*SPOILERS* Onyx Storm Chat Thread *SPOILERS*

I’ve just started this last night and it’s really really good. I don’t usually read fanfics of books. Tv series, movies yeah, but not books because they are usually perfect, but this is just chef’s kiss

Definitely worth reading

link for those who want it

Oh now that's an interesting theory.

Okay, so have been pondering and it's definitely Brennan who is Xaden's 'new brother' [gavel]

In Xaden's POV chapter at the end of Onyx Storm he says of his Sage 'now he can use another sibling against me'. Note the use of the word sibling - we already know that the Sage used Xaden's love for Violet to make him turn venin. Then he used Mira (a Sorrengail sibling) to trick and trap them. So it makes perfect sense that the Sage is now going to use Brennan (the final Sorrengail sibling) to intensify his power over Xaden.

Plus, Brennan has been privy to Xaden's suffering as a new venin for months and has tried many times to heal him. So he knows exactly what Xaden has gone through.

I think Garrick as Bodhi flew off somewhere - he would know where he needed to be to help Xaden. I think he has seen some form of cure but isn't sure it will work, so Xaden, Garrick and Bodhi are off on a giant quest, leaving Violet to rebuild

I think it was in one of the last chapters, the one in xadens pov. I’m not sure he’s turned venin, but he has definitely sold them out to the venin.
it also says in the same chapter that Berwyn is supposed to be dead, so adds to the theory that he’s Naolin.

Quite surprised by the thinking that this is a filler book, when we've learned that Violet's dad almost committed her to a temple (which will have implications), her mum knew Theophanie somehow, Panchek turns Venin and is the inside source who's been feeding the Sage information, Andarna's heritage etc.

I do agree that we don't see enough of the side characters to get to know them better, Dain in particular felt like a plot device & not a person/character. However RY has said that everything is from Violet's POV, so aside from the chapters at the end from Imogen and Rhiannon's POV, we only 'see' what Violet does

I think the 76 days was related to how long JB had gone without channelling from the earth. X says something about it when he breaks at 73 days and I assumed that was information that he got from JB under interrogation.

I agree that this book felt more like filler.

I struggled a bit with the first 3/4 of the book, I felt like I was waiting for something to happen. And a lot of island hopping, island names, dragon and rider names, swapping between first and last. That being said, I am more in these for the romance side of the romantasy than the fantasy side (I do love the fantasy side, I'm just not a hard core fantasy reader)

Getting more towards the end of the book I did start getting much more into it and feeling torn between wanting to read it quickly to see what happens and wanting to savour it.

When Andarna left though that was so sad

I think maybe as others said, with a proper character/dragon list and map/Island info I could reread it and soak it all in rather than get frustrated with the world building because I need to know what happens with x and v

This one irritated me and I really liked the first one and most of the second book. All the island hopping with nothing to show for it, only red shirts dying, too much ridiculous sex (at one point I was trying to work out how Violet could be twisting her head around to kiss him but he appeared to be in front of her, and then I gave up trying to make it make sense), too many filler plot points. General Aetos was just a poor man's Melchek (is that right?) from book 2, and I was very annoyed by the king just pardoning them all when they got back from the islands and there were no repercussions. Why, for that matter, are all the generals power-crazed psychopathic idiots? Why do Violet and Xaden break so much furniture when they shag? I wouldn't be inviting them back to stay in my island paradise spare room. Why did Xaden decide that if he could not channel for 76 days he was ok to shag again - why such a specific number, which appeared to be based on nothing? I also eye-rolled so hard at Violet going from struggling to split her lightning bolts into two and aim them, to suddenly being able to split them into 10 and kill 10 wyvern with one stroke. Ultimately, this felt like all filler and nothing actually advanced in the plot, apart from Xaden is now a worse/proper venin.

I feel like I need to read it again. I loved the first two but was actually really disappointed by this one. The writing is not great, far too many references to his sodding "amber flecked eyes" and too many characters to keep track of that I don't care about. I do wonder if this was rushed out to satisfy fans. I also find the length and graphic nature of the sex scenes unnecessary...we get it, he's hot and they have a bond but there's only so many times I need to read how many fingers he has inside her 😕. I know some young teens that love this style of fantasy but I'm hesitant to recommend the series..I just feel it could have been toned down without losing anything.

I’m leaning towards Garrick because there was a mortally injured brown dragon and I don’t want it to be Riddoc… why else mention it was brown?
I wonder too if watching xaden struggle but ultimately not give in made him think he could control it too, he was on the verge of burning out when he last featured so maybe thinking he could just use a little and still be ok?

You know, I really dislike the frantic WordSoup that RY subjects us to in the final chapters. It's really irritating having to constantly flip back and forth double checking names and who is their dragon. And it's just so.......jumbled!

I assumed the brother was Jack Barlowe but I must admit that as I listen to the books on audible, I do sometimes get distracted and miss things!

No I get it. I’ve read that theory too. Would explain why Andarna has come back so quickly

Finished it today. It just seems too obvious for either Garrick or Bodhi to be the new brother as Xaden already thinks of them as his brothers anyway?

I'm thinking that Violet requested Imogen wipe her memory to somehow protect Andarna?

Saw an interesting theory just now that Andarna manipulated time (like she could when she was still a feather tail) to compress all her learning with the Irids into just the space of a few weeks (in Continent time).

Just realised my last paragraph reads like absolute gobbledegook unless you know.

I'm starting on the audiobook tonight as it just arrived in my libraries Libby. I can't wait. I will be back!

I have heard somewhere that Ridoc stays safe. Nothing happens to him

Finished this the other day. I think the new brother may be Ridoc as he got allot of coverage in onyx storm (so much so I thought he was doomed to die) or Garrick as Garrick was reaching burnout with all the running around so maybe needed to tap into the earth to do something really important. I think they wiped violets memory as they know a way to heal the venin because of Andarna. I also wonder what bhodis second signet might be.

I assumed Imogen wiped Violet's memory - perhaps becuase of how Xaden looked? There was some reference to how he'd changed a litter earlier....
I agree with is being Bhodi and that Xaden married Violet so she could rule in his name.