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Quarta Asa by Rebecca Yarros

719 reviews

mythicalbookshelf's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad 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

This book is fantastic for a fantasy romance, it is the perfect gateway for people who don’t typically read High Fantasy novels as it balances the act of world building and romantic subplots. I found the characters extremely lovable and the glimpses into their individual backgrounds intriguing. The pacing was good, it did slow down for me in the third-act but not to the point that it detracts from my rating.

I will say the *surprise spoiler* at the end was predictable to anyone who’s entrenched in a fantasy background but it still made me leap up in bed and shout! 5 stars across the board, this is a must read!

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bibliochica's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring tense 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

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jferguson1138's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark 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

This was a book I wanted to enjoy more, but kept tripping over red flags.

Teenage murder hobos are becoming a contemporary classic trope, and this book is full of them. In order to become a dragon rider you have to kill your competition because nothing brings a group of soldiers together more than murdering your "weakest link" friend for the good of the unit. Sound scary and want a normal life now? FIREBALL! Now you're extra crispy. THERE IS NO LEAVING HERE ALIVE UNLESS YOU SURVIVE! bleh

Also, the author is a bit of a weird horn dog. At one point the protagonist gets SUPER horny because the dragon she bonded is having sex with another dragon. When I read chapter I got confused if I was reading some messed up fantasy fan fiction and laughed. After the protagonist has sex for the first time in the book I think the last 1/3 of the book had a horny thought every other paragraph. Oh no, there is danger. But dang look how hard he looks while in danger... it was a weird tone change.

It's got a lot of ACOTAR feel to it which is both good and bad. I had similar complaints about ACOTAR. At points it was really good, at other points it read like a poor fan fiction and lost the plot entirely. The same can be said of Fourth Wing.

Despite all the child murderers, horniness, and awkward dragon erotica moments, I kinda enjoyed the book. I just really wish it didn't make it so weird to enjoy it.

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raptorq's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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radiantgeode's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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applebabbles's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

When I see reviews for this book they are usually very polarizing. Some will say that the book's writing wasn't good and the world was underdeveloped, and some will say that this book was amazing and book of the year.

I think the book was great, but I definitely think the complaints have merit.

To start, this book's romance sub-plot is very involved. If you think it's just a book about dragons and then there's some romance in it, you would be wrong. The romance is deeply engrained in this book, and in my eyes it's really important. Without this romance, the FMC would've gone down a completely different path in this book. It is necessary. Of course, she is very ... thirsty ? And there are paragraphs and pages for how thirsty it is. If you won't like reading that, this isn't the book for you. Because there is a lot. lol

In regards to the worldbuilding, I'm a bit torn. Yes, we didn't get that much information about what people care about (how dragons bond, the dragons, etc, etc). But, I think this makes sense. The parts of the world that we know, are the parts of the world that Violet knows. She trained to be a scribe, she thinks she knows everything about history. We expect her to know everything. But the truth is, she doesn't. There just isn't much written and recorded knowledge about the dragons. She doesn't know it, so we don't either. I personally like this storytelling, it makes it easier to immerse and connect with the MC rather than being an all-knowing reader. However it's definitely not for everyone, and so I can see why some people say the worldbuilding is underdeveloped and stuff is inconsistent.

All things said, I really liked this book. It is an easy-to-read non-complex world, with a physically disabled character (something I have personally never read in this kind of kickass hardcore fantasy world) and she isn't just disabled to be a diversity-quota selling point, but it actually feels important to the story. It changes how she approaches things, it shows that accommodations aren't something to be ashamed of.

Overall, I really enjoyed the book and pre-ordered the next book as well.

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