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On Wings of Blood
by Briar Boleyn
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
This book begins with Medra waking up, naked and covered in blood. She's in a new world with no idea how she had survived or where she was.
Blake, a member of the Darkharrow house finds her and brings her to his creepy and obviously power hungry and slightly deranged uncle who is in charge of their house.
The world is split between highborn (vampires) and blightborn (humans), I'm sure the titles tell you everything you need to know about how this world works.
Medra is announced as a dragon rider, something that hasn't been seen in decades. Useless seeing as there are no dragons to ride. However, big bad and slightly crazy uncle Viktor decides that Blake should be bound to Medra in front of a whole hall full of the four important houses in the land. He then enrolls her in the blood wing school and Blake dumps her at her dorm and kind of let's her fend for herself.
Through Medra we learn about the world and the rules which govern it. We meet Florence and Naveen, Theo and Vaughan. And let's not forget Regan, who is Blake's consort and she is not impressed with the addition of Medra.
The decisions that Medra makes in the first third of the book really annoyed me and I honestly wondered where the story was going other than Blake and Medra's lust/hate thing they had going on. But then the characters began to evolve and things started to happen. People were killed, maimed and it was getting quite exciting.
I won't give too much away but we have enemies to lovers to probably enemies again, trials, school/academy/found family.
I was frustrated with Medra's history, where she came from and what happened before she woke up, but only because I wanted to know more. I wanted to know it all!!!
There is a slight hint of Fourth wing and harry potter but it's more of a foundation because what books aren't an evolution, or an inspiration of another? The last two thirds of the book flowed really well and the relationship between Blake and Medra developed well, not too quickly and there was plenty of second guessing and angst. The chemistry between them was hot, the wanting was fierce and the dual pov helped bring it home.
I will absolutely be diving into the sequel in 2025!
This book begins with Medra waking up, naked and covered in blood. She's in a new world with no idea how she had survived or where she was.
Blake, a member of the Darkharrow house finds her and brings her to his creepy and obviously power hungry and slightly deranged uncle who is in charge of their house.
The world is split between highborn (vampires) and blightborn (humans), I'm sure the titles tell you everything you need to know about how this world works.
Medra is announced as a dragon rider, something that hasn't been seen in decades. Useless seeing as there are no dragons to ride. However, big bad and slightly crazy uncle Viktor decides that Blake should be bound to Medra in front of a whole hall full of the four important houses in the land. He then enrolls her in the blood wing school and Blake dumps her at her dorm and kind of let's her fend for herself.
Through Medra we learn about the world and the rules which govern it. We meet Florence and Naveen, Theo and Vaughan. And let's not forget Regan, who is Blake's consort and she is not impressed with the addition of Medra.
The decisions that Medra makes in the first third of the book really annoyed me and I honestly wondered where the story was going other than Blake and Medra's lust/hate thing they had going on. But then the characters began to evolve and things started to happen. People were killed, maimed and it was getting quite exciting.
I won't give too much away but we have enemies to lovers to probably enemies again, trials, school/academy/found family.
I was frustrated with Medra's history, where she came from and what happened before she woke up, but only because I wanted to know more. I wanted to know it all!!!
There is a slight hint of Fourth wing and harry potter but it's more of a foundation because what books aren't an evolution, or an inspiration of another? The last two thirds of the book flowed really well and the relationship between Blake and Medra developed well, not too quickly and there was plenty of second guessing and angst. The chemistry between them was hot, the wanting was fierce and the dual pov helped bring it home.
I will absolutely be diving into the sequel in 2025!