Listen, I am as shocked as the next person that this 60-something reader loved this book so much! Never in a million years would I have believed that I could love a fantasy about dragons so much.
I was totally invested in Violet, Xaden and the entire cast of characters. The plot was fast-paced, very inventive and engaging. And thereโs even romance, too, a slow-build love between Violet and her nemesis Xaden that was nice and spicy!
โ๐๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ, ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ?โ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ.
๐๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ; ๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ.
๐๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ๐ด. โ๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต,โ ๐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ.
โ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.โ ๐๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ. โ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต.โ
As someone who reads very little fantasy, I absolutely loved this book and am thrilled for the authorโs success. I loved that Violet was the underdog, I loved the world-building and if you havenโt already heard, the ending will blow you away. Canโt wait for the next book!!
โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.โ
About the Book:
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding generalโalso known as her tough-as-talons motherโhas ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when youโre smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons donโt bond to โfragileโ humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her motherโs daughterโlike Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
Sheโll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agendaโbecause once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
