Onyx Storm Review: Can Onyx Storm Save the Empyrean?

Onyx Storm was released on Jan 21st, and I read it! If you don’t know, it’s book 3 of the Empyrean series, aka the Fourth Wing series. I have a complicated relationship with this series so far: I liked Fourth Wing overall, though it wasn’t perfect, but I really disliked and was disappointed by Iron Flame. Given this background, I was really hoping that Onyx Storm would step in and redeem the series and fix a lot of the issues. How did it go? Well, you’ll have to watch to find out! Grab your own copy of the “Midnight Reading Club 2025 Bookish Bingo” card here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZsR... Fan Art Credits: Xaden Riorson: Firm-Wishbone-5128 Violet Sorrengail : tangerine.eileen Dain Aetos: Skiesaey Tairn: lindseytoons Andarna: sunniraeart Sgaeyl: LindseyToons Cat: Leah Croft Rhiannon: Leah Croft Ridoc: Miramirage.art Sawyer: drsoaresrex Halden: no one has made fan art of him since he is new, so I just used Prince Charmont from Ella Enchanted Aaric: Skiesaey Social Media: Goodreads:   / emilyatmidnight   StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile... Instagram: @emilyatmidnight TikTok: @emily_atmidnight Threads: @emilyatmidnight Bluesky: @emilyatmidnight.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Exterior of Book 03:32 - Initial Thoughts 11:30 - Romantasy and Love Triangles 12:42 - Spoiler Section 14:25 - (Spoilers) Comedy 20:05 - (Spoilers) Side Characters 24:09 - (Spoilers) Reckoning with "Save Everyone" heroism 25:52 - (Spoilers) Things that went poorly in the book 32:05 - (Spoilers) Inconsistencies 36:33 - (Spoilers) Conflicted 39:38 - (Spoilers) Predictions 43:04 - Conclusion Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/poem License code: J4SYRKBRR6PURBVB #onyxstorm #ironflame #fourthwing #romantasy #booktok #booktube #theempyrean #rantreview #fantasy