
At Book Riot Arnone tagged "eight book series (yes, they’re all series) [featuring] fantasy worlds [that] are bloody, dangerous, destitute, and so much fun to read." One title on the list:

The Empyrean by Rebecca YarrosRead about the other entries on the list.
I mean, we’ve all read the first two (or even three) in this series at this point, right? The Empyrean series is huge right now, almost as huge as the terrifying dragons and griffins ridden to battle. There’s a war raging, governments lying to their people, and magic is a very dangerous proposition, indeed. Even training to be a dragon rider is practically a death sentence.
--Marshal Zeringue