A review by faerietears
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Anytime a book (or movie) has dragons as main characters there's a chance that things will get VERY cheesy. That was NOT the case with Fourth Wing!

This book was a little dark - introducing characters who seem like they're going to be important secondary characters, only to kill them off pages later! (I'm still reeling from that!) Not to mention, it's a school where the students are allowed to murder each other! 

This book was also unexpected. What I THOUGHT was going to be the huge plot point with Violet and the dragons was so off base! And the ending - ahhh! I kinda had an inkling of part of the ending, but absolutely not the whole thing. It was unexpected in the best way. 

This is definitely not a PG-rated book, a hard R at a minimum between the murder, sex, and crude language. I typically veer toward "cleaner" fiction, but this book was awesome. Just be aware!
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