"Threshing Day" by Rebecca Yarros.

"It is a cash grab and a waste of time!" Some might say but not me.

With all my love and respect towards the Empirian series I was sceptical towards the new addition to the main plot. Guilty!

I read it only because I was on Midnight Release and bought the book anyway. Now let's talk about if it really was necessary to publish this book.

First of all, I knew that Threshing Day will be published long ago but I very carefully avoided all the discussion about it, so it was a surprise when I discovered that this book is a collection of 13 stories from different characters' povs during Threshing Day (the day when cadets are chosen by dragons and became riders).

The book started with the trump card, with Brennan's story (Violet's brother). It took only his POV for me to understand how I have missed Basgiath (and that I want a dragon but this is besides the point).

The thoughtful part was that you can read the book even if you haven't read some of the books from the series. You'll get a warning that you're crossing the line where there will be spoilers for particular book (Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Onyx Storm). In fact, if you haven't read all of them it is even better, you can tandem read.

Let's go to the part where we discuss why this book was really worth publishing.

First of all, besides any marketing and strategic actions of the publishing world, the book became a real gift to the fans who are passionately waiting for the next book (gods know when we'll see it) and constantly boosting this story forward. Art takes time to create and this community showed very supportive, so that was a very nice gift.

Secondly, we see what we cannot see in the main series as all the books are mainly from Violet's POV. We discover anew characters we thought we knew well enough. Some of them I end up loving even more, some started to annoy me even more.

Thirdly, dragons. Not only do we have a chance to meet them personally, we also have a glimpse of their world and reasons to bond with this particular rider. That, to be honest, adds fuel to the flame of discussions that dragons might be ... not as they seem to be, let's say.

Moreover, for those who are always confused about who bonded who, why, what abilities they possessed, how to distinguish dragons from each other and so on and so forth that will be a perfect guide. Me, that's me who was always confused, so, I can confirm - it helped.

Fourthly, illustrations. Not only do we have a written guide, we have pictures! Isn't that cool? The book is really beautiful, what can I say?

The only thing I didn't really like is how bold and reckless almost all of them are with dragons. I read it multiple times "Oh, I act disrespectfully towards the dragon, oh no, that is exactly what I was told not to do" this is not a precise quotation but you got the point. Like, exactly! The dragon is 20 times bigger than you and can make a BBQ out of you and you act like that? It was fitting for some characters, like Ridoc, but not all of them.

To sum up, yes, the book is absolutely worthy. It is a great addition to the Empirian that adds even more structure and colours to the plot. Plus, the community gathering absolutely needed meeting in between books. The Fourth Wing fans are one of the most loyal and fun to read and discuss this story with.

Let me know if you read the Empirian series, are you thrilled to read Threshing Day? Or you read it, what do you think?

As always, happy reading, dear reader.