Fourth Wing Non-Spoiler

Hello everyone! Today’s review will be about Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Published in 2023, it is a fantasy enemies to lovers with everybody’s favorite, dragons. Currently, the second book Iron Flame is available and Rebecca is working on the third book but the title is not out just yet. There will be 5 books in the series, according to goodreads. 

 A little bit about the book; 

 The main character, Violet Sorrengail is a twenty-year-old who had planned on joining the Scribe Quadrant, where they lead quiet lives, record the lives of many, and protect the history that is in the books. That is until her mother, the commanding general, orders Violet to become a candidate among hundreds of others to compete to become dragon riders. Unfortunately, Violet has ailments that make her smaller and weaker than the rest. Her body is fragile and very brittle when it comes to most things, which makes things difficult considering dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They kill them. 

 Now that there’s fewer dragons in existence to bond with the cadets or simply choose not too participate, Violet will be targeted to better the chances of other cadets bonding with a dragon. Others will simply kill her just for being the daughter of the famous commanding general, like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. 

 She’ll need to do everything she can just to survive the next day. 

 With everyday that passes, the war outside of the protective wards that are failing, are growing to become more deadly, with the death toll rising. Violet starts to suspect that the leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

 Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda, because once you enter, you’ll either die or graduate. 

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 Review with no spoilers: 

 When I first heard about this book, I saw it on one of the fantasy books group on facebook. I was very hesitant about buying the book because I’ve run into books that were super hyped up only to let me down as far as the dialog and action. There were a lot of mixed reviews about the book, I want to say it was 50/50 looking through all the comments about what people thought about it. I’m glad I took the chance though.

When I bought the book, I was hoping for the stenciled edges as they are highly sought after and lets face it, very appeasing to the eye so I was very surprised when I got just the one I wanted and wasn’t sold out yet. 

Upon opening the book for the first time, looking over the maps, reading the first page, and reading the synopsis, I knew it was going to be a very good book. I immensely enjoy a book that has good maps that you can reference back to whenever you need and get a feel of where everything is, unless you like to imagine it for yourself, that's up to you.

The fantasy aspect is more modern than the high fantasies, as far as language, including lgbtq+, and disabilities. I love that Yarros included these as it makes it feel more real and you can relate to them more. 

The romance in the book was very good, dark, handsome man that is enemies and then soon turns to lovers is my favorite trope! This could definitely be a book that young adults could read but there are a couple of spicy scenes and sexual tension though, so if needed could alway skip over those parts. 

The way Yarros portrayed Violet was phenomenal. She’s very head strong, not a push over, and tries to think things through before starting something. Plus with her disability, it makes her look stronger and more resilient. She doesn’t let people walk all over her or her friends, and sticks up for what is right. With her disability, everyone thinks her weak but she proves to them all she’s anything but that. 

The way the dragons were written was amazing, with all of the small details that were written, I could clearly imagine exactly what they looked like. Who doesn’t like dragons, right?

I’m sure it was said before but, Yarros is the next Sarah Mass and I don’t think I could stop myself from getting more of her books.