Fourth Wing Published by Entangled: Red Tower Books by Rebecca Yarros
Series: The Empyrean #1
on May 2, 2023
Genres: Action & Adventure, Disabilities, Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, New Adult, Romance, Enemies-To-Lovers
Pages: 498
Source: Purchased
Format: Hardcover
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Also by this author: Reason to Believe
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ISBN: 1649374046
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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
These two reviews will be short and sweet–because what hasn’t already been said about these books?
Things I loved: Violet, Xaden, Violet’s need to protect those considered weaker than her (even though she’s got her own issues), Xaden, Tairn, Andarna, the justified loathing for Dain that I felt within the first few pages, Xaden… And did I mention Xaden?
What I didn’t like? Well… Ummm… I can’t think of much. These books are still just creeping around in my mind. I can’t stop thinking about them and wanting to reread them.
Iron Flame Published by Entangled: Red Tower Books by Rebecca Yarros
Series: The Empyrean #2
on November 7, 2023
Genres: Action & Adventure, Disabilities, Dragons, Fantasy, Magic, High Fantasy, New Adult, Romance
Pages: 624
Source: Purchased
Format: Hardcover
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Also by this author: Reason to Believe
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ISBN: 1649374178
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“The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson
Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.
Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders’ capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.
Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.
But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.
Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.
Things I loved about Iron Flame: Xaden, all the crazy things that I was thinking were going to happen and the fact that some of them did, that Dain is pretty much garbage throughout this whole book, Xaden, Andarna (she’s the absolute BEST), Xaden, and that ending. I mean, I hated it… But I’ll give Rebecca Yarros this–she’s a crafty little thing.
What didn’t I like? Just the fact that I have to wait until heaven-knows-when for the next book(s) in this series. How long do we have to wait?!
About Rebecca Yarros
Rebecca Yarros is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen novels, including Great and Precious Things and The Last Letter. “A gifted storyteller” (Kirkus), she is also the recipient of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence for Eyes Turned Skyward from her Flight and Glory series.
Rebecca loves military heroes and has been blissfully married to hers for almost twenty years. She’s the mother of six children, ranging from kindergarten to law school, and is currently surviving the teenage years with three of her four hockey-playing sons. When she’s not writing, you can find her at the hockey rink or sneaking in some guitar time while guzzling coffee. She and her family live in Colorado with their stubborn English bulldogs, two feisty chinchillas, and a Maine Coon kitten named Artemis, who rules them all.
Having fostered then adopted their youngest daughter who is nonverbal and on the autism spectrum, Rebecca is passionate about helping children in the foster system through her nonprofit, One October, which she co-founded with her husband in 2019. To learn more about their mission to better the lives of kids in foster care, visit www.oneoctober.org.
To catch up on Rebecca’s latest releases and upcoming novels, including The Things We Leave Unfinished, which just received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, visit www.RebeccaYarros.com.
I really need to get to these books! I have the first one, just haven’t had time to get to it yet. It is on my TBR challenge list for this year though!
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Yes, you do! I don’t think you’ll have ANY regrets!!
I listened to these and had such a good time. I am happy to see you enjoyed them as well. Now we wait for book three.
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The wait will be soooo difficult! 😂