Book Title: Onyx Storm
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Fantasy
Page Count: 527
Started/Ended Date: January 22 – February 8
Total Reading Time: 7 hours 8 minutes

After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust.

Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.

Even if it means keeping a secret so big, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need power. They need magic. And they need the one thing only Violet can find—the truth. But a storm is coming…and not everyone can survive its wrath.

Like every other girly in the world, I started reading Onyx Storm the moment it came out. One thing Rebecca Yarros knows how to do is write a killer cliffhanger. When I finished the first book, Fourth Wing, I was in a hotel bar in New Orleans waiting for my Uber to the airport. I read the reveal on the last page and said out loud, “What?!” I looked up as I closed the book and made eye contact with a woman who nodded and smirked at me knowingly. I finished Iron Flame around midnight the night before Onyx Storm came out, so I didn’t have to sit with that cliffhanger for too long before I was able to dive into Onyx Storm.

I am conflicted with Onyx Storm and the whole Fourth Wing series in general. On its own, I loved it. However, because I took a break from Throne of Glass to get into this world, I was comparing it to Sarah J. Maas’ writing style. I am a Sarah J. Maas loyalist, maybe because A Court of Thorns and Roses was the series that introduced me to the world of fantasy, so I feel like I owe her. Or maybe every fantasy I read will pale in comparison because I am comparing it to my first, and I’ll always be chasing that first fantasy series high.

Like many of the girlies on BookTok, I was slightly confused with the onslaught of new characters and places, some even having the same name (I’m looking at you Lewellen the person and also Lewellen the city). It took me longer than usual to finish this book due to the amount of “Wait, what?” *flips back through the pages to re-read*’s I had to do. But when it clicked, it really clicked. And, of course, in true Rebecca Yarros form, the cliffhanger has me frothing at the mouth for the next book. Which apparently she hasn’t even started yet?! *insert gif of Klaus from The Originals screaming “REBEKAH”*

What did you think of this book? Let me know in the comments!