Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

The official synopsis for Iron Flame is as follows: “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 commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules. But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year. Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.” But if you want to skip ahead to (or simply skip!) Iron Flame‘s spicy chapters, here’s what you need to know.

Iron Flame‘s spicy chapters

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According to a Reddit subthread, Iron Flame‘s spicy chapters are as follows, including their spiciness grade: “Chapter 12 (mild): 156 – 158 Chapter 20 (mild): 243 – 245 Chapter 27 (spicy): 313 – 321 Chapter 37 (spicy): 420 – 424 Chapter 48 (spicy): 561 – 566 Chapter 60 (mild, almost spicy): 695 – 697,” wrote one reader. Another contributed:
1. chapter 12 about halfway through! they just kiss but its very detailed and goes on for a page or so*
2. chapter 37, a page or two in.
3. chapter 48, a page ish in, until pg 462ish (pretty graphic and descriptive)
In Fourth Wing, the spicy scenes happen in Chapter 30 and Chapter 32; though there is a kissing scene prior to that.

The spicy scenes in Iron Flame, and indeed its predecessor Fourth Wing, are a hot (sorry) topic of conversation online. “So many audible reviews say they disliked it for the smut and I felt the same as you, I might have skipped through the scenes a little bit because I was dying to get back to the story but the sex scenes are very concentrated to specific times and later on. PLUS SHE GIVES A TRIGGER WARNING FOR IT and people still got so offended they stopped reading or gave it 1 star,” one Redditor pointed out.

Another wrote: “To anyone that says this book had too much sex, is 2 chapters out of 39 too much? I’m a guy and I gave this book a shot for the action/dragons, etc and it didn’t disappoint. I quite literally skipped most of chapters 30 and 32 when I just got bored of the graphic nature. But anyone that thinks this book was too much romance compared to the action is wrong. Yarros did a fantastic job and I can’t wait for Iron Flame.”

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