Like any reasonable person, I was skeptical of giving a book I've seen on BookTok so much a chance. This definitely did not disappoint. I'm in the deep dark depths of a book hangover and I just finished this last night.

Fourth Wing had everything I love in a fantasy romance. There was romantic tension, and underestimated FMC, a love triangle, and just enough world building where I knew what was going on without feeling bogged down by it. Yarros allowed her characters to do much of the heavy lifting as far as world building goes. By giving us information about the world through Violet, who had trained as a scribe her whole life was genius and brought us closer to her. I loved the structure of the novel and never felt that it was going to quickly or too slowly, the pacing was perfect. I also enjoyed reading about a fantasy world that is not consumed by a complex magic system, and felt the dragon trope to be a refreshing change, personally.

My only pick point was at the end of the day this book shares a lot of the same tropes we see in almost every other fantasy romance novel/series.

I'm eagerly awaiting the release of the second book!