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Get the most thought-provoking Onyx Storm book club questions here. The hottest new fantasy book in Rebecca Yarrosโ€™s Empyrean series offers lots to talk about from love to dragons, war, and that shocking ending. Youโ€™ll foster lively discussion about the most thought-provoking topics and get free printable book club questions and a bingo card to prepare for your in-person book club. Get started with my spoiler-free questions below.

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Onyx Storm Book Club Questions

Having now read the book, do you think Onyx Storm was a fitting title?

Did any of your predictions come true?

How easy or hard was this third book in the romantasy series for you?

Rate this book on a scale of one to five stars.

Discuss your pros and cons.

How did Onyx Storm compare to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame for you?

Did any particular details confuse you?

Did you hear anything interesting about the book on social media?

How did the format you read Onyx Storm in impact your reading experience?

Discuss Rebecca Yarros‘s dedication: “To the ones who donโ€™t run with the popular crowd, the ones who get caught reading under their desks, the ones who feel like they never get invited, included, or represented. Get your leathers. We have dragons to ride.” (Read More: Quotes from Onyx Storm)

Did Yarros’s writing style feel any different than the last two books?

Discuss the first sentence of the Prologue: “Where in Malek’s name is he going?”

Discuss the significance of Violet repeatedly seeking “every possible path.”

Did the Onyx Storm spice level live up to what you expected for Xaden and Violet?

What new character did you like the best?

Did your opinions about any recurring characters change?

Which Onyx Storm characters would you like to see more of in book four?

Was Theophanie a good villain?

Did what you learned about Xaden’s mom surprise you?

Did what you learned from and about Violet’s dad surprise you?

Discuss various characters’ reactions to Xaden.

Discuss the impact of Xaden’s new “roles” in Tyrrendor and at Basgiath.

What travel location on the Onyx Storm map did you like the best?

What challenge did you like the best?

Rate the suspense level.

Did you like the pacing of the plot?

Was Onyx Storm too long, too short, or just right?

What was the funniest joke?

Did Violet’s second signet (or any other Onyx Storm signet revelations) surprise you?

How is magic (or the lack thereof) different in this book?

What death shocked or saddened you the most?

Did you like this book’s attention to flora, fauna, and nature?

Did you learn anything memorable from the chapter epigraphs?

Discuss what you learned about Andarna’s kind and what may be next for Andarna.

Do you think there’s more to learn about Violet’s family’s longstanding rift?

Discuss what Onyx Storm revealed about cures for venin and whether you believe it.

Who else do you think is venin or will become venin?

Share the new details you learned about venin.

Was diversity well represented in this story?

Did you find any โ€œEaster eggsโ€ in the plot?

Did you find any holes in the plot?

Did you like the additional points of view included?

Do you think books four and five will have more points of view than Violet and Xaden?

Ultimately, who was the hero of this novel?

Did the cliffhangers in the ending surprise you? (Read more about the ending of Onyx Storm)

Discuss the changing relationships between dragon bonds in this and the next book.

Why do you think Xaden did what he did at the end?

Why do you think Violet did what she did at the end?

What lingering questions do you have about the plot?

Share Onyx Storm theories for what you think we’ll learn in book four.

Printable PDF Onyx Storm Discussion Questions and Bingo Card

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ONYX STORM BOOK CLUB QUESTIONS AND BINGO CARD

Download printable book club discussion questions and a bingo card to prepare for your in-person book club when you subscribe below.

To facilitate discussion, you can have book club members cross off a square on their card when they discuss that word.

Onyx Storm Book Club Ideas

TIPS & IDEAS

collage of onyx storm book club ideas.
  • Recap the book using my Onyx Storm summary to prepare for your discussion.
  • Some Onyx Storm book club ideas include “Onyx Storm dragon” eggs, food using flame, and other food with magical elements. Natural foods like mint tea (inspired by arinmint), water, and Xaden’s favorite chocolate cake are also reminiscent of this particular plot.
  • Make an iridescent craft or draw the creatures or travel locations using plot descriptions.
  • Quiz each other on the details from this complex book to jog your memory. You can use the bingo card template above to facilitate this!

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