Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing

By Rebecca Yarros

  • Release Date: 2023-05-02
  • Genre: Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 21,555 Ratings

Description

A #1 New York Times bestseller • TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society • Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 • Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 • Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 • NPR “Books We Love” 2023 • Audible Best Books of 2023 • Hudson Book of the Year • Google Play Best Books of 2023 • Indigo Best Books of 2023 • Waterstones Book of the Year finalist • Goodreads Choice Award Winner • Newsweek Staffers’ Favorite Books of 2023 • Paste Magazine's Best Books of 2023

"Suspenseful, sexy, and with incredibly entertaining storytelling, the first in Yarros' Empyrean series will delight fans of romantic, adventure-filled fantasy."Booklist, starred review

"Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end... A fantasy like you've never read before." ―#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

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.

The Empyrean series is best enjoyed in order.
Reading Order:
Book #1 Fourth Wing
Book #2 Iron Flame

Reviews

  • Glitch in file on iOS otherwise great book

    5
    By AshtonWhitney
    Predictable tropes but thoroughly enjoyable.
  • New Favorite Series

    5
    By udderlycaptivatedoh
    Absolutely loved Fourth Wing. After years of being out of touch with reading, the sample hooked me. My jaw hit the floor after finishing the last chapter. Immediately I purchased the second one. LOVE LOVE LOVE🩸
  • Wow!

    5
    By Blsummey2502
    Great read!
  • Great read

    5
    By GF Texas
    Keeps you interested and on edge!
  • Enrapturing!

    5
    By breezybri4444
    Honestly a great book. Beginning , middle, and end. No parts were lacking. I enjoyed every page. Start to finish.
  • Wow

    5
    By Addymay8
    Simply amazing
  • Obsessed

    5
    By tessahrkal
    I couldn’t put Fourth Wing down—and even when I did, I kept thinking about it. Violet is a sharp, determined heroine, and Xaden is the perfect: brooding, complex, and impossible to ignore. Their chemistry builds with great tension and emotional payoff. Yarros’s world is vivid and immersive, with brutal trials, political intrigue, and unforgettable dragons. Every character feels fully realized, and the story never slows. Fourth Wing is easily one of my favorite reads—an addictive, epic start to the series.
  • I just couldn’t put it down!

    5
    By Aia65
    This is a “complete, heart-tugging” package exceeding my wildest reading experiences. I truly couldn’t put it down :)
  • Amazing

    4
    By asslicker14
    Spectacular can’t wait to read book 2
  • reignited my love for reading

    5
    By pikabbchu
    Loved it ! 😇😇😇