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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

16 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I couldn't have seen anything in this book coming. The twist and turns were surprising and the story was rich with intrigue. I can't wait for Yarros to finish off this story in the next few books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, Murder, Grief, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexism, War, Body shaming, Bullying, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

megcarrick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Bullying, Death, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Violence, War, Abandonment, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Toxic friendship

sauvageloup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

giving a four for pure grippingness, as I was totally glued to this. fair bit of unoriginality though.

pros:
- it's pretty unputdownable, constantly keeping the tension high and the ball rolling. very good writing and pacing in that sense as there was never a dull bit.
- the different scenes were written well too, the fighting, dialogue, reflection and romance were all solid.
- I likes the setting, the dragons, the politics and worldbuilding, but the characters were the strong point. xaden and violet were both compelling and conflicted in their own ways.
- especially liked the flashing out of the side characters. I was definitely emotional when

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Amber's dragon grieved and Liam died.

. Yarros does a good job of giving enough details about side characters to make them feel real. 
- I hear from my friend witty Eds that Violet's was written well and it's great to see more disability representation, since its sadly lacking. great that she wasnt magically cured of it, and was supported by others throughout the story even as others tried to take her out.
- focus on sibling relationships was cool top, great to see mira and violets positive sisterhood and rhiannon and her sister.
- a fair number of twists were unpredictable, like

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getting 2 dragons, xaden taking her to the rebuilt city and brennan being alive

- I also liked that the characters were 20y/o plus, and the women were called that, not girls.
- inclusion of queer side characters was great to see too, including rhiannon and Heaton, neither of which faced any discrimination for it.

cons:
- it was all very classic YA tropes with an adult bent. Dane and xaden were immediately obviously love interests (twilight)

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though I'm glad Dane was revealed as shitty pretty fast.

, we have a murdery military school and a catch the flag games (like divergent and percy jackson), untrustworthy leadership and rebellion (hunger games). also knife throwing and the MC getting

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the best dragon and the best magic and the hot unavailable older man, whilst being a tiny little pixie girl with silver hair. and enemies to lovers of course

- though called clever, violet does have some dim moments for sure,

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like she really didnt expect xaden to be part of a rebellion at all?? honestly.

- also didny like the last chapter being xadens POV. it sounded the exact same to violets which was disappointing and was unneeded. he was better just through violets eyes.
- overall, I would have liked some more real failures for violet, and less cliches. plus some more real violence rather than the squeamish stuff. go big or go home for the morally grey characters is what I say.

but it still gets a four because it was very gripping, I did like xaden and violet and their chemistry, plus the side characters and the dragons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Murder, War, Bullying, Gore, Violence, Ableism, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical content

falchionm's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Bullying, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Fire/Fire injury, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, War, and Injury/Injury detail

moodreadererin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book ruined me in all the best ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Death of parent, War, Bullying, Blood, Gaslighting, Death, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming

Moderate: Vomit, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical content

amirez1043's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, War, Blood, Body horror, Death, Xenophobia, Ableism, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

bitternortherner's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

This was incredible. The plot was in constant drive and build, we get hints and tidbits of foreshadow that were so tastefully dropped that they spoilt nothing, we get disability representation from an author with the described disability, we get dragons and magic, fast-paced battles, boarding school style intrigue, a fully developed world with political strain, witty banter between allies and enemies, and the steamiest romance. For only having two sex scenes, they are the most well written, passionate, realistic throes I have ever read. No weird cringey descriptors or bedroom talk. Consent is also addressed and handled excellently. 

I'm not even sure if I consider my only complaint a complaint; there is an attempt at LGBTQ representation, and it really fell short- it's a side note of a passing conversation. I would never require all authors to represent identities they are unfamiliar with, that's how you get offensive stereotypes streamlined, right? 

While full of feminine power, this story is straight AF. 


I listened to this via libro.fm and the narrator was absolutely phenomenal. Her voice is so dynamic and each character has a different, unique, recognizable lilt. She also actually sped up the reading pace during stressful battles, slowed down during introspective bits, and evokes so much emotion. Rebecca Soler deserves a damn award for this reading. I finished all 20 hrs and 45 minutes in a two day period. The final chapter is read by Teddy Hamilton, and while he did a good job, it was jarring for the switch to happen, and I wasn't a big fan of his intonation and representation of our heroine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Panic attacks/disorders

roseyposeyreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Violence, Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

villainxorigin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

“Dragon relationships are absolutely incomprehensible,” I murmur.
“Yeah? You should try a human one sometime. Just as vicious, but less fire.”

Divergent meets How to Train Your Dragon meets Hunger Games meets From Blood and Ash

I opened this to "give it a go" and read half the book in one sitting. I was pleasantly surprised by Rebecca Yarros's writing and immediately got sucked into Violet's Violent world (lol).

Is this War & Peace? No.
Do I care? No.
Did I want something entertaining that gave me some romantic yearning and angst with plenty of cocky banter and squeal-out-loud, kick-your-legs moments? Yes.
Did I get those? YES.

I'm actually bummed this will only be a duology vs. a trilogy (that we know of 👀) because I'm so curious to learn more about this whole world and would love even more time with some of the side characters.

Will I be rereading until we get the next book? Yes.

(Please check TWs before reading) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood, War, Ableism, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Death of parent, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

zanazy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Ok, this book has been all over so I was hesitant to read it for a bit. My overall opinion is that it’s good, worth hype, but not to the level it’s currently getting. The story has a boarding school setting with dragons and battles,  which you see and explore through the eyes of Violet. The male lead is Xaden, the older, son of the rebellion leader. It’s meant to be an enemies to lovers, but I never felt like they were enemies. For me, this book gave me major Divergent book 1 vibes from the beginning with Violet and Xaden giving me major Tris and Four vibes. The overall concept is good, and I liked the pace of the story so it made for a quick read and keeps you engaged which is great. I was able to guess/know where some major plot lines were going, but I still enjoyed how she got there. 

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As far as characters, Violet is very relatable and Xaden is hot, but you knew he was into her from the first meeting which kills the enemies to lovers angle. We are told he’s the enemy and wants to kill her, but he NEVER gives off that impression. Their ages are adults but Xaden is the oldest at 23, so it’s a NA book. I say this because both get very horny and Violet spends so much time telling the reader how much she wants Xaden that it makes the burn 🔥 both uncomfortable and annoying. The supporting cast is great, but be prepared for deaths like in Divergent. The dragons and fantasy aspect add a lot, but this mystery between the attacks, the rebellion, and history is where this story shines.

I enjoyed the story and look forward to the next one, but don’t let the hype raise your expectations to the max as it’s not THAT amazing. Lots of potential to get there though, so my expectations for book 2 are higher. As for the ending, I don’t think it’s a true cliffhanger. It’s more of an abrupt cutoff but no one is hanging off a cliff.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Blood, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcohol, Ableism, Body shaming, and Grief