Violet Sorrengail was always going to be a scribe. Until the General, her mother, told her 6 months ago that she would be a rider. Most riders spend their lives preparing to become riders. It’s not for the faint of heart or fragile bodies.
Violet’s body isn’t strong like her sister’s. No dragon is going to bond with a weakling. No cadet wants to be burdened with someone in their squad who isn’t going to make it. Even Violet herself isn’t sure she’s going to make it.
Violet takes life one day at a time; lots of people are rooting for her to fail. Xaden Riorson, her wing leader, is one of those people. But once she bonds with not one but two dragons, she’s a force to be reckoned with. Her body is still fragile, but she pushes past the pain.
Violet trains hard because she knows that she’s going to be tested. Luckily, her scribe training gives her an edge or two. It’s going to take everything she has to make it to graduation – if she isn’t killed first.
Fourth Wing has gotten a lot of hype on social media – and it lives up to that hype. I tore through this book. There’s lots of action and danger but there’s also friendship and funny moments. A love triangle weaves its way through the first half of the book. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll gasp at the plot twists (especially that ending!).
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today 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.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.
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