail

  • @alexiejohnson2335
    @alexiejohnson2335 15 днів тому +1

    Came here to refresh my memory before onyx storm but I'm too distracted by Chaol's picture being up there. Is he lost? lol

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  15 днів тому

      🤣🤣 he's Dain's placeholder until Dain earns his own picture

    • @alexiejohnson2335
      @alexiejohnson2335 15 днів тому

      @ hahaha straight edge plain white man, makes sense 😂

  • @Katelin626_
    @Katelin626_ 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much! I got to part 2, and decided that I no longer want to continue this book. I liked fourth wing, but this book fell short. I can now return it to the library this afternoon, so thanks! ❤

  • @annabrenda8694
    @annabrenda8694 10 місяців тому +9

    _"Xaden then carries Violet away...and then goes down on her on the throne"_
    These books are like porn

  • @Wojtekoa
    @Wojtekoa Рік тому

    Nolan does not leave the door unlocked. He distracts the only guards on duty that would have prevented their squad from wielding properly, at least not without a fight.

  • @paperiot
    @paperiot Рік тому +5

    Oh yeah, good point about the Brennan as a leader not being addressed. That actually really doesn't make that much sense? Lmao him not getting a picture
    "Poor Dain" lmao never in a million years did we think to think that
    THE RETURN OF THE STICK FIGURE
    I forgot Dain being Chaol lmaoooo
    even though you showed me the picture with the eyes I WASNT READY hahahahha the special effects amazing

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  Рік тому

      Maybe I'll give him a picture when he becomes relevant! Hahaha I cannot BELIEVE she made us think that about Dain. I feel betrayed!
      The jump scare with the googly eyes is making me laugh every time I think about it hahahah

    • @LearnwithMissChris
      @LearnwithMissChris Рік тому

      They did address this in the beginning - Brennan stated that everyone senior to him was getting killed off and that's how he advanced rank so quickly.

  • @Frozentreesap
    @Frozentreesap 10 днів тому

    You mentioned the ending reminded you of another book you read years ago. Is it vampire academy, by chance??

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  9 днів тому +1

      It is!

    • @Frozentreesap
      @Frozentreesap 9 днів тому

      @ I had the same thought! Curious how this one will turn out. Also really random but just realized we have the same name haha

  • @bluestyles9919
    @bluestyles9919 10 днів тому

    What is the luminary used for though?

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  8 днів тому

      amplifying dragon fire for the forge

  • @TestOfTheLock
    @TestOfTheLock 3 місяці тому

    great recap keep up the good work

  • @avaaberle3402
    @avaaberle3402 Місяць тому +1

    Wait so is terin still violets dragon

  • @Elliejonseh
    @Elliejonseh 13 днів тому

    I still don’t understand why Navarre chose to keep it a secret that there was a war, did they want everyone to be unprepared and killed by the venins or what?

  • @Elliejonseh
    @Elliejonseh 13 днів тому

    What does it mean for xaden that he’s a venin, if he’s still able to talk to violet in a normal way, I thought they were these evil creatures

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  13 днів тому

      It means he can take power directly from the earth instead of through his dragon, meaning it's pretty limitless. He can choose not to, in theory, and stay himself, but the more he takes the more creature like he becomes.

  • @sksinatra
    @sksinatra 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for this. I literally couldn’t finish this book. Idk why it’s so popular 😅

  • @elisabethbrewer2039
    @elisabethbrewer2039 11 днів тому

    Thank you so much!

  • @jamiedandrea6099
    @jamiedandrea6099 9 днів тому

    The recap really encompasses how much of the book is just wasted space lmao. Sure a lot of it was character development but it was so damn long. I’m rereading and at the point where the riders are making the scary trek up the hillside and I’m like do I even want to put myself through all the stupid relationship fighting and endless does he love me does he not crap

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  8 днів тому

      I couldn't bring myself to reread it for that reason 😂

  • @lalalullabyeyeah
    @lalalullabyeyeah 8 днів тому

    I read the first three chapters of Onyx, was very confused. Saw a lot of names I swear I’ve never seen before in my life. So thank you for posting this so I didn’t have to reread this stupid book.

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  8 днів тому

      No problem! I found the beginning of OS to be really confusing as well, to the point I wish I had gone into more detail with this recap and people's names because I didn't remember half of them 🙃

  • @ronirapoport8494
    @ronirapoport8494 10 днів тому

    Thank u queen

  • @asmrdreamland200
    @asmrdreamland200 6 місяців тому

    Thank you !!! ❤❤

  • @oliviaocasain9980
    @oliviaocasain9980 12 днів тому

    I'm watching this that day before Onyx Storm because I remember NOTHING

  • @miller6122
    @miller6122 9 днів тому

    thank youuuu

  • @AngelicaMontemayor-kb9jp
    @AngelicaMontemayor-kb9jp 13 днів тому

    Would you still love me if I was a toaster 😂

  • @annabrenda8694
    @annabrenda8694 10 місяців тому +3

    32:00 _"Make it make sense"_
    Really??!!
    You Fourth Wing fans never cease to confuse me
    There are several channels, almost all the top Booktubers, talking about how bad the first book is
    pointing out all the inconsistencies and how almost nothing made sense
    You people saw those videos and still decided _"we love this crap book regards"_
    Ok
    So why then do you go on to read the next book in the series and expect sense and logic?
    Why don't you take them as they are no questions asked??

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  10 місяців тому +2

      it's not that serious 😂😂 who are the top booktubers? 🤔

    • @Israa.kassam
      @Israa.kassam 8 днів тому

      Its crazier when good books don’t even make it and they’re highly underrated and people don’t even hear about them while books like powerless and fourth wing get all the “HYPE” which they don’t even deserve .. Starting with the writing it’s so bad that the wattpad authors are better at explaining and writing 😭apart of that powerless is literally plagiarized and fourth wing is highly inspired by hunger games, red queen and some other books too many resemblance but she still was a little creative but overall it still sucked and the scenes between the main characters made me cringe so bad that I dnf’ed the whole series…fourth wing was bad and iron flame is worse cause I can’t even finish it so I’m just watching the summary to see if it gets any better ..

  • @ghribinour5649
    @ghribinour5649 5 місяців тому +4

    I don't fucking understand

  • @clementmarks2905
    @clementmarks2905 5 місяців тому

    TaRin

  • @bowlingdreamboston
    @bowlingdreamboston Рік тому +8

    This book is so poorly written, I’m glad I don’t have to read this nonsense

    • @Wojtekoa
      @Wojtekoa Рік тому +3

      It's not written as poorly as you think. It's just definitely carted to an audience near the twilight, hunger games, and similar books.

    • @Israa.kassam
      @Israa.kassam 8 днів тому

      @@Wojtekoahunger games ?? And fourth wing ?? Let’s not !! Fw is poorly written yes the author was highly inspired by hunger games but uh

    • @Wojtekoa
      @Wojtekoa 7 днів тому

      @@Israa.kassam i don't believe it is.

    • @Israa.kassam
      @Israa.kassam 7 днів тому +2

      @@Wojtekoa opinions differ , but if that’s your taste in books I respect that but honestly that book is poorly written, something’s don’t make sense .
      1. Crossing the parapet and characters (potential war weapons / fighters dying)
      Dying before anything has even started.
      2.war games is so unnecessary cause your own people are dying , holds no profit to the academy or your country.
      Eg. in the poppy war they got actual classes ( practically, theoretically and physically)
      They were prepared for war unlike them
      They had to figure out while being in an academy makes no sense .
      Another example Jude was trained by madoc to fight not left alone to figure it out herself (you always need a master and then you work harder and maybe if you have the potential then you exceed your own master!)
      Apart of that girl was a little too HOR**
      The smut was written like some 14year old wrote it (I don’t even believe she was a romance author)
      3. She doesn’t look like a strong fmc , she’s sounded like a pick me half the time whining about how skinny and petite she is. (Well we leave that )
      - Liam had two signets??? How did he wield ice ?
      There’s just something’s that actual not make sense when you think and compare it to an actual war .
      Let’s come to the author .
      1-She writes a FANTASY book where there’s a war going on and of course there’s someone who’s being oppressed, right ? And you are supporting that part but when it comes to real life you’re blinded? Okay maybe she’s a zio… so I get it .
      They’re better fantasy books , well written, good plot , enjoyable and interesting characters and character development.
      Fourth wing might be tolerable read for me but iron flame was so badddd that I can’t finish it till today .

    • @Wojtekoa
      @Wojtekoa 7 днів тому +1

      @Israa.kassam
      1) this is addressed in the book by declaring them as either households of dragon riders who pop out kids to kinda cull the weaklings out. Or it is a way for rich peasants to claim nobility like a more bloody version of squire training.
      2) Again, much of the idea behind Basgiath is culling the weak.
      3) This is a really cheesy smut boom that is why I compared it to twilight because it's reaching out to same audience and with how popular it is i think it was well received.
      4) That was the point of her character to be the absolute biggest underdog. She is a female with the worst hand dealt, but yet she becomes one of the best dragon riders through a shit ton of grit and wits.
      5) it is said that some signets with enough training can manipulate the properties of their powers to enhance. This honestly, though, is weakly written
      6) i know nothing of her background besides that this was inspired by her husband's war stories.
      7) this isn't my kind of book at all I read it on behalf of my fellow dnd members who have about it. I just enjoy finding the clues and mind investigating.

  • @Wojtekoa
    @Wojtekoa Рік тому +2

    Under tairns scales?! No, they were on the saddlebags.

  • @carolined5001
    @carolined5001 10 місяців тому +3

    You lost me when you said you don't like Brenan. He's still a character in the book whether you like him or not. Should have given a fair non-bias recap.

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  10 місяців тому +15

      no thanks I'd rather share opinions on my channel

    • @richardloomer3350
      @richardloomer3350 10 місяців тому

      @@BooksofAmberqueen shit

    • @Mariem_Seraphina
      @Mariem_Seraphina 8 місяців тому +4

      @@BooksofAmber You should've written opinion not recap then. It's a misleading title.

    • @Mariem_Seraphina
      @Mariem_Seraphina 8 місяців тому

      Yeah she lost me too on that one. I thought it was a recap not an opinion-based video.

    • @BooksofAmber
      @BooksofAmber  8 місяців тому +4

      nah if you want a dry recap go with no opinions go ask Chat GPT