Violet Sorrengail has trained her whole life to be a Scribe, entering a life of quiet among books and history. But as the daughter of the general of Navarre, she is forced to join the hundreds of candidates working to become dragon riders. Violet has to pass through a plethora of physical and mental challenges at Basgiath War College, and as a smaller and frailer person than everyone else, she had to work twice as hard. With fewer dragons willing to bond with Riders, many would kill Violet just to better their own chances of success, while the rest would kill her just for being the general’s daughter—Xaden Riorson being at the top of that list. Violet needs to use every edge that her intelligence can give her just to survive each day, especially as the war grows more deadly and she comes to suspect that leadership is hiding the entire truth from the cadets.

 

Y’all I was so nervous to read this book because the hype was INTENSE! And it took me over a month just to get a copy! I always think that I don’t really like fantasy all that much but then I read things like this and ACOTAR and love them so maybe I need to reassess. 😂 This book definitely lived up to the hype for me. Was it essentially Divergent with dragons? Yes, but that didn’t make me like it any less. All of the characters were amazing, including the super cool dragons, and I really enjoyed how Violet was able to overcome so many obstacles with a lot of smarts, self belief and hard work. And her relationship with Xander was the best. The only thing I don’t like is that now I have to wait until November for the next book! Can’t wait to see where the rest of the series goes!