Background
Published in May of 2023, “Fourth Wing” is a fantasy novel featuring young Violet Sorrengail who’s main goal was to living a quiet life surrounded by books and history. However, her mother, and also commanding general, ordered Violet to join the dragon riders to take her proper place as a Sorrengail.
Violet is small fragile and accident prone. She didn’t want to be a dragon rider but she was thrown into it all the same. In training, people die all the time and Violet does her best to use whatever she has to survive.
My Thoughts
This book had some interesting takes on dragons and the general mythology. However, it read just like the “Twilight Series”. It was the same premise of a sad little girl who lost a parent and was estranged from her other. Somehow, despite being completely useless and not wanting anything to do with what she is doing, she manages to be the best at everything. Somehow and for no apparent reason, the most attractive, dangerous, James Dean type bad boy (who her mother doesn’t approve of) is incredibly attracted to her and trusts her with the biggest secret in the entire kingdom.
Of course, my wife’s friend said it was great…
Recommendation
Not a great book but I can see all the teenage girls and mom’s who think they are teenage girls loving it.