Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1)
Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
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· 2588 ratings · 512 pages · Published: 02 May 2023
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 .
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- fantasy 187
- enemies to lovers 180
- magic 158
- war 150
- military 148
- disabilities & scars 134
- grumpy/cold hero 119
- take-charge heroine 115
- new adult 114
- forced proximity 114
- competent heroine 111
- independent heroine 100
- gifted/super-heroine 98
- tortured hero 98
- high fantasy 94
- alpha male 92
- forbidden love 90
- college 90
- warrior heroine 89
- warlord/commander hero 86
- height difference 86
- possessive hero 83
- slow burn 80
- secret relationship 80
- sassy heroine 78
- m-f romance 76
- bad boys 69
- dangerous heroine 57
- monsters 48
- fighter hero 47
- love triangle 46
- famous heroine 44
- men in uniform 40
- survival 37
- political/court intrigue 36
- paranormal 28
- hurt/comfort 28
- found family 25
- betrayal 23
- vengeance 10
- class difference 9
- caretaking 8
- early 20s mmc 4
- cliffhanger 4
- young adult 3
- suspense 3
- early 20s fmc 3
- angst 2
- dystopian 1
- fated mates 1
- mystery 1
- historical 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- other man/woman 1
- insta-love 1
- sweet/gentle hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 100
- abuse 47
- past abuse 44
- animal death 35
- ableism 32
- graphic violence 30
- animal abuse 13
- torture of side characters 8
- body betrayal 8
- past child abuse 6
- dubious consent 1
- Format
- audiobook
- first person pov 105
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The 'The Empyrean' series
4.33 · 5070 ratings
vengeance · death · magic · monsters · independent heroine · fantasy · forced proximity · famous heroine · dangerous heroine · early-20s-fmc · political-intrigue · commander · early-20s-mmc · competent heroine · found-family · college · audiobook · alpha male · m-f · betrayal
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