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Romantasy fans aren’t always a patient lot. Sure, there are more and more books in the genre for them to devour, but, inevitably, they keep looking to Rebecca Yarros and the next Fourth Wing novel to help them get their fix. Now the Onyx Storm author has confirmed that she hasn’t started writing the follow-up to her most recent book yet – but she’s getting closer to it.

On her Instagram, Rebecca Yarros posted a picture of herself with the caption, “Behold, the happy face of the author who finally gets to settle in for months of doing what I do best… playing with my imaginary friends at my desk!!! (And writing down their antics).” However, just to make sure that Fourth Wing fans don’t get too excited, she made it clear that it isn’t the follow-up to Onyx Storm that she’s settling in to write, Yarros added, “For transparency’s sake… I’m currently working on a contracted contemporary, and once I’m done, I’ll be living in the Empyrean world! I can’t wait for you guys to see what I have in store for you.”

So Rebecca Yarros isn’t currently working on the next book in the Fourth Wing series, but it is on her schedule. The author said earlier this year that she was slowing down her writing pace for her mental health, so we shouldn’t come to expect her to work at the blistering pace that she’s done in the past. Previously, she has published one or two books a year, so she deserves to take it at her own pace for a while.

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