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The Empyrean Series — aka Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm — is as fun as it is timely: It’s an irreverent odyssey, but it’s also a meditation on the importance of history, the corruption of power, the perils of blind faith, and the power of community and wielding your gifts to make the world a better place. In a world desperate to make weapons of them, these characters are holding on to their humanity with their teeth, and you can’t help rooting for them to succeed. Fourth Wing felt the strongest in terms of pacing and had me glued to the page, and while I wish someone had edited down books two and three, there’s no doubt I’ll be picking up the next one as soon as Yarros finishes writing it! Thanks to @rachelgrhymes for the trauma — I mean recommendation! via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/DGLTBfUgSyk/