Fourth Wing

Writing: 1/5 stars
Story: 4/5 stars
Ability to surprise the writer with plot twists: 0/5 stars

I get why this is so popular - but the writing is really rough. It's a great idea and the story is fun but there are zero surprises. I guessed the “big” twist in the first few chapters and had a pretty good feeling about most of the other twists. It reminds me of the Divergent series with dragons. It's not that it's not entertaining, it's just that I've read too many books just like this. The fantasy element is a good addition but it feels immature.

TBD on if I'd read the rest of the series. I'm going to be fair with my rating and say this is better than ACOTAR but only because it's got a tiny bit of better world building and I sort of care for the side characters (although they are still painfully underdeveloped).