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ladypalutena's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
The book is also really, really long. I feel like the book could have ended after
At this point, also, I feel like the author is just killing people for shock value. I do like the Gryphon riders' reactions to the Dragon riders, though - one of them says something along the lines of "The way you kill your recruits/cadets is staggering." If a potential Gryphon rider fails their mounting challenge, they just pick themselves up and choose a different service branch. If a dragon rider fails ANY of their stuff, they die. Quick, but not always painless. Some of the deaths seem warranted, but a great many feel as if they are only to shock the reader.
And let's not even get started on the ending of this book.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Violence, War, and Death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent
mzquirk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Things I could do without - Violet's wishy/washy "I'm made, I'm not mad, he's gorgeous and I hate him"-ness. ...and that is it. That's all. I was annoyed by that and only that.
Graphic: Grief and Sexual content
Moderate: War, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Death, Bullying, Blood, Animal cruelty, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Death of parent
cait's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Xenophobia, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Classism, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Ableism, Colonisation, Stalking, War, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Violence, and Vomit
rhiwind93's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
readingwithmeredith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War
5 open door scenes/almost scenesnatashareadsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4ā out of 5ā.
Tropes:
ā fantasy romance /romantasy
ā enemies to lovers
ā forced Proximity
ā academy (war college)
ā New Adult romance
ā chronic illness (h) representation
ā morally gray H
āfound family
ā slow burn
ā overcoming adversity/underdog
ā dysfunctional family
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Cursing, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Torture, and War
passionatereader78's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Murder, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, Torture, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, and Cursing
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Kidnapping
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Alcohol, Bullying, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Vomit, and War
texashippie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Confinement, Body horror, Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Torture
dianaschmidty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
- The age difference when they meet. Violet & Sloane: first-years; Xaden & Dain: third-years
- The chain of command forbiddeness. Both Xaden and Dain were/are the Wing Leaders of Violet/Sloane, and specifically in Fourth Wing.
- Each pairing has a child of a Tyrrish officer and a child of a Navarrean officer.
- Each pairing is equal in parentās rank. Violet and Xaden are each the child of the military leader and Sloane and Dain are each the child of the military leaderās right-hand. Xaden even made that comparison, though with Liam instead of Sloane.
- Dain and Violet each thought they wanted their best friend. Xaden (and likely Sloane) didnāt really care about romance, but did care about revenge/the rebellion.
This kind of all hinges on if Sloane knows about Dainās involvement in her brotherās death, but Sloane and Dain have similar reasons to be enemies as Violet and Xaden did. Violet disliked Xaden for his father having ākilledā her brother. And Xaden didnāt like her because he hated her mom for killing his dad. Dainās father definitely got Liam killed and thereās definitely an argument for still blaming Dain even after learning that he didnāt know about the ambush./spoiler> Violet and Xadenās signets are both powerful and complimentary, with light vs dark. Sloane and Dainās signets are also both powerful, and while not exactly complimentary, they are similar, with both being able to take from another rider and could easily be used as a weapon, which is demonstrated with Dain during Violetās torture and Sloane with Violetās mom./spoiler>
So yeah, I think that the next book should just ignore Violet and Xaden and whatever mess theyāre in and focus on this new enemies to lovers story! And if Rebecca Yarros does ever see this, Iād love a shoutout in the acknowledgments!
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Animal death, Grief, Medical content, Torture, War, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, and Gore
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Classism, and Toxic relationship