{"id":7290,"date":"2023-07-04T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/?p=7290"},"modified":"2023-07-04T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T10:29:23","slug":"fourth-wing-by-rebecca-yarros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readwithstefani.com\/mk\/fourth-wing-by-rebecca-yarros\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a fantasy romance book that’s all the rage right now. Naturally, I was curious, looked through Scribd and the audiobook was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I should have known…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clues: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. the hype<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. the fantasy romance genre<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    There’s only been one such book I’ve liked in my reading journey so far, it was the first ever book I read in the genre and the first in a popular series. That series quickly went downhill, I didn’t even finish it. But, I loved the first book at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Fourth Wing is the story of Violet, the daughter of the commanding general of Navarre, and she’s been training her whole life to become a scribe. Turns out her mother has other plans and off she goes to train to become a dragon rider. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is more of a romance with a touch of fantasy than a fantasy romance. And even the romance was kind of questionable. And everyone is obsessed with sex. In the beginning, I had not understood nor read in the synopsis how old everyone is and wondered why these kids are constantly thinking about it. Then I took a break and turned to Goodreads and understood Violet is 20 and that was that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    There’s dragons, lots of them in fact. They’re not there all the time (complaint I’ve had for other dragon books), but present enough for me not to complain. Though I wish the process of them choosing their rider was explained in more detail as the concept is fascinating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The writing is definitely not outstanding, the story is full of clich\u00e9s, I predicted the plot twist, but weirdly I get the hype (see paragraphs above about sex and dragons above). Not quite the book for me, but my curiosity got the better of me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Overall, an overhyped book, but I think I’m still going to give the sequel a chance. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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