February 5, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Written by: Jaylin Emond-Hardin | Entertainment Editor<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOnyx Storm\u201d was perhaps the most anticipated book of 2025, an accomplishment it certainly lives up to. The third installment of Rebecca Yarros\u2019 \u201cEmpyrean\u201d series, \u201cOnyx Storm\u201d continues where its older sister \u201cIron Flame\u201d left off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The series follows Cadet Violet Sorrengail during her time at Basgiath War College, but as the series progresses, the stakes only increase and become more sordid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book was a roller coaster of emotions, leaving me speechless from cover to cover and in tears by the end. The characters that Yarros fleshed out so lovingly in \u201cFourth Wing\u201d and \u201cIron Flame\u201d get so much more depth in this third book, and many side characters take the forefront of the plot. I beg: especially pay attention to Ridoc and Aotrom and, now beloved by the fandom, \u201cBroccoli the Cat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its first week alone, \u201cOnyx Storm\u201d sits at the top of not one, but two \u201cNew York Times\u201d bestsellers lists \u2014 Combined Print and E-Book and Print Hardcover \u2014 with \u201cFourth Wing\u201d and \u201cIron Flame\u201d holding numbers two and three on these lists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Copies of this book have flown off the shelf, with the Target exclusive edition selling out within hours of the book\u2019s release and remaining sold out for the time being. This edition featured a colored map of The Continent \u2014 where most of the story takes place \u2014 in its endpapers, full-color art and a pre-attached black ribbon bookmark. Copies of this edition are currently being sold for $100 or more on eBay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the cliffhanger ending readers are left, anticipation for the fourth installment is already high. However, Yarros herself has stated that she has not started working on it, nor is likely to until 2026. As a disabled author \u2014 like her series\u2019 protagonist, Yarros has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome \u2014 the grind of meeting the deadline while also trying to be a mother of six proved rather difficult for her health, and as such, she is taking a much-needed break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until then, fans can only scour their copies for any clues and speculate what will happen next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10\/10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contact the author at howlentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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