Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Fourth Wing

NOT A BOOK FOR ANYONE UNDER 18

I like most of this book, but it wasn't very original and I couldn't point to any specific component that I liked.

This book could be summarized as "Divergent with dragons (and sex)." It is very derivative, but targeted at adults with some of the scenes.

The explicit scenes served no purpose and could be skipped. So why did they need to be made so graphic? I refer to this as the "Dragon sex book" because I remember that more than the title.

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lumnitzera's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

The premise is really good and I enjoyed reading it, but there were too many plotholes and a lot of the characters were one-dimensional or just annoying.

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rideauriverreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.25

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omancio1204's review against another edition

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emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Absolutely horrible character development, virtually no plot, and beyond predictable.

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author_mackenzie_friel's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed the story. I think my only hangup was the writing in some parts. It's not bad, but different than what I've read before.

For the spice, it is definitely spicy. But I'm indifferent to it. In my opinion, if you took it out, it wouldn't change much of the story. (But I'm also a sucnot bad, more sexual tension and a slow burn)

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royalwaterfowl's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It was almost hard to get into but as the story gained momentum I couldnt put it down. Both the romance and adventure made me crave more constantly.

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bujo_bellel's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Obviously I loved it, but honestly I couldn't stand hearing the kiss and spicy scene noises in my ears, this is probably a personal preference but it affected my enjoyment of part 2 a lot. Of course, I love Xaden's voice actor, I really enjoyed the last chapter which was his pov, which was something I hated a lot in the normal audiobook as I really disliked Xaden's voice actor, so yay for that :) I actually didn't

cry this time for Liam

but I did when I reread the normal audiobook, but I think it might just be because I listened to both very close to each other, so it's probably my fault. I really liked the battle scene noises and it helped me visualise the scenes way better with the wings flapping the wind.

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carlyoc's review

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Much like a Court of Thorns and Rose's, I found the writing distractingly unpolished for about the first third of the book but powered through because I'd heard such good things. Sure enough, once we got to know some dragons as characters, I was hooked and once the romance spiced up, I wasn't even paying attention to the prose anymore.
I am definitely going to continue the series, especially given the cliffhanger this one ended on.
Fourth Wing is about a girl named Violet whose mother and siblings are bad ass dragon riders but who was training to be a scribe like her father, who unfortunatelypassed away a few years before we enter the story. Her harsh mother decrees that Violet must join the academy of dragon riders instead, knowing full well that Violet's small size and connective tissue disorder will put her at a potentially lethal disadvantage. Against all odds, Violet makes it through both the intimidating entrance challenge and every other challenge the school throws at her, making friends and allies along the way as well as a few enemies. Yet the person she thought would be her biggest threat, the son of the rebellion leader her mother subdued, seems mysteriously drawn to her instead.
By the end of the novel, we cross from individual-level fight for survival to realm-level war and intrigue.

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