Iron Flame

How it reads

Iron Flame is fantasy (romantic epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is romantic. The relationship is the engine of the story. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are love, survival and power and politics. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 623 pages it's a real commitment. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.