Iron Flame
by Rebecca Yarros · first published 2023
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“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice co
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…Russell (short stories but many qualify as sci-fi, very memorable to me) And here are some definitely well-known examples that also stick in my head: "Infernum" by Jayson Adams "The Fourth Wing" and "Iron Flame" by Rebecca Yarros (more fantasy than sci-fi, but very well done if you can handle two or three extended and explicit sex scenes) "Rabbits" by Terry Miles (book includes some hidden hints and puzzles…
on “Ask HN: What are some underrated sci-fi books?” ↗…https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store/zgbs/digita.... I'm most familiar with the romances, so that's what I'll be discussing. There's a lot more to the genre than these examples, but that's not what sells. • Fourth Wing and Iron Flame are poorly written fantasy romances that blew up on TikTok. • Haunting Adeline and Hunting Adeline are poorly written dark romances(https://www.reddit.com/r/RomanceBooks/comments/uu1age/what_d... they're…
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