A review by sarahanneaz
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

3.0

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this definitely did not live up to the hype for me. At the risk of sounding like a snob, the writing was just ok. I did find myself invested in the story when the dragons were involved and even though I recognize a cheesy trope when I see one, I'm often fine with that if the writing is decent. I just feel like this could have been a lot better. I think I heard it described on a podcast as "dragon riders who do it" and that sums it up pretty well. I am not at all prudish and totally good with smut - but badly written smut is just cringy. This is coming from someone who read Fifty Shades and most of the Outlander books. SJM does it well. Learn from the fairy people. I don't know if I can do another one of these books - we'll see if the drive to know what happens overpowers my constant state of eye rolling.