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

Here is a full summary of what happened in Iron Flame to explain the whole plot and the ending! Iron Flame was published in November 2023, and we're all highly anticipating the third book in the Empyrean series which is slated to release in late 2024. In this video I give a full recap of everything that happened in Iron Flame and discuss some theories for the book series too.

If you enjoy this video, please let me know in the comments and tell me which book or series you would like me to recap next!

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[FelixDeltaSig]

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!

[kelseypartridge]

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

[margotsmaman]

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

[garychristison]

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.

[arbella]

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

[smalltiny]

xaden's googly eyes got me to subscribe lmao

[nicjean]

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!

[rejukannah]

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 was confused abt how he got turned and still am....

[starsjes]

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.

[shantellecranford]

I appreciate the recap. Very thorough.

[Wojtekoa]

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.

[arthurtheaardvark]

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.

[shirinshashova]

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

[jadaw]

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

[ginachild]

the googly eyes haha this was so thorough!

[Badgirlgibbs]

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

[shantellecranford]

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

[zanyhands]

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.

[tarynhammnd]

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

[imchelly]

The googly eyes on Xaden killed me lol