How did you decide how spicy you wanted “Iron Flame” to be in comparison to “Fourth Wing,” and how you wanted to go about fitting in the sex scenes in this book, as war continues to spread and increase on The Continent?

Because one of the reasons you can’t be in Xaden’s head is you would know what his second signet is from the get go. The romantasy book became a New York Times bestseller when it was released in April, selling over two million copies to date, and Yarros' publisher, the Entangled imprint Red Tower, released "Iron Flame" just seven months later. Over a feverish few months, Yarros crash-wrote “Fourth Wing,” an intricately plotted 500-plus-page narrative that takes place at an elite war college, where two dragon riders feud, then fall in love.THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NUMBER ONE GLOBAL PHENOMENON, FOURTH WING! This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word.

For instance, one reader said she opened her book to discover the text started on Chapter 33 instead of the beginning of the book. And I would never get in somebody’s way, but I just want to be like, hey, that plot point might mess with a point in Book Four, just a heads-up, just in case you want to do that! Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.We’re told by Tairn that dragon tails are determined after the feathertail childhood stage “by choice and need. So ask me in a year and maybe I will be able to pronounce those with some efficiency and confidence. So you’re gonna naturally have that tension build and I like to build my romantic tension to a breaking point.