Book Review: The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

The Fourth Wing (Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
Genre: New Adult Fiction (Fantasy Romance)
Date Published: May 2, 2023
Publisher: Red Tower Books

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

The Fourth Wing is the first book in the Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros. Oh my goodness! I loved this one! The characters were great! The setting was great! The story was great! That’s a lot of greatness! This had everything I look for in a book and then some. It was brutal and violent! No one is safe. The romance was intoxicating. This wasn’t a fluffy love story though. Also… we have dragons. I really was surprised I liked it as much as I did! And the ending? The very, very end?! Yeah. That lil bit. I didn’t see that coming at all. Should you read it? Absolutely!

 

 

Rebecca Yarros is a hopeless romantic and coffee addict. She is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty novels, including Fourth Wing, The Last Letter and The Things We Leave Unfinished. She’s also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward. Rebecca loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for over twenty years. A mother of six, she is currently surviving the teenage years with all four of her hockey-playing sons.

To learn more about Rebecca Yarros and her books, visit her website. You can also find her on Goodreads, Facebook, Instagram,  Pinterest, and Twitter.

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