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Dragons. Dark academia. A cutthroat military school. A steamy romance. Disability representation. There are so many things to love about Rebecca Yarros's that it's no wonder BookTok can't stop buzzing about it. And listeners just can't get enough of the world Yarros created, the characters we love to love, and the villains we love to hate.
is set in Basgiath, a war college full of dragon riders. But 20-year-old Violent Sorrengail never thought she would be a dragon rider. She entered into the school expecting to join the Scribe Quadrant, where she would quietly spend time in the library studying books. But her mother, who also happens to be the commanding general, had different plans. Violet is instead ordered to join Navarre—the dragon riders. Survival is not guaranteed in this quadrant, especially when you're someone like Violet, who feels like she is smaller and weaker than her peers. And then there's Xaden Riorson, the quadrant's most ruthless wingleader, who seems to have a personal vendetta against her.
Will Violet be able to find allies? Will she brave the challenges of her quadrant? Will she fall in love?
Fourth Wing was released in May 2023, with the sequel, , following in November of the same year. But fans will have to wait until 2025 to return to the fantasy world of Navarre in , the third novel in Yarros's Empyrean Series, and find out where Violet's journey takes her. Can't wait? Here are 10 gripping romantasy listens to tide you over.