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Iron Flamedoes a decorous line of work of advance the wager of Rebecca Yarros’Empyrean Series , butViolet and Xaden ’s account in theFourth Wingsequel highlights a challenge facing future books . Violet and Xaden startFourth Wingas natural foe , with Violet ’s mother being responsible for squelch the rebellion that Xaden ’s father once led . As Violet and Xaden come to fuck one another , however , their human relationship swings in the opposite direction . Despite their best efforts to avoid falling for each another , Violet and Xaden get together inFourth Wing .
Sadly , their love story is moderately short - lived , asconversations center on trust and dishonesty keep them asunder for much ofIron flaming . And although Violet comes around byIron Flame ’s conclusion , Yarros throws another twist in their relationship with the sequel ’s bounteous reveal . Violet and Xaden ’s news report in thesecondEmpyrean Seriesbook is frustratingat times , and it pinpoints a major challenge thatOnyx Stormand future sequelswill need to overwhelm . Hopefully , Yarros can come up a way around them .
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Violet & Xaden’s Iron Flame Story Feels Forced For The Sake Of Conflict
Their Trust & Communication Issues Are More Frustrating Than Tense
Violet is clearly angry with Xaden for hiding things from her inFourth Wing , but the reality of Dain ’s betrayal high spot that he was right to do so . Until Violet can block Dain ’s mind - recital , it makes sense to keep vital plans and details of the rebellion from her . regrettably , she does n’t see it this way . Violet spend much ofIron Flamerefusing a kinship with Xaden , insisting that she ca n’t be with someone who does n’t trust her . As Xaden continue to keep things from her , the brace struggles with their Romance language .
If anything , the feat to keep Violet and Xaden ’s family relationship interesting inIron Flameprove that they start out together too soon .
It ’s only at the end of the book that both characters find trust and clarity . And while Yarros lift some interesting points with Violet and Xaden ’s narrative inIron Flame , it does find force at times . It ’s almost as if the only style to keep things interesting is to go on call down battle between the characters . hold back them aside is supposed to rage up the tensity between them , butit only feels frustrative . If anything , the crusade to keep Violet and Xaden ’s kinship interesting inIron Flameprove that they fuck off together too soon .
Iron Flame Proves That Violet & Xaden Shouldn’t Have Gotten Together In Fourth Wing
It Doesn’t Leave Rebecca Yarros With Much To Do With The Couple
Many fantasy Word have obtuse - burn romance that produce over the course of a serial publication , but things seem to move more chop-chop in romantasy novels . This includesFourth Wing , which give birth on the tensions between Violet and Xaden relatively early . With Yarros planning to drop a line fiveEmpyrean Seriesbooks in total , it ’s jolly surprising she allow the primary pair to get together so shortly . The author could easily have hale out the will - they , won’t - they stage of their relationship — andjudging byIron Flame , she might have benefited from doing so .
With Violet and Xaden capture together so former inFourth Wing , there is n’t much left to do with the duet . This will likely conduce to Yarros creating new conflict to keep thing interesting , and that could get previous quickly . AlthoughIron Flame ’s ending reveal is likely to keep them aside in more interesting way inOnxy Storm , it ’s hard to see how Yarros will keep reader on their toe for several more sequels . It does n’t help that Violet and Xaden feel like an obvious endgame . At no point inIron Flamedoes their recess - up feel genuine . It will take much gamy stakes to concern readers .
The Main Couple’s Relationship Could Become A Challenge For The Empyrean Series
Keeping Violet & Xaden’s Romance Interesting Will Be Difficult
Unless Yarros importantly raises the stakes of Violet and Xaden ’s relationship , it could become difficult to keep their romance interesting in futureEmpyrean Seriesbooks . There ’s no deny that readers often enjoy the build - up to a human relationship more than the existent thing . And any endeavor to reignite their pursuit with miscommunication and force battle is risky . After all , there ’s only so long an generator can keep their central couple apart before that also becomes frustrating . Needless to say , Onyx Stormand its sequels will need to do effective thanIron Flamein this regard .
The 2nd book ’s turn of events will complicate thing in more challenging ways , and the fact that it could put Violet ’s and Xaden ’s living on the line of credit might helpOnyx violent storm . And perhaps Yarros can keep the stakes steadily increasing until save a ( hopefully ) meet terminate for the couple in the lastEmpyrean Seriesbook . This wo n’t be an easy feat , though , and it will coerce the writer to move by from romantic subplots likeIron Flame’s . If Violet and Xaden still are n’t move to be together , the drama and heartbreak needs to be more intense than what lector are devote in theFourth Wingsequel .
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