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A review by hannahmariebrankley
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
5.0
This is one of the biggest books on BookTok at the moment. And for good reason.
In this book we follow Violet Sorrengail who wanted to enter the Scribe Quadrant. Basically surrounding herself with books and archiving. In this fantasy world, everyone enters a different quadrant when they are of age.
Her mother, who is the commanding general, orders Violet to join the Riders Quadrant. As in dragon riders.
We follow Violet as she starts training. Making friends and enemies along the way. Using every advantage and strength she has.
Violet is built smaller than others, has a brittle body and is basically perceived as "weak". After getting through training, in which you could die at any moment, you have to bond with a dragon. But dragons don't bond with "fragile" humans.
At the same time, outside the training school, the world is facing war. The kingdom's protection is failing and the death toll is rising...
As they say in the Riders Quadrant; "A dragon without its rider is a tragedy, a rider without its dragon is dead". Will Violet make it to the end? Will a dragon choose to bond with her? Is the Kingdom bound for war?
This book has been the cause of my reading slump. It has also been my favourite read of 2023... well, so far. I have recommended this to everyone. I have made people buy this book. Without spoiling this too much, I am just going to say I loved the world building, the story line, the twists, the character developments and the sarcasm of the characters. Being British, I love my sarcasm.
The other thing that really hits home for me is reading about a character who is chronically ill / disabled. This book has been such a talking point in the disability and chronic illness communities. Like Violet, author Rebecca Yarros has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. It goes to show that people love to read about main characters with chronic conditions / disabilities. And from authors in the same situation.
This is, of course, a 5* read.
In this book we follow Violet Sorrengail who wanted to enter the Scribe Quadrant. Basically surrounding herself with books and archiving. In this fantasy world, everyone enters a different quadrant when they are of age.
Her mother, who is the commanding general, orders Violet to join the Riders Quadrant. As in dragon riders.
We follow Violet as she starts training. Making friends and enemies along the way. Using every advantage and strength she has.
Violet is built smaller than others, has a brittle body and is basically perceived as "weak". After getting through training, in which you could die at any moment, you have to bond with a dragon. But dragons don't bond with "fragile" humans.
At the same time, outside the training school, the world is facing war. The kingdom's protection is failing and the death toll is rising...
As they say in the Riders Quadrant; "A dragon without its rider is a tragedy, a rider without its dragon is dead". Will Violet make it to the end? Will a dragon choose to bond with her? Is the Kingdom bound for war?
This book has been the cause of my reading slump. It has also been my favourite read of 2023... well, so far. I have recommended this to everyone. I have made people buy this book. Without spoiling this too much, I am just going to say I loved the world building, the story line, the twists, the character developments and the sarcasm of the characters. Being British, I love my sarcasm.
The other thing that really hits home for me is reading about a character who is chronically ill / disabled. This book has been such a talking point in the disability and chronic illness communities. Like Violet, author Rebecca Yarros has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. It goes to show that people love to read about main characters with chronic conditions / disabilities. And from authors in the same situation.
This is, of course, a 5* read.