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Book club questions · Chapters 1–5

Iron Flame book club questions

For the first 5 chapters, the way a good group chat asks them: a quick take-a-side question first, then one to chew on. This page stops at chapter 5, so nothing here spoils what comes after.

by Rebecca Yarros2023 · 66 chapters · 640 pages · Red Tower Books
Cover of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Chapter 1

  1. Imprison Violet or give her a seat at the table: which side of the Assembly had a point?
  2. Violet eavesdropping on the Assembly and then demanding a voice: which lands harder, hearing them debate her fate or her refusal to stay quiet?
  3. Why does Xaden's promise that the eight decide together matter more to Violet than any vote the Assembly could take?

Chapter 2

  1. Brennan hiding six years for the revolution: forgivable or not?
  2. Andarna waking as a wobbly adolescent who can't stop time is oddly the saddest beat here, so what makes losing that gift hit harder than the attack warning?
  3. Going back to Basgiath means risking a memory reader exposing Aretia, so what tipped the group toward that choice over staying safe?

Chapter 3

  1. Violet wants total honesty, Xaden says revolution needs secrets: who's right?
  2. The death roll naming Garrick and Xaden as all eight walk into the courtyard is pure theatre, so what makes that timing land so hard?
  3. Violet keeps Liam's letters and hides the truth from her friends, so how is her secrecy any different from the kind she's demanding Xaden drop?

Chapter 4

  1. Violet barring Dain from touching her: overdue or too harsh?
  2. Liam and Soleil being formally named among the dead while everyone else walks back in: what makes that pairing of moments cut so deep?
  3. General Sorrengail accepts the cover story and corrects the death roll, so did she believe the selective truths or just choose to?

Chapter 5

  1. Colonel Aetos's secret keepers remark: clumsy threat or calculated warning?
  2. The toast to Liam turning the rowdy celebration somber: what makes that shift land harder than any speech could?
  3. Xaden's front line posting and fortnightly leave hit right when they're still fighting over honesty, so does the distance help or wreck their standoff?

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