Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is the first book in The Empyrean series, blending fantasy and romance in a genre often referred to as “romantasy.” The novel follows twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail, who, despite her physical frailty and lifelong training to become a scribe, is compelled by her mother, General Lilith Sorrengail, to join the elite and perilous Riders Quadrant at Basgiath War College. There, cadets must bond with dragons or face death.