Listen in as we discuss chapters 26 through 30 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! ⁠https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb⁠ Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 26: • No greater bond than two mated dragons. • They won so they are headed to an outpost in Montserrat for their reward. • Rhiannon lives nearby, tension with Dain, and Monsterrat is the safest outpost. • Is Mira stationed there because Mom put her there? • Sees her sister! And flashback of the last 9 months. • Caught immediately by Mira. • Talks with her sister, discuss information being withheld, and the sister says they don't get to know about other missions, only their own. • Sister has the fables book in Monsterrat. • Xaden pops out of the shadows. Chapter 27: • Mira suspicious of Xaden and Dain glares while in class. • Palpable energy everytime he enters. • Vi tells him to quit being a dick, he responds in her head, he's nonchalant, she's very chalant. • Says he wished he tried it sooner bc it's funny but did he try it sooner? I would do that to you. • Brainstorm war strategy with Mira, quinn asks Dain directly what his signet was, classified still. • Dain and xaden competing, blackouts room, xaden can send messages not receive. • Other mated pairs can do this. • Griffins arrive, xaden's pack is smaller than when he arrived, are they there for what xaden left? • He kisses her while she begs him to let her stay, he asks her to leave for him, I didn't realize how hard he fell for her by this point. • WAS CAT THERE AND SEE THIS KISS??? Chapter 28: • Even the closest friends can become enemies (throw at Dain or Rhiannon in the future?) • "Stop telling Sgaeyl about my sleep" • "Andarna is my favorite" • Confesses his feelings, can't keep her out of his head (literally?). • HOW MUCH DOES HE HEAR FROM HER?! • She asks about his scars, tarin says xaden cares for her, sgaeyl takes Xaden away. • Capture the flag and eggs games begin. • Tarin wearing a saddle/ andarna Bjorn. • "You can ride me when the fresh rots off my bones" • Tarin talks about taking on fire, but only fire is from other dragons, do wyvern breathe fire too? • Will future riders use saddles? • Jack stabs Liam, free falling, pulls andarna's power, saves him, "I am the sky and the power of every storm that has ever been, I am infinite " • Strikes Jack, Tarin swell with pride, "Lightening wielder!" Chapter 29 • Tarin covers her while she is sick from guilt. • Have others in her squad merked others? • Dain sounds scared of her signet for her, Xaden already knew-ish. • Did Barlow not die because he is venin? • Violet thinks she is a weapon, but she protector. • Lies to Rhiannon about Andarna power. • Xaden enters, shes is a thing gown and swift breeze comes in 😆, Xaden is bathed and not leaving • He is obsessed with her and can't stay away, he doesn't like a defenseless women, ultimate defenseless woman now. • Xaden validates all of her feelings. • He's so close she can feel his heat through the thin thin cotton. Chapter 30: • "You don't want this, I do, you said I could do whatever I wanted, Okay I guess I'll oblige" • You don't want this, you'll hate me. • I think he is resistant because of the secrets he's keeping from her. First time I thought it was because he was a gentleman 😆 • "I always want you" when did all of this really switch for him? Like when did he start craving her? • His eyes darken, and he loves her hair, good thing she never cut it. • "So kiss me" Leaving on a jet plane by John Denver -Ryan note • Fertility suppressant • X • Sunny skies and lightning. • She can't have another lover, they would not survive this. • Notices his scars, 107, still not 100% honest. • Whatever you do don't fall for you, but I'm consumed by you. • Professor Carr begins training, shall I fetch the wing leader?, xaden sends her his cravings lol

Listen in as we discuss chapters 16 through 20 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! ⁠⁠https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb⁠ Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 16: • Excerpt: They don't know how dragons govern themselves • Jack bonded while fleeing, orange baide. • Tynyn " not your kill to take credit for" - Tarin. • The empire empyrean is the dragon leadership? • Stay close to the wing leader - Tarin • Ridoc big hug, and Rhiannon and sawyer too. • Dain arrives 4/9 survived. Hiding, holding hands, says she must choose andarna and that tarin is mated with Sgaeyl. • Dain squeezed her so hard she would've had bruises, xaden arrives, she's thirsty for him. • Sgaeyl called tarin, Vi confused why she is hurt by Xaden upset being tied to her despite her agreeing with him. • Dain jaw flex, she remembers xaden took a step for her, Dain wouldn't protect Vi for the rules. • Scalp prickle, xaden gestures to her. • Andarna memorialized as a baby in the relics. • All four can hear her thinking and kissing dain? Chapter 17: • More powerful dragon = powerful rider but weary of a strong rider who bonds a smaller dragon. • Sawyer and Rhiannon?!?! • Everyone cautious of Violet, barlow being excluded(why?). • Imogen sits with them, full of attitude. • Discuss size of Barlowe's small orange dragon. • Imogen going to train violet, Ridoc worried for violet, violet heavy on lusting at xaden and he looks to her, her whole head prickles. • Flight training, everything you can do i can do better -tarin. • Awkwardness with Dain, dain wants to tell Tarin to take it easy on her. • Dain said the kiss shouldn't have happened because of rank...yikes. • Trains with Imogen, love her attitude. Vi jealous. Chapter 18: • "Even temples can be rebuilt but Books cannot be rewritten" • Gets papers and gives returns for professor Devera. • Jesinia doesn't know of the fables book. • Wants to read about what happens when humans defile the power channeled to them. • Fables were about the dangers of bonding dragons but she has never read a single thing about a rider losing their soul to their powers in the 600years of reunification. • Andarna says "it's hard to love a second home as much as the first"- WHERE WERE YOU ANDARNA?! • No fables, no records of venin. • Sawyer can manipulate metal. • Asks tarin to call her something else, offers to call her Violence like the wing leader, she says that he knows her annoys her, tarin says "is that what your increased heart rate is". • Dain chews her out for falling, and how she got up the chimney, "you're about to be some of the bullshit I cut away from me"- vi. • Inntinnsic speaks Dains thoughts. • Starts on Garricks thoughts. • Scribes hold all of the power, dream, assassination attempt. • Andarna freezes time for her. Chapter 19: • Xaden arrives "you'll all fucking dead". • "I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive", "yes, you're alive", panick in his eyes, "should've **** him slower". • Ahhhhhh he hears all her thoughts of him removing her corset, kneels in front of her, this explains the throne scene. • Xaden and tarin and sgaeyl can talk. • "Don't you dare try reading me human" - tarin • "Can't keep her off the pole(threshing field)" - ryan • Learn andarna is a toddler, like venom can't control how much they channel but it's andarna's power not a signet. I still think Violet's power will be similar. • Powerful secret signets are the most valuable currency we possess -xaden Chapter 20: • Amber, 3rd wing leader, dains ex fwb, let them in. • He comes out to formation and she is so thirsty she finally admits she wants him. • Liam joins her squad. Liam is huuuge, as big as Dain. • Xaden accuses Amber, also Tyrrish kingdom but not rebellion family. • Tarin badsss arrival, shows her memory, puts Claidh (clyde)in his place, tarin torches Amber. • Claidh mourns.

Listen in as we discuss chapters 11 through 15 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! ⁠⁠https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb⁠ Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 11: • "He who does not burn for malek, will be burned by malek". • Patches on cadets, she notes circular patch with water and floating spheres in case she needs to defeat them. • 171 cadets but only 100 dragons. • She questions if there are checks and balances for xaden's level of power. • Dain begs her to not do the gauntlet, says he would never run away to be a scribe bc he is a rider bc he doesn't think she can be one. • She flies through the course, didn't use ropes, for the chimney she chooses a time delay by grabbing a rope to use to climb. • Ridoc cheers for her, last level with no practice, uses her dagger to make the climb. I bet Xaden was turned on watching haha. • Amber, dain's fwb, pissed. Codex quoted that she could use a dagger. • "I didn't miss the hint of a smirk on his infuriatingly indecadent mouth of his" • They all make it. Chapter 12: • 169 cadets. They placed 11 out of 36. • Presentation day. • Walks down meadow, stay 7ft from each other. • Rumors of a feather tail. • Recommend they talk while walking. • Mama sorrengail had a brown dragon. • Tynan taunts violet about how hot her sister is. • Everyone roasting andarna and violet. • Tynan wants to take out andarna. • Ridoc admires them, Luca calls all of them underwhelming. • Violet shares a story where she thought her mom was a venin, blood shot eyes. • Pryor toasted. • Greens smell her scales armor from Tiny. • Luca toasted. Chapter 13: • Now it's threshing, and they go out to be bonded. • Violet feels no connections. • I originally thought she was truly only getting andarna and shocked with tarin. • Jack and crew out to take out andarna for the same reasons as her. • Finds andarna first, hurts her ankle, and she defends andarna who doesn't fly away (just swishes her tail lol). • Xaden tells them to reconsider, spidey sense, sgaeyl snarled. Chapter 14: • Xaden initially doesn't interfere, just says sgaeyl isn't one to mess with. • Violet fights against 3 of then and xaden yells "look behind you" he interferes but calls it narrating. • Xaden steps in about to truly interfere, then Tarin drops in. She is up to his ankle. • Tarin says "step aside silver one". • Tynan toasted. • "Your bleeding, stop it" - Tarin • She argues that she doesn't want him. • He bows, she climbs, she falls. Chapter 15: • Tarin embarrassed of her after he catches her. • "I know exactly who and what you are Violet Sorrengail" - Tarin • Locks her in. • Tarin shows off, lots of sarcasm. • She heads in to give his name. • Chose her for being the smartest and saving andarna. • "Maybe I was saving you" -Andarna • What do you think mama sorrengail is thinking, vi thinks she doesn't think Tarin is actually bonded to her nor cares how she is doing. • This is when we hear andarna share her full name.

Listen in as we discuss chapters 6 through 10 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! ⁠⁠⁠https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb⁠ Also enjoy our summary book notes: Dylan wasn't yeeted, he just slipped. Barlow took someone else out. Chapter 6: • Menders are rare, Nolan. • Chews out Dain for showing that he cares for her. • Why does Dain not want Nolan to heal her? Oh to try to get her to leave. • Her arm is broken -ryan note. • How is Nolan a mender but also uses a cane? • finds Brennan's journal. • Tradition to burn someone's belongs after the die. • He died 5 years ago. Chapter 7: • Marked ones cannot be in one squad not walking around in groups of 3, capital offense. • Sneaks out every night, poisen book, collected berries and mushrooms. • shadows wrap around her while she moves down the tree. • Xaden "If one of you tell, I'll know". • Vi "he's being annoyingly admirable, a$$hole". • Sees Liam, effortless at training. • "Learn what they teach you, and keep what you know" • Violet "is mine to handle and will when the time is right". • Garrick reminded them she is Brennan's sister • Xaden "leaves", she's pulled into a hard chest, rough pitch voice, rough velvet voice. • Shadow wielder, flirty banter, eyes locked, "perfect lips", shadows grab daggers, puts her daggers away 😳. • Acts like him keeping her alive is his choice and that he owes her. Chapter 8: • Dain escorts her to class and they both grin, smells like leather and....soap lol. • 1st challenge day - oren • Professor signet - mind projection. • Dragon breeds are very particular on how to be approached. • Sgaeyl, rare for a blue dragon and bonded a relative to her previous rider. • They talk about Tarin - hear me out. • Lost his rider during the uprising, died saving Brennan. • The stronger the bond and power of the dragon the stronger the signet. • Spidey sense, Looks at xaden, twitterpated, he smirks and raises and eyebrow, reading her?! • Oren pukes, takes his dagger. • week 2 wins from mushrooms. • Week 3 later too from xena root, numb legs. • Week 4 blurry eyes, leaves and tea. • 5th week win, tree bark sluggish and sweaty. • 6th week, timing wrong, now xaden, prickle on her scalp. Chapter 9: • Jealous of Imogen as he hands her daggers. • Sexy fight 😆. • Xaden knows every move she will make, how he can catch knives. How would fight that? • Violence nickname. • Everyone just watching him whisper in her ear, no one doesn't see that. Nose to nose even. • Kicked all knives to dain, ice cold. • She doesn't think, just attacks, and takes him down! • She's so turned on, hands interlocked on the dagger. • Learn dragons are in their heads. • Dain still trying to get violet out. • Cradles her cheeks, both palms on her face. Pulls away as his reasoning tugging her towards what he is suggesting. Chapter 10: • The gauntlet, wipe out challenge. One in the witcher for ciri. • Tynan, Barlow friend, squad mate and points out timed trials for the gauntlet. • Sawyer does amazing but was passed over last year. • Violet makes it but Aurelie doesn't make it. • Ice cold funeral methods, parents can take the body and burn their items or the school will. Violet decided to burn the items. • She's headed to the roof, burns stuff, hides in the shadows, wraps around her, but it's don't think he knows yet. • Garrick, xaden, bohdi got back from a trip, her head prickles, and xaden freezes, sends them off. • Cocks his head, another sign he is reading her. • Smells like mint and leather, citrus and floral. • I actually don't think he likes her right now like I thought he did the first time. • They talk about her chances of living. • How does he know she couldn't get up the chimney thing? • Blames keeping her alive as a way for him to feel better about himself but encourages her that the "right way isn't always the right way".

Listen in as we discuss chapters 1 through 5 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! ⁠⁠⁠https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb⁠ Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 1: • Mom and sister argue over Vi becoming a rider. • Dad's heart issue began after brother died. • Vi doesn't identify as a rider. • Fever blamed for her hair. • Dad knew about andarna, does mom know too and sending violet for that reason too? • I wonder if mom treats violet differently because she is too much like her father. • Dragon scales Armour with a size power 😆. • talk about tattoo relics. She notes to not to talk to him 🤣 • Captain fitzgibbons (later traitor dude). • Switches her boot. • Thirsts over xaden. Chapter 2: • Storm worsens. • Barlow pissy. • Clever way to tell us about history while also solidifying her book worm personality. • Relistened / read 9min • Why is Barlow like this? Says she doesn't belong. Like guys who join military in hopes to shoot. Chapter 3: • "Many of you will die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make". • Thankfully she gets her boot back. • Dain arrives, thirsty, first time seeing him since he gained a power. Touched her back and elbow. • At this point xaden knows about dains signet, right? • Dain takes her to his room, wraps her knee, tension in the room. • She's so forward and confident with flirting. • Feels like she breaks the fourth wall to tell us things. • Dain tries to make her escape. • Cadets from all over? • Joins formation, Panchek speaking (unknown signet). • 3 squad in a section, and 3 section in 4 wings. • Does the Rebecca Yarros have a battalion formation guide and mark off cadets as they are killed off to maintain formations? • Squad switch to fourth wing. • Dragons arrive - Brave heart memories. • At this point originally I wondered how she knew dragons wouldn't admit to being wrong. • Sgaeyl brings this scene up later i believe. Chapter 4: • Run down of what the year will look like. • Meets sawyer and Riddick. • Dain and Violet speak bird, grabs her elbow, worries about assassination. • On the constant look out for touching and shadows. • You want to be a rider, don't you violet? (SpongeBob "you like crabby patties don't you squidward ") • I didn't realize how quickly dain tells us his signet! • Vi has a spidey sense before seeing xaden and he tilts his head when he sees her, reading her?! Chapter 5: • Mama sorrengail disagreed with the children of the rebellions. • In class, professor Devera and Markham (meant to work for him). • At this point griffins are attacking because they are being attacked, right? • Barlow "I'm not the one who thinks pre-cognition is a thing" • Spidey sense went off • Xaden knows the motive already of the griffins. • Does Markham know everything at this point? • What were the griffins riders looking for again? • In the sparring ring for the first time, Vi thirsty lol, Professor Emetterio (combat teacher) • Barlow took someone out, Vi fights Imogen, assassination attempt (what was her signet again?) • Broken arm.