I finished the first book in the fourth wing series ! It was 654 pages I finished it in 6 days. It was a slow start, I would have finished it earlier but last week I was really tired and I had to go to bed early.
I admit when I started reading the first one I was completely lost, I didn’t really like everything but I pushed through it because I wanted to see how the dynamic between Violet and Xaden would unfold. I am glad I didn’t stop reading because this book was worth every slow night I was battling to keep my eyes open to finish a chapter. When I got to page 200 I was hooked! It got sooo interesting that I could not put the book down. Let me tell you all about it.
In this book violet is supposed to go to the riders wing even if she trained to be a scribe her whole life. The difference between the two is that riders ride dragons, they have powers that they Chanel from their dragons and they also bond with their dragons meaning their dragons can read their thoughts, get access to their memory, the dragon can only speak to them in their minds once the dragon chose them as their rider. They fight in battles to protect the kingdom but first they must go to a riders college where they go from first wing to fourth wing which is the final year. Violet is in first wing because she just joined the riders quadrant even if she wanted to go to the scribe quadrant but her mother who’s also the army’s general forced her to join the riders quadrant because all the sorrengail were riders so violet cannot be a scribe. A scribe is basically someone who knows about all the history and memorize everything there is to know about the kingdom, they don’t fight but they stay in the library and in the archives… they study all day, do research and read a lot. Violet’s dad was a scribe but he died of heart condition after her brother Brennan died. Brennan was a rider and he was a mender, he was not a healer but he could mend broken bones and do way more than a healer can.
Xaden has a rebellion relic tattoo on his neck which is a symbol that shows that his parents were traitors to the kingdom. Violet’s mother killed his family when he was child and he was in foster care but with the condition that he will join the riders quadrant when he gets older. So he did, part of him think he had no other choice because being a rider is dangerous, you could die at any given moment, sure they didn’t kill him as child but what better way to ensure his death was more inevitable than by making him join the riders quadrant and put him out in the front line to fight at battles. He’s not the only rebel there’s many more but xaden is the leader.
Violet joins the riders quadrant and at first she was scared but she managed to survive with her sister’s help. Her sister gave her a shield to protect her from being killed by other riders. Each day new riders die either during a challenge or by fighting one another. Violet met xaden and instantly she felt she had to stay away from him, xaden said he will kill her when he gets the chance. But each time he had the chance to kill he doesn’t do it. Violet managed to stay alive to reach threshing which is when a dragon pick their rider, she tried saving a small golden dragon named Andarna because she became a target to some of the other contestant and they wanted to kill her ! She stepped in and saved her but right after a big black dragon landed next to her and he spoke to her! Which can only means the black dragon chose her! How can it be because black dragons are rare and they almost never bond with other riders but this one did and his name is Tairn short for Tairneanach. During presentation she arrived with Tairn and the small golden dragon Ardarna, then both of them gaver her their full names which meant both of them chose her! The counsel could not believe it because two dragons have never picked one rider before but after discussing the matter they could do nothing but accept it because humans have no say in the dragons choices. Some people didn’t like violet because her mom killed a lot of innocent people to keep the kingdom safe, but after she bounded 2 dragons she became an even bigger target to the riders that didn’t bond any dragons. One night they came in her room and attacked her in her sleep that’s when xaden came in and killed them all to save Violet! Because Violet bonded Tairn meant xaden couldn’t kill her because his dragon is mated with violet’s dragon, they’re a mated pair! So they can’t hurt each other if Violet dies xaden dies and the dragons might not survive! Violet had a friend named Dain and I hated him! Ugh he would always try to bring Violet to the scribe quadrant and he would be so pessimistic. He didn’t believe Violet would survive he always thought of her as weak but time and time again Violet would prove how brave and resilient she was. After the attack xaden who’s the wing leader gave Liam the mission to be at violet’s side to keep her safe.
They were sent into a mission and they encountered a lot of trouble Liam dies (I cried) and Violet got struck with a poison dagger. Xaden took her to another town to a so called healer, Violet was unconscious by that point xaden and Violet fell in love ( I fast forward because it was a lot)
Then Violet finally woke up after being in a coma for 3 days, she kissed xaden … then her brother Brennan came in the room saying “welcome to the revolution” the end omg I forgot to say Violet can wield lightening that’s her power and xaden can wield shadows and darkness.
Omg this book was something now I have to go to the grocery store and cook! Bye
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