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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

Rebecca Yarros

Start date: July 1, 2023

Finish date: July 31, 2023

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Jan 13, 2024 Anne OK rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2024-reads, 2024-5-star-reads

For someone who has never really been a fan of the fantasyworld, I was completely blown away by the first two books in Rebecca Yarros's epic Empyrean Series from the slow and steady build-up to holycraptastic wild rides astraddle the dragons in the sky!

I was completely captured and held prisoner by this author's creative world-building skills, the master plotting that moves swftly with twists, red-herrings and an all-around diversified cast of well-developed characters who simply mesmerize with ...more

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Dec 05, 2024 Kirsten rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, fantasy, recommended-by-catherine, goodreads-choice, npr-books-we-love

I read this at the urging of my book buddy Catherine. I don't know what I was expecting. Just another dragon romance. I should have known Catherine wouldn't lead me astray!

This book has great world building and a great set of characters. Part Harry Potter, part Romeo and Juliet, and part Outlander. Can't wait to start book #2. ...more

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Nov 12, 2024 Kiran rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2024

Great story and setup. I understand it's a YA book but I could dp with less of the agonising pangs of love bits. ...more

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Oct 31, 2023 Hayley rated it it was amazing

I loved it. Sure there are other books out there with better worldbuilding but I fell in love with the characters and the plot. The dragons are awesome, Xaden and Vi together...explosive, that ending...Shook. I saw it coming but damn, it still punched me in the gut. I'm glad i came late to this book so i have only a couple of days wait for the 2nd in the series. ...more

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Mar 13, 2025 Vickie rated it liked it

Shelves: 2025, listened-to, audible, fantasy, romance

I finally followed and got on the bandwagon to listen to Fourth Wing. I am not as enamored with it as a crappe-tonne of others seem to be. I do like that there is something out there for everyone and I know I like books that others don't dig. I tend to hesitate when deciding to read or listen to a book, let alone paying money for it, but I figured I might as well see what I was missing.
I will start with the good: The action and the I-did-not-see-that-coming aspects were amazing. Well drawn and ...more

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Nov 23, 2023 Slynne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance-fantasy, romance-dragons

This absorbed me from page 1 and didn't let go until the last page. And then the cliffhanger. What a fantastic book, I can't wait to get my hands on book 2! ...more

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