Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” 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 mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll 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 agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die
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First line:
Conscription Day is always the deadliest.
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Source:
Source:
Hardcover (Holiday Edition) and Kindle Unlimited
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5 Dragons out of 5
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I love Yarros's seemless threading of disability, disability access, sexuality, and gender representation into this book. No one even bats an eye at any of the stuff (minus Violet's adjustments in the rider quadrant). I especially love that it seems to be very common for people to know sign language.
This book is just as fun and magical the second time around (made even better with the 3 Xaden POV chapters on Yarros's website). I love watching Violet grow into her own as a rider and see her grow more and more confident with herself and her identity as a rider. Tairn's sassiness is still life. Do I even need to mention Xaden?
The worldbuilding in this is so fun. I love learning not only from Violet's recitation, but from the epigraphs from each chapter. The epigraphs, while not necessary to the story, add so much depth and knowledge and character to the book.
The foreshadowing also is so fun to see on the re-read, especially knowing what happens in Iron Flame. I can't wait to see what stands out after Onyx Storm!
This book is all anybody can talk about for a reason. The worldbuilding, the characters, the romantic tension, the representation are all there in addition to the tropes we all love.
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