Imogen Martin’s Reviews > Iron Flame > Status Update
Imogen Martin
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Putting this to one side, having reached the end of Part 1, because I'm moving on to my book club read: My Brilliant Friend (my proposal, hoping it's good).
I still think there is a problem with Violet's motivation. She's now told her friends what's happening, expected them to hate her because she kept secrets, and they go "yeah, of course people have secrets."
Feels like there's a lot of padding going on.
— Oct 24, 2025 07:53AM
I still think there is a problem with Violet's motivation. She's now told her friends what's happening, expected them to hate her because she kept secrets, and they go "yeah, of course people have secrets."
Feels like there's a lot of padding going on.
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Imogen Martin
is on page 678 of 788
Only 100 pages to go. And things are hotting up.
We've gone back to that whole "Trust / not trust" thing. I'm still bothered that Violet thinks love means the other person has to share EVERYTHING.
Love spending time in Xaden's company though. Makes up for all Violet's whining.
— Nov 23, 2025 03:25AM
We've gone back to that whole "Trust / not trust" thing. I'm still bothered that Violet thinks love means the other person has to share EVERYTHING.
Love spending time in Xaden's company though. Makes up for all Violet's whining.
Imogen Martin
is on page 595 of 788
Picked this up again after finishing Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend.
Iron Flame really should have been two books. Feel like I've been reading it a life time.
But, AT LAST!, a character has pointed out how daft Navarre is to let cadets die; "It's you who are the weird ones, killing cadets on your conscription day." (pg506) Never a truer word...
— Nov 20, 2025 03:29AM
Iron Flame really should have been two books. Feel like I've been reading it a life time.
But, AT LAST!, a character has pointed out how daft Navarre is to let cadets die; "It's you who are the weird ones, killing cadets on your conscription day." (pg506) Never a truer word...
Imogen Martin
is on page 410 of 788
Picked this up again, now I've finished a different book. It's such a long book, feels like it should have been two books any way!
— Nov 12, 2025 07:02AM
Imogen Martin
is on page 400 of 788
Putting this to one side, having reached the end of Part 1, because I'm moving on to my book club read: My Brilliant Friend (my proposal, hoping it's good).
I still think there is a problem with Violet's motivation. She's now told her friends what's happening, expected them to hate her because she kept secrets, and they go "yeah, of course people have secrets."
Feels like there's a lot of padding going on.
— Oct 24, 2025 07:53AM
I still think there is a problem with Violet's motivation. She's now told her friends what's happening, expected them to hate her because she kept secrets, and they go "yeah, of course people have secrets."
Feels like there's a lot of padding going on.
Imogen Martin
is on page 67 of 788
First reaction: Yarros is struggling to find a convincing conflict to keep Violet and Xaden apart. I'm finding the "you have to tell me ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING about you and everything else; otherwise we're done" attitude from Violet pretty weak as a motivation. It's immature controlling behaviour. Maybe that's what Yarros is getting at though.
It also means Xaden's devotion feels cheesy.
— Oct 16, 2025 03:43AM
It also means Xaden's devotion feels cheesy.
