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Fourth Wing book club questions

For the first 5 chapters, the way a good group chat asks them: a quick take-a-side question first, then one to chew on. This page stops at chapter 5, so nothing here spoils what comes after.

by Rebecca Yarros2023 · 39 chapters · 517 pages · Red Tower Books
Cover of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Chapter 1

  1. Was Violet giving Rhiannon the boot brave or just reckless before a storm crossing?
  2. Dylan falls and then Xaden steps in front of Violet with their families' history, so which of those two shocks makes the parapet feel deadlier?

Chapter 2

  1. Best move of the crossing: the history recital or the dagger in the courtyard?
  2. Jack agrees to follow the rules and then promises to kill her in the same breath, so why does that vow land harder than the chase itself?
  3. Violet holds Jack off with rules rather than steel, so how much are the rules actually protecting her and how much is she bluffing?

Chapter 3

  1. Dain hiding Violet's knee: loyal friend or a liability waiting to happen?
  2. Sixty-seven names on the roll and then dragons burn three cadets for running, so which of those makes Xaden's prey warning land hardest?
  3. Violet turns down the scribe escape because her mother would only send her back, so is that a real refusal or just surrender to her mother's will?

Chapter 4

  1. Dain telling Violet to run: smart call or the moment he showed his limits?
  2. Xaden points out that the Codex won't shield Violet and then steps forward, so what makes that quiet reveal scarier than any shove?
  3. Dain admits he can read memories with a touch, so does that make his secret meetings with Violet feel more protective or more risky for her?

Chapter 5

  1. Violet refusing to yield to Imogen: stubborn pride or the right call?
  2. Imogen's dagger stopped only by Mira's armor, so which hits harder, how close that came or the shoulder Violet paid for not yielding?
  3. Violet spots the Eastern Wing's response before the instructors spell it out, so why does her scribe training keep proving useful in a quadrant built to grind her down?

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