A review by verbalhaven
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Adult Romantasy
Morally Grey mmc
Brave and Determined FMC
Enemies to Lovers
Forced Proximity
Slow Burn
Spice 2/5 🌶️
Touch Her and đź’€
Found Family
Dark Academia (war college)
Dragons
Grief
Violence
Disability Representation

I went in with no expectations as I try to do with a wildly successful release, and was blown away. There was not a single moment or part that I felt like the book was dragging or had parts I had to struggle through to get to the good stuff. This is a fantasy book for easy read fantasy lovers who enjoy character development, very little world-building, and more romance focused than fantasy. There isn’t a lot of spice, but the spice that happens is great. There’s tension, longing, angst, and a gradual build that I love in slow burns. This book does end with a plot twist and cliffhanger. The last two sentences wrecked me in the best way.

“My fingernails bite into my palms as I search for another reason, another excuse, but there isn’t one. I might not want to appear different than every other rider on this field, but I already am” - Violet

Violet Sorrengail was born with a chronic illness that makes her easily susceptible to injury. She trained her entire life to go to the scribe quadrant, but only months before that she’s informed by her mother that she’ll be going to the war quadrant to become a dragon rider. She has months to prepare for what others going to that quadrant have trained years for. It’s very much a survival of the fittest, and only the strong survive. This book will take you on a journey of Violet’s will to overcome and survive. There’s love, loss, betrayal, character development, and beautiful world-building.