Reviews with content warning for Blood - Fourth Wing

Listened to the graphic audio book. I am a “skimmer” and I know I would have struggled paying attention through some of these chapters with all the lore, strategy talk, history, etc.

This is a great book if you like dragons, war/battle strategy, romance, warrior school, and a woman who absolutely refuses to die.

*SPOILERS - mild mentions throughout here on out*

If I had read this I don’t think it would have hit as hard. My one gripe with the actual writing was the last battle in the book. I get the point of showing the gravity of the situation, and maybe I am just a little bit miffed at the loss suffered from that battle and it’s making me hyper critical but the fact our MC did not clock the solution to the fight faster was infuriating. Maybe that was a plot device to show the stress of the moment and their inexperience but I’m pissy about it and it’s my review. I’m knocking half a star off because of that and the fact that homegirl suffers the emotional flip flop syndrome when she’s been nothing but forgiving and understanding for the rest of the book. Other than that! LOVED IT!

Had to get the bad out there first. Here’s what I love and I’m gonna TRY to keep it light on spoilers but I can only do so much.

1. A girlie with a chronic illness having the willpower to be stronger and better despite having an easy out. Could not be me and I love her for it.
2. Mysterious shadow man with a heart will always be my downfall.
3. The fact the other love interest played out like it did. Oooooooo I cannot tell you how much that man pissed me TF off from day one. If there was a “two lovers and I have to choose” trope I would have stopped reading. I really just want to read more to see his downfall.
4. The ending was so good. It made me want to start reading the next one pronto (even though based on the context leading up to it, I kind of saw it coming).
5. It was hot. Yeah I was blushing and kicking my feet several times.

All in all I would recommend this in a heart beat.

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eligru's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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lilybarna's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I didn’t think I’d get hooked but I did.. reminds me of stories I love like divergent, hunger games, a little Enders game imo

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hcnye's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I don’t usually go for fantasy novels, and while this isn’t the worst i’ve read, I never really felt invested.
First of all, Yarros needs to learn new ways to say “my scalp prickled”, “my voice dripped with sarcasm”, “he growled”, “badass”. these phrases were repeated to an annoying extent.
the book felt like an attempted mix between the hunger games and divergent,

especially with the revolution coming at the end.

. I found none of the characters well-fleshed out, and none of them lovable except maybe Liam. Despite this shallowness, the book is quite long. Parts were fun, and I might continue the series to see if it improves, but i’m not particularly excited.

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mirithyl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Zoveel liefde voor dit boek! En dat ondanks dat het echt een pul van een boek is, waar ik meestal geen fan van ben. In dit boek zie je de groei van meerdere characters, maar ook de afgang. Xaden was een character die ik haatte tot ongeveer het stuk van de Verkoring. Dain daarentegen is een character die ik eerst tof vond, dat ging al vrij snel over in irritant tot op het punt dat ik nu denk wat voor een hufter is dat. Van alle draken is Andarna echt mijn favoriet, de schat!

Wees voorbereid op een zielig stuk richting het einde van het verhaal, maar ook voor een plottwist. Ik ga zeker door met Iron Flame/IJzeren Vlam want ik wil weten hoe het verhaal verder gaat!

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jxrr_y's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I only read this book because it was popular, but fine, it was really good and I couldn’t put it down!!

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iamsammie27's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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