Iron Flame

What even was this? I fully admit: When I started Fourth Wing out of intese FOMO I did not expect it to take the turn it did in the end. I also never expected to be so invested in the story and eager to pick up the sequel but as days went by, I found myself having to know what will happen and boy was I not disappointed!
This books was so much better than the first. Yes, it has cliches, yes it has cringy romance, yes it has angsty characters BUT it also has amazing world building that was missing from the first book. It has way higher stakes and politics and I'm here for it.
I could not put this down and it was the first time in a long time that I read a book morning til 4am, slept a bit and picked it up again first thing. If that doesn't deserve 5 stars, I don't know what does.