At Bloodwing Academy, blood is currency, but a dragon's legacy is priceless—and as dangerous as fire.
I thought surviving my first year in Bloodwing's deadly halls would be enough. I was wrong.
I accidentally woke a dragon—a creature of myth, of death, of fire.
Now every highblood house wants control over me and the dragon's legacy I carry. But here's the truth: I have no control. I'm bluffing my way through every encounter, trying to keep everyone from realizing that I'm not the one pulling the dragon's strings.
And then there's Blake Drakharrow. I thought he was on my side, that I might even be able to trust him. But he betrayed me. Now I'm his only blood source. How messed up is that? In a place like Bloodwing, where power and survival are everything, this bond may well be the death of us both. Unless I can find a way to end it.
In this world of vampires, dragons, and lies, there are no happy endings. Just legends—and the darkness it takes to make them.
Genre: fantasy/paranormal
Publication date: June 2025
Mature content: yes
Review: A Bond that Burns is the second book in the Bloodwing Academy series, and closely follows On Wings of Blood. Like with book one, I disliked the beginning of the story - especially when Blake returned to behaving like an idiot. All progress I felt he had made at the end of the first book went out the window - on the wings of a dragon, if you want to keep up with the theme. Medra rebels against him, an rightly so - until she has sex with him. And just like that all the stupid things Blake said and did are forgiven...Yeah, I didn't like either of them all that much at that point.
Then Blake sort of starts to redeem himself (again) and I thought the book might finally work out - but then the author decided to insert one more plot twist and lets us know that both Blake and Kage are shifters (one shifts into a dragon and the other into a wolf). As if the plot wasn't complicated enough already.
So, while parts of A Bond the Burns are really great, others seem to make zero sense. At times, the pacing feels uneven - certain sections drag with repetitive internal monologue, while others rush through developments that could have used more depth, and some character decisions also feel forced, driven by the need to heighten drama.
Is it all that good? No, not really. If it was a stand alone book I probably would have bee even harsher in my review. But the plot, what can be salvaged of it, is kind of addictive. And of course, the cliffhanger at the end ensures that you need to read the next book in the series to know how the rest of story unfolds.
Happy readings!
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