Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros 
Fiction 

What it’s about: Enter the deadly kingdom of Navarre which lies behind protective wards and its elite dragon riders. Behind the walls of Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail has spent her life preparing to be a Scribe, until her mother and commanding general forces her to enter the Riders Quadrant. Each cadet must pass several dangerous assignments before becoming a true dragon rider. Violet must use every ounce of her intelligence and find her own ways to survive each task. This new fantasy series will have you on the edge of your seat with heart pounding action, moments brimming with tension, romance, well-crafted characters, and is bursting with magic and dragons that will leave you awestruck.  

Read this if you like: The deadly competitiveness of The Hunger Games, the wonderful array of dragons in How to Train You Dragon, and the dark fantasy academic setting of Zodiac Academy. 

Sneak Peak: “A dragon without its rider is a tragedy. A rider without their dragon is dead. Once bonded, riders can’t live without their dragons, but most dragons can live just fine after us. It’s why they choose carefully…The red dragon on the left opens its vast mouth, revealing teeth as big as I am. Fire erupts along its tongue, then shoots outward in a macabre blaze toward the fleeing cadet. He’s a pile of ash on the gravel before he can even make it to the shadow of the keep. Sixty-eight dead.”  

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