Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing Summary

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is the story of a young subpar woman with a small amount of magic in the place of her muscles but an incredibly powerful spirit, living in a world where dragon riders are political and military forces to be reckoned with. Basgiath War College will bring deadly tests, intelligent opponents, and girl’s own insecurities. It is still cut throat, only the fittest can survive.

Watching transformations, the beautiful, intelligent, and temperamental woman can describe all the changes of partners from cooperation to hatred. In the course of the competition, she also develops a complex attraction to a brooding and intimidating classmate to enrich the story line. Themes of friendship, love and survival entwined with magic and war to make for an intense read and a fitting beginning to the Empyrean series.