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Book club questions · Chapters 1–5

Onyx Storm 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 Yarros2025 · 66 chapters · 544 pages · Red Tower Books
Cover of Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Chapter 1

  1. Was Violet's vow to cure Xaden brave or just grief with somewhere to go?
  2. The venin are already inside Basgiath, so which lands harder, that reveal or Violet following Xaden down to the cells?
  3. Why does Andarna tie herself to Xaden's cure when the riders around Violet are already fractured?

Chapter 2

  1. Is Xaden telling Violet he's one of them a confession or a warning?
  2. The infirmary dead, Jack's cell nearly opened, then Xaden saying he can sense the source because he's one of them, which of those hits hardest?
  3. Violet answers Xaden's admission with a vow to cure him rather than fear, so is she choosing hope or refusing to hear what he just said?

Chapter 3

  1. Should Violet have fought harder to keep the squad out of Captain Grady's hands?
  2. Xaden stopping in pain and the faint marks Violet can't explain, why does that quiet morning scare more than the Senarium's orders?
  3. Violet concedes Grady's command because Andarna insists and the mission might cure Xaden, so is she leading Andarna or being led by her?

Chapter 4

  1. Mira or Brennan, who's right about Violet and Andarna's search for the seventh breed?
  2. Aretia's wards might fall within six months, so does that news land harder than Xaden admitting he drew from the headboard?
  3. Violet and Xaden agree to dodge any situation where his control might slip, so is that a real plan or just a way to avoid saying what's happening to him?

Chapter 5

  1. Was Dain a hero for freeing the flier or reckless for walking in unarmed?
  2. Violet snuffing Aura's fire and stepping onto the line herself, why does that beat the knifepoint hostage for the moment that lands?
  3. The courtyard splits along wing loyalties the second there's no leader, so is Aura the problem or just the first one to say the quiet part out loud?

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