This is a very good book but i an also thoroughly confused about everything thats going on:
Why is it accepted to kill random cadets throughout the year? Why do the dragons attack the gryphons if theyre not the real enemy? Don't the dragons know this? What was the first revolution where Xaden and his buddies got those marks for? Why do the dragons even care for their riders? Where is the bonding? Suddenly they love Violet and Violet loves them and even though her and her dragons have more bonding than anyone else its still kinda unbelievable that the dragons in general would go through fire for a random human within a short timespan. As a matter of fact, WHEN did Violet suddenly become friends with Ridoc and Sawyer? It was never shown but suddenly they were friends.
i love mothwing and her atheism but her atheism has always been clearly shown, especially in the later arcs and this makes it seem like she really wanted to keep it secret. Then secondly the editing was a mess - there were a lot of random time jumps which were annoying. I understand their function but it kept the story from flowing well