A great beginning in a spectacularly promising series with Dragons Honig to war! | Ein großartiger Auftakt einer vielversprechenden Reihe mit Drachen, die in den Krieg ziehen.
„A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead.“ I’ve waited for a long time to read this book because I’ve heard a lot about it thanks to other bloggers and social media. In August, I finally started it and now, after having read this book several times, I’m (mentally) capable of reviewing it. In the beginning, the reader gets to know Basgiath, the War Collage where volunteers can join the healing, scribe, infantry or rider’s quadrant. Violet was trained to become a scribe but joins the rider’s quadrant, by order of her mother, General Sorrengail. Violet doesn’t fight her mother’s decisions but goes with it and I love how she fights to survive every single day with every new challenge awaiting. And she grows a lot, too in her first year for she faces opponents who try to kill her, she passes all the tests and learns to follow her heart – even if it means that old friends are starting to become a part of the past. Besides, Violet realizes very quickly that nothing is what it seems like and that a bigger war is at the doorstep than anyone would have imagined and finds herself in the middle of it. „I will not die today.“ (Violet) Xaden Riorson – the son who lead the uprising against the leadership a couple of years ago – is not only ruthless, dangerous and intriguing but also in a position to kill Violet, the daughter of his father’s executioner. However, he might seem distant at first sight but somehow he always seems to be at the right place on the right time. The more you get to know him and the depth of his character the more I love him. He is a hot shadow daddy and so absolutely swoon worthy in every single way. I also loved the fact that the friendship between Violet and her squat is becoming as tight as family ties can become. The loyalty that none of them questions, the certainty that anyone would help the others without question is so, so, so beautiful. It’s what anyone in real life would wish for: A couple of people who always have your back – priceless! „Killing you wouldn’t be any trouble, Violence. It’s leaving you alive that seems to cause the majority of my trouble.“ (Xaden) Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is the first book of the Empyrean-series and the first book ever that I rate with the highest category that my blog has to give because this book just killed me, in every possible way: The friendship between Violet, Rhiannon, Sawyer, Liam and Ridoc, the slow burn love between Violet and Xaden, the entire world of Basgiath and its villains on the inside and on the outside. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT! This is a highlight of the year for me and I can’t wait to continue reading and getting to know the end of it all. READ IT, everybody, immediately! Deutsche Kurzrezension Diese Welt, die in einer Kriegsakademie startet, hat mich vom ersten Moment an in ihren Bann gezogen und hat mir mit ihren Besonderheiten (knallharten Prüfungen, wo es ums nackte Überleben geht) unheimlich gut gefallen! die Protagonistin Violet macht eine unglaubliche Entwicklung während des Verlaufs durch, sodass ich diese junge Frau einfach nur bewundere. Xaden hingegen ist sehr geheimnisvoll, was ihn umso anzüglicher macht, da man sich bei ihm nie sicher sein kann, wie er sich verhalten wird. Ihre sich langsam anbahnende Nähe hat die Autorin sehr gefühlvoll, sehr antizipierend geschildert, was für mich fast schöner war, als ihr eigentliches Zusammenkommen. Alles in allem empfinde ich Fourth Wing von Rebecca Yarros als absolut fantastisch gelungen und habe die Lektüre unglaublich genossen. Ich habe es erst nach mehrmaligem Lesen geschafft, eine Rezension zu formulieren – so sehr hing ich monatelang in dieser Welt fest. Ich habe noch keinen Auftakt einer Serie mit der höchsten Kategorie bewertet, um den folgenden Bänden eine Steigerungsmöglichkeit zu geben, aber dieses Buch verdient es absolut. Daher bewerte ich es mit Tauchliebe. Zudem ist ein Lieblingsbookie von einer potenziell neuen Lieblingsautorin und ein Jahreshighlight. Es ist einfach der absolute Hammer! Jeder muss dieses Buch lesen, es ist einfach so großartig!