By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-21 21:56:49 | Updated at 2025-01-24 06:31:09
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Fans were left furious after Target's website allegedly crashed due to the massive demand over Rebecca Yarros' latest book, leaving many unable to get their hands on it.
Book lovers have long been awaiting the arrival of Rebecca's new tome, Onyx Storm, which is the third instalment to her wildly popular five-part Empyrean series.
The raunchy fantasy novel dropped at midnight on Tuesday, and the release caused quite the uproar.
While some people lined up at stores for hours in the middle of the night just to get a copy of the book, others took to Target's website to try to buy it.
But many were not pleased when the site suffered from outages, which resulted in them failing to scoop up a copy before it sold out.
The website Down Detector said that reports started coming in that Target's website had gone offline at 2.42am, and lasted until around 4am.
People took to the site to share their outrage, with one person writing, 'I had the damn thing in my cart for half an hour and they wouldn't even let me check out. Target is such BS man.'
'[Now it's] out of stock. It sat in my cart for 30 minutes and I spammed the buy button and they wouldn't even let me buy it,' they added.
Fans were left furious after Target's website crashed due to the massive demand over Rebecca Yarros' (seen) latest book Onyx Storm, leaving many unable to get their hands on it
The book came out on Tuesday, and some people lined up at stores for hours in the middle of the night just to get a copy of the book, while others took to Target's website to try to buy it
'Same,' someone else replied, while a third person stated, 'It says sold out on my end now after nearly 40 minutes of trying.'
But many were not pleased when the site suffered from outages, which resulted in them failing to scoop up a copy before it sold out
'Did a book seriously take down Target? Heck yeah, it did! LMAO,' a different user mused. 'I have never seen this before.'
'Absolute garbage site crashed while the book was in my cart then every store was sold out,' scathed someone else.
Another person angrily commented, 'I would really like to pay for the book and go to bed now, have to be up for work in six hours.'
'Keep trying mine finally went through, I was stuck at payment and it kept saying error,' a different user urged.
'Mine finally just went through. Was just spamming checkout, good luck,' shared someone else.
At the time of publish, the book is back in stock on Target's website, but the deluxe limited edition version, which is only available through Target, is sold out.
Some have dubbed the romance fairy novel as 'the most exciting book since Harry Potter.'
The website Down Detector said that reports started coming in that Target's website had gone offline at 2:42am, and lasted until around 4am
People took to the site to share their outrage, with one person writing, 'I had the damn thing in my cart for half an hour and they wouldn't even let me check out. Target is such BS man'
Videos shared to social media on the night it came out showed hundreds of fans lining up outside of book stores dressed up in costumes waiting for the highly-anticipated release
Onyx Storm received the biggest pre-order numbers for a book in the UK since Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Fans are seen lining up at stores to get the book
Videos shared to social media on the night it came out showed hundreds of fans lining up outside of book stores dressed up in costumes waiting for the highly-anticipated release.
It has been so popular that the novel was listed on bestseller charts as early as August last year as a result of the pre-orders
The book series features an array of mystical creatures but, most importantly, very detailed sex scenes.
Onyx Storm received the biggest pre-order numbers for a book in the UK since Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
It has been so popular that the novel was listed on bestseller charts as early as August last year as a result of the pre-orders.
The latest tale chronicles the continuation of protagonist Violet Sorrengail's story as a dragon rider in a fictional war college and her romance with fellow rider Xaden Riorson.
Rebecca's first novel Fourth Wing, described as 'The Hunger Games meets 50 Shades Of Grey', became a viral sensation thanks to BookTok - the corner of TikTok where users share their love of books and literature.
Goodreads revealed that Fourth Wing was the most read book of 2024, attracting more than a million readers.
Its success has led to the story now being developed into a series for television by Amazon MGM Studios alongside Michael B. Jordan's production company.
