Fourth Wing

3.5 STARS

the book isn't well written by any means, but it is interesting and that alone will keep me reading the series. it has clumsy exposition, violet is a mary sue, and xaden is a much more interesting character than she is. i just don't care for violet. tairn has to be my favorite character. all the other side characters felt flat.

idk. writing this review literally 2 minutes after i finished but it just didn't live up to the hype. this book was marketed to me as a fantasy with a romantic subplot. what i got instead was romance in a fantasy setting with a fantasy subplot. the fantasy aspect comes from the dragons, the world around them, and the powers but the dragons read like humans due to their personalities, the magic isn't at the forefront of anything, and the world building... i'm sorry but the reason this didn't read as fantasy for me is the lack of world building. this comes across as low fantasy and it just wasn't what i was expecting. i started liking the book more when i adjusted by expectations.

this book feels like 2023's version of FBAA.