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The Bond That Burns

by Briar Boleyn

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler·Bloodwing Academy #2
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

You'll be obsessed with the intense dragon-rider bond and left breathless by the cliffhanger, needing the next book like a daily vitamin.

Synopsis

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.

At a Glance

4.16 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

misunderstandinghidden past revealedblood feud romance

Mood

darkintensesuspensefulromanticangsty

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.16 ★

Page Count

395 pages

Published

2024

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

First Person

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Standard

Narrator

Hannah Hedley|Justin Hill|Persephone Lee

Narrator Count

Multiple

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: dragon rider sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

intense / passionate sign in to unlock

attempted murderdeathdeath of loved onegraphic violencekidnappingmurderviolencebloodcaptivitygrief

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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