A review by flumbii
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Bro this is only going to be spoilers and is basically my thoughts throughout the book in chronological order sooo yeah.

**SPOILERS AHEAD**

OMG. I. LOVE. EVERY. INTERACTION. SHE. HAS. WITH. XADEN.

I literally laughed out loud when she has her first flight with Tairn and she falls off thinking she’s gonna die but he catches her only to say “you’re making us look bad. stop it.” I already love her dragon he’s so funny and dead pan.

Is it weird to say that my favorite character might just be her dragon?!??!? like plssss I LOVE HIM. He’s so funny I’m cackling every time he speaks, like I’m crying and dying over here.

SHE HAS TWO?!??????
OMG I LOVE THEM BOTH I’M SO HAPPY.

LIKE LOWKEY BOTH OF THE DRAGONS ARE GIVING BEST FRIEND VIBES WERE ONE IS SUNSHINE AND THE OTHER IS THE GRUMP!!!! UGHHH I LOVE IT.

Can I just say yuck! Fuck Dain he’s so annoying and I hate how everyone calls her weak, especially him, fuck him for treating her like glass and having zero faith in her.

On the other hand we love Xaden cuz he’s just so awwww and an asshole but the good kind where he like actually believes in her and shit.

It’s hilarious how Xaden has to protect her now that their dragons are mates and they’re bonded. Like he’s protecting her but like he’s being a dick about it and she doesn’t want his protection and it’s bordering overbearing and is just slightly annoying and a bit too much and I LOVE it.

AHHHHHHH. okay. I’m obsessed with him. The way he picks up her pen with his shadows and is just paying som much attention to her and caring about her safety and at the same time pretending like he doesn’t give a shit is just soooo ugh, you know?

I’m lowkey waiting for Xaden to do something fucked up but I also kinda think he’s like going to be part of some sort of rebellion and I think she’s gonna realize and find out about the fucked up stuff that happened and is happening and will join him. Like it’s already really clear to me that her mom and the higher ranks are shady af and keeping information and the way they treat the rebellion kids is just such a give away. 

Dain has already fucked up and showed that his alliance lies with the government and the rules, I don’t trust him and I hope she won’t share something with him that she’ll come to regret.

I’m obsessed with the fact that they can talk to each other inside their head. It’s great and awesome and this book is giving red queen meets acotar but with dragons.

ha lmao I’ve been guessing that her power was going to be something with electricity and wouldn’t you know it’s fucking lightning. like just the way she described how her power felt in her body was a give away and then when she fist kissed Xaden and lightning struck and he ripped away i was like, wait was that her?!??? It probably was lol. 

Welp it didn’t even matter that she didn’t willingly give Dain information about Xaden cuz he’s such a suck up and awful person that he invaded her privacy without her consent and fucked her and Xaden over yay

WHAT THE FUCK.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE DIES?!?????  
I LOVED LIAM! He was so sweet and kind and I actually couldn’t stop sobbing while I was reading. It was so fucking brutal and heart wrenching. I was crying hysterically and couldn’t stop or make myself calm down, I just kept sobbing I couldn’t breathe I was chocking on my sobs. I thought he would be safe for at least this book after he had his close to death thing earlier in the book but noooo. my bad. Like how am I supposed to get over this. I’m heartbroken. Out of all the friends that could have died him dying was the worst and cruelest one.

I didn’t really see the plot twist coming tho. It felt heavily red queen coded ngl. But nice hope he stays alive for at least one of the books but who knows. At least she has her brother back.

I’m obsessed with this book and I love all the characters. Except for yk the once we hate and despise like Dain, her mom, Jack. That was actually the only good thing to come out of this, Jack died and everyone was happy for it.

I did call the whole “oooo betrayal but it’s because the government is corrupt and she ends up joining the rebellion thingy” It was very predictable ngl and so was the fact that the venin thingys we’re going to be real but like that was just from the obvious foreshadowing.

Yeah I LOVED this book and if you’re a fan of books like red queen and or acotar I think you would very much like this book. It’s more like red queen coded and then just vibes of acotar if u want me to be more specific.

 But fuck it sucks how the characters you love always die in fantasy books.