Fourth Wing: DISCOVER THE GLOBAL PHENOMENON THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT!

Rebecca Yarros

May 2023 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

Don't miss out on the series that everyone can't stop talking about!
'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' - The Sun

'We weren't expecting to become obsessed with Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing, but we very much are - and we're not alone . . .' - Sunday Times Style

'I couldn't put it down!' - Millie Bobby Brown

'The new publishing sensation' - Daily Mail

'This book contains an addictive, drug like essence that will make you relinquish all responsibility until the very last word. Do not say I didn't warn you' - Glamour

'Yarros had me hooked from the first chapter' - Mail on Sunday
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FRIENDS. ENEMIES. LOVERS . . .
EVERYONE HAS AN AGENDA

Violet Sorrengail expected to live a quiet life surrounded by books, until she was forced onto the world's deadliest training ground. Now she must fight to join the army's elite: dragon riders. But dragons don't choose fragile riders, they incinerate them, and when your body breaks as easily as Violet's does - death is only a heartbeat away.

EVERY NIGHT COULD BE YOUR LAST

Many cadets would kill Violet to better their own chances of success; the rest would kill her just because of her last name . . . including the ruthless Xaden Riorson, her family's greatest enemy. With the odds stacked against her, Violet must use every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise, because once you enter Basgiath War College, there are only two ways out:
GRADUATE OR DIE
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OVER ONE MILLION READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN FOURTH WING FIVE STARS. ARE YOU READY TO ENTER THE WORLD OF BASGIATH WAR COLLEGE?

'If I can convince you to read one book I recommend it would be this one'

'I didn't sleep, I didn't eat, and when I finished, I had the overwhelming urge to just start it all over again'

'This book is probably the best fantasy book I have ever read'

'FIVE. FREAKING. STARS. There is no universe where I could give this book any less of a rating'

'There are some stories you read and enjoy but every so often you come across one that just obliterates everything and takes over your entire being within a few pages and becomes your world and personality. Well, this is the one'

'The world building in this was phenomenal. I lived, breathed and became a part of the college'

'You know when you finish a book, and it leaves an ache in your chest because it was so good, and now it's over? That's exactly how I feel after finishing Fourth Wing'


OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:
- FOURTH WING
- IRON FLAME

*Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing was a New York Times bestseller and Sunday Times bestseller in hardback in the second week of May 2023 and a number one Sunday Times bestseller in the third week of July 2023.

Ratings and reviews

it's Mills and Boon with dragons. It's an easy read and I did enjoy it as I wasn't looking for anything challenging and so it has been my guilty pleasure. I'm sure I'll read the next one. But description of each of the characters is really poor. Ditto poor description of places. I'm surprised an editor didn't pick up on this. Also she repeats words and phrases far too often - "Well aware" "Subluxate" to name two (there are loads but I CBA to look back). Due to the tropes used, the uncomplicated plot and the teen rebel vibe I often felt too old to be reading this as it felt more aimed at late teens/YA (18/19).

This is a pleasant read, and easy to pick up. The characters are decent, with the mains have a good amount of depth. It's easy to be on their side. That being said, many of the supporting characters are quite one dimensional and there just to support the mains. The story is reasonably predictable, though there are some twists that keep it interesting. Some parts are a little jarring, for example how everyone talks like a modern 20-something American, even the dragons. In addition, once the main characters start swooning for one another, some parts read more like a hormonal teen romance, but overall, it's a good read and quite enjoyable to spend a lazy weekend with.

The author misappropriated a language to add 'spice' to their book. Gàidhlig is a language that needs protected, preserved & promoted rather than used as lazy world-building zest to sprinkle on top of their story. They unashamedly butchered the language by telling people how to pronounce the words that they themself could not pronounce or understand. They were profoundly disrespectful. I hope readers can spend some time learning about Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig). It is a wonderful language - problematically pummelled across the world by the ignorantly incorrect Fourth Wing. (It was fair to give the book a try - due to my criticism of the author.) I toiled - but tried - to get through what I could; I wish the author had spent a fraction of the time learning gàidhlig as I spent scraping my brain through this. A lot of fantasy is derivative - but this read like a 'fan-fiction' from someone that has only ever read a synopsis of books they're ripping apart. It's Fifty Shades Of Glas.

About the author

Rebecca Yarros is the USA Today bestselling author of over fifteen novels, including The Things We Leave Unfinished 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 over twenty years. She's the mother of six children, 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.