Loved itAnd when I reread a book, they're five stars. ... I also reread Fourth Wing to prepare for Threshing Day.
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Fourth Wing (2023)
Others: Mixed Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise. Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret. Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
- ISBN:
- 9781649377371
- Length:
- 517 pages
Genres: fantasy, romance, young adult
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Not a fanHe just wasn't my vibe, but to be honest, Fourth Wing in general just was not my vibe. Had I read Fourth Wing in my Divergent era, I think I would have loved it, because to me, this book is literally Divergent, but with dragons.
Loved itIf somebody's new getting into like especially Romantasy and they're just like, I just want a good fantasy with some like dragons or something, I would say Fourth Wing, okay? It's an easy read.
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Loved itI absolutely loved reading Fourth Wing this year. This was a book that I just became obsessed with.
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MixedI've nominated Fourth Wing mostly just for the crime of making me enjoy it. Like it's so poorly written and so over the top and yet it got me at the edge of my seat the whole time and it deserves Jill just for that alone.
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Loved itI loved Fourth Wing and I enjoyed Iron Flame, but I didn't love it like I loved Fourth Wing.
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Loved itFourth wing probably still my favorite in that series... It's a an adventure soap opera fantasy time.
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Not a fanfourth wi I read the first one it was like a two and yeah I do think that is really overrated
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MixedI felt like this was okay this is personal opinion cuz I'm just not a fantasy babe
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Loved itthis is the book that had me in a choke C and reminded me why I love fantasy so much
Not a fanpersonally speaking I didn't like this book at all it has enemies to lovers which in theory is quite fun and the military academy is something I generally really appreciate but just overall the execution of this book personally just wasn't it for me
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Not a fanI disliked pretty much every aspect of this book
MixedI had so much fun with this. I personally really connected with it... Writing at times was cringe. That's why I did give it a 4.5 out of five stars.
Not a fanI hated fourth wi pretty passionately and I went into this book in good faith
Loved itI loved the concept of the Dragons the writing was fantastic the romance was amazing but it also had really good action elements and suspense there
Not a fanI did not like this book... the world itself makes absolutely no sense whatsoever... none of it felt like it is up to the standards at which people hold it as this amazing piece of literature.
Loved itI adored it. I think it was super, super fun. Basically, long story short, I loved this and it had me in a chokehold and it's my number four book of the year.
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