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The Bond That Burns

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libraryoftyy's review

5.0

that ending ???? oh my i need book 3 now
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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brookies_bookies's review

2.5
adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
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jduns57's review

3.5
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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gracedwithbooks's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Another really fun read! This fantasy series is addictive the way a soap opera is, AKA entertaining as hell. I love getting to see Medra come into her own in this world, starting to stand up for herself. Her and the dragons relationship was one of my favorites to develop over the course of the book! 

I love how the book is again divided into the semesters of the school, it makes the pacing much easier to follow as we can see how time is moving in the series. I will say again this book had a lot of new mysteries and not a lot of answers to questions we’ve had I’m really hoping the third book again provides us with a bit more clarity.

I really loved the romance development, I think Blake did an appropriate amount of groveling, and his development through the book I think was one of the most profound. 
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Florence is dying and the dragon has just agreed to save her. Blake isa dragon shifter and Kane is a wolf shifter. Blake’s brother is evil and has gone of with Catherine a house leader and the sister of the house orphos leader bu the dragon of house orphos has Nedra’s mother in her

lau_246's review

3.75
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yuktir55's review

3.0
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Both bloodwing books are in my top reads of 2025 I am beyond beyond obsessed and I can not wait for book 3

This is phenomenal- and may go down as one of my top fantasy recommendations of all time

Hot hot hot hot hot

I am obsessed. Book two built on everything that was wonderful about the first book and took it further!

This was such a good read - everyone’s interactions depended. I was hooked from the first page and am now counting down for book 3.

I can’t get enough of this series!
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes