Rain's Reading Log reviewed Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (The Empyrean, #1)
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New …
Generic Power Fantasy with Hints of Great
3 stars
I had a giant review/rant planned mentally as I finished #FourthWing . I was going to rant about how insufferable the main character Violet, or how really interesting characters are established only to crumble into pillars meant only to thrust Violet into more greatness. Though it would be falling on deaf ears. Most either love this book unapologetic or want nothing to do with the false hype surrounding it.
This book is conflict. Conflict between wanting to tell a above average fantasy tale with a really interesting world/concepts, and a cheap smut fan-fiction written by someone who has never been physically close to anyone. Some pages the fantasy story wins, and for half a chapter the spicy virgin dribble wins.
It really feels like the author had a pretty decent story written out and went back in and decide to inject the drooling over the male lead later on because …
I had a giant review/rant planned mentally as I finished #FourthWing . I was going to rant about how insufferable the main character Violet, or how really interesting characters are established only to crumble into pillars meant only to thrust Violet into more greatness. Though it would be falling on deaf ears. Most either love this book unapologetic or want nothing to do with the false hype surrounding it.
This book is conflict. Conflict between wanting to tell a above average fantasy tale with a really interesting world/concepts, and a cheap smut fan-fiction written by someone who has never been physically close to anyone. Some pages the fantasy story wins, and for half a chapter the spicy virgin dribble wins.
It really feels like the author had a pretty decent story written out and went back in and decide to inject the drooling over the male lead later on because it feels really forced and out of place. The best I can describe it is how there are H-Scenes in the original #FateStayNight Visual Novel because that was just what you did at the time if you wanted to sell a Visual Novel. Which is a shame because if they cut out all of the forced romance/smut and let it happen naturally this books could have easily been a 4 or 4.5 out of 5 instead of barley being a 3.
I am willing to give the second book a shot mostly out of curiosity to see if it rises to its potential that it shows it can have. Though if I am willing to finish it or adventure into the third book only time will tell.
Quick side note for the love of god please describe a setting more than just talking about how there are "mage lights" (which you never explain what those are) illuminating the area. And in no "fantasy" world would a character say "for the win" (let alone 3 times) or "they choose to look behind door number 2" (a reference to a TV game show)