After the other series I just finished, I needed something a little lighter, so I read Wings of Fire: the Winglet Quartet (young adult fantasy, 171 pages) by Tui T. Sutherland.

“Fiercetooth, a NightWing obsessed with what could have – and should have – been. Deathbringer, desperate to prove himself as the next great NightWing assassin. Six-Claws, a loyal SandWing, who will soon find that loyalty comes with a prince. Foeslayer the NightWing, a dragon-in-love turned kidnapper, and Prince Arctic of the IceWings, a runaway turned captive. In these four short stories, dig deeper into the world of Pyrrhia to discover what really happened.”

This isn’t really going to be much of a review, as this is more a record of a book I read, since this characters interact with the main characters from the other series but aren’t really main characters of their own. All four of these stories were very short, quick reads and definitely added a lot more depth to the Wings of Fire books I’ve read and reviewed so far.

I think my favorite of these short stories was definitely Deathbringer (or Murderbasket, depending on your translation 😉 ), as that’s one of the characters I enjoy the most. Though, his story was definitely not a happy one.

Overall, I’d say this book is a low three or a high two on my rating scale. They’re really good filler material and they do provide a lot of depth, but I don’t really feel the need to reread them as often as I do the other books in the series. So while I’m glad I read it and I’m glad I own it, it’s really just good filler 🙂

Sutherland, Tui T. Wings of Fire: the Winglet Quartet. Scholastic Press, 2012.