Fourth Wing
Our rating
Spice: moderate. Darkness: dark.
Violet is fragile and was supposed to be a scribe. Instead she's at a war college where cadets push each other off parapets and the dragons pick who lives. Fast, bingeable and meaner than the cover suggests.
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Is Fourth Wing spicy?
Yes, moderately. Fourth Wing has a few open-door scenes, explicit enough that you'll notice, but the plot still does most of the work. We rate it 3 out of 5.
How dark is Fourth Wing?
We rate Fourth Wing 3 out of 5 for darkness (dark). The big content warnings are graphic violence, murder, war, death of a loved one. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The Empyrean in order?
Fourth Wing is book 1 of The Empyrean, so it's the place to start. The series has 4 books on our list so far and is still ongoing.
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Content warnings
Show 4 content warnings for Fourth Wing
- Graphic violence
- Murder
- War
- Death of a loved one
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Details
- Series
- The Empyrean, book 1
- Series status
- Ongoing
- Pages
- 518
- First published
- 2023
- Genre
- Romantasy
