This book hit on almost everything I love in a good fantasy book. A romantasy with banter? forced bond? bully hero? check, check, and check. Medra quickly became a top FMC for me. I loved how she didn't take shit and stood up for herself even when everyone around her basically wanted her to bend the knee to Blake. I enjoyed her friendship with Naveen and Florence, and Neville ;) It was hard for me to put this book down(I was almost late to work more than once because I didn't want to stop reading it.) I'm glad I read this book after book 2 was released because now I get to dive right back in.

For the Dramione Girls

Thank you Netgallery and Starwater Press for providing an E copy in exchange for an honest review.

Okay let me just start by saying this review is HIGHLY bias.... Dramione fanfic is my junk food and this just hit that craving. Does it have the most lyrical prose or unique magic system/ world building out there? No. Did I care? Absolutly not.
The world was dark and lush and ripe for the mood and I was here to pig out!!!

This book has:
DRAGONS!
touch her and die
Spice
An MC with ink!-Yes
Blade to throat trope
Dark Academia School vibes
Vampires
Arranged Marriage
Villain gets the girl

I'm sorry DRAGONS & VAMPIRES!!...with Dramione elements!!! What else do you want me to say?

I really enjoyed this and am excited to see where the author takes this series. Interesting and unique world with popular elements. The plot hooked me in and had lots of twists and turns that I didn't see coming! I really like the main character, Medra, and can't wait to see if more of her origin comes to light.

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn is an exciting, dark fantasy that completely swept me up. The world-building is rich, and I loved how the story mixes elements of magic, political intrigue, and personal struggle. The main character’s journey is full of twists and emotional depth, which kept me on edge the whole time. There were moments that were a little heavy on the world-building at the expense of pacing, but I still couldn’t put it down. Overall, it's a gripping read, and I’d rate it 4/5 for its unique take on fantasy and the strong character-driven plot.

I’m honestly torn. There’s a solid story in here, but it feels like it’s just shy of being great. The pacing is all over the place—it’s like someone couldn’t decide if they wanted a marathon or a sprint, so we got a weird hybrid where it’s both too long and too fast. It lingers in the wrong moments and then zooms past the parts where you really want the characters to slow down and have a full-blown emotional meltdown.

And then there’s Blake… Look, I can overlook the whole “blonde love interest” trope, but his utter lack of common sense? That’s where I draw the line. I couldn’t connect with him at all—his decisions were all over the place. No wonder Medra was getting emotional whiplash! Honestly, I felt the same way every time I switched POVs. Just when I thought I was starting to understand his reasoning, he’d flip the script and do or say something so ridiculously stupid. What was he expecting? That Medra could somehow read his mind?

This book really feels like it could benefit from a more thorough edit. The world-building and the overall premise are strong, but by the end, I was just praying to the Bloodmaiden that Medra wouldn’t end up with that ridiculous man.

4.5 stars

This has everything you want from a dark fantasy academia and then some. We get a fiery heroine, a true slow burn enemies to lovers between a vampire and dragon rider set in a dangerous magical academy, with political intrigue, bullies and twisted trials. All my favourite tropes are included; touch her and die, arranged marriage, he falls first, and forced proximity.

Medra’s story picks up immediately after the events of Knight of the Goddess which I loved. Whilst you don’t need to have read the Blood of a Fae series to understand the story and reads well as a stand alone, I would recommend starting there. It will provide more context and insight into Medra prior to her arrival in this world and fill in any gaps.

The world building is rich and immersive blending the familiar vibes of Harry Potter and Fourth Wing to craft a unique story with vampires and dragons. I love the authors writing style as it’s easy to immerse yourself in the story. Despite the slow start due to the world building, the pacing picks up and becomes impossible to put down.

The slow burn romance was incredible and this enemies to lovers is one of the best I’ve read. Their chemistry was intense and filled with snarky banter and tension. I loved every interaction and seeing them fight their growing attraction to each other. It’s a dual PoV told mostly from Medra with the occasional chapter from Blake which works well for the story.

This was everything promised and more, laying a strong foundation for what’s set to be a great series. Whilst predictable in places the story will keep you on your toes until the end. On Wings of Blood is perfect for lovers of romantasy who grew up loving Harry Potter but wanting something a little darker or for people in their dragon era after discovering Fourth Wing.

🌶️🌶️/5 Spice

A young half fae woman Medra Pendragon, is dropped into a strange world and found by an aristocrat vampire. They are forcibly betrothed, and she is thrust into the most esteemed academy in their land. The vampires are the superior species in these lands and make sure the blightborns (humans) and dwarves are reminded of it every day within the walls of Bloodwing academy. Blake, the vampire who found her and his circle of highblood friends make sure they make Medra's first year as miserable as possible, especially Regan, Blake's first betrothed. Harry Potter for adults with sprinkles of House of Dragons, Fourth Wing and Arthurian Legend.

This is a bully to romantic partner done right. Blake is not going to be everyone's type, but I think that makes it work that much better. Even once you start to read chapters from his POV you still hate him enough, but of course, hate is just as strong an emotion as love now isn't it. This world has everything I love about Harry Potter and magical schools but cranks up the gothic and medieval vibes. My one complaint in this area is I want to know even more about the other houses and ruling families. While little bits and pieces are dropped throughout, we mostly learn about house Drakharrow which of course, is Blake's family name and house. You can tell Briar really enjoyed creating the world for this series. It comes through in her writing and I am thirsty for more lore and history of Sangratha. After finishing this book, the sequel immediately shot up priority on my TBR as well as her previous series, which is not required to read before this but I just have so many questions that need answers about Medra's previous life.



He sneered. "You did. You watched me. And you fucking liked it."



The pace of this slow burn romance is just the perfect speed for me. Takes long enough to be believable with the other events going on but not too long that I forget it's going on. Blake has many quotes that will moisten many thighs and the way he adores Medra in his own possessive thoughts just gives me the vapors. That being said please do read the full TWs inside the book before reading. It is gloriously dark and represents the pinnacle of aristocratic vampire culture. This book made me feel all the feels, and I am praying we are getting at least a 4th book in this series.


Medra Pendragon was mine. And I was prepared to die before I let any harm come to her.
She was mine before we’d even met. Even when she hadn’t known it yet. She was mine and I
was hers.
It didn’t matter if she believed it. If she accepted it. It didn’t matter if she hated me. I’d believe it
enough for both of us. She was mine and she always would be.
My heart might have been black, my deeds as dark as night, but she was mine to protect, mine to
keep safe, with everything I had to give.
She thought she was trapped? I was the one trapped. Trapped with this feeling I couldn’t get
away from. The need to possess her. To dominate her until she accepted me.


🩸 Dark academia
🖤 Dual POV
🩸 Found family
🖤 Unlikely allies
🩸 Dangerous secrets
🖤 Underpowered heroine with hidden power
🩸 Villain gets the girl
🖤 Mean girls


Thanks to Netgalley and Victory Editing Co-op for providing an e-ARC, so I could give this honest review. All opinions are my own.

My first love was vampires. The magic and dragons came later. On Wings of Blood brought these worlds together.

There is a lot to follow in the book, but it was easy to read and the pacing was good. I did not feel overwhelmed by the world building. Medra knows nothing of Sangratha, this new world she was thrust into. As she learns about the land she finds herself in, the creatures she must live amongst in a Vampire Academy, we too learn along side her. I enjoyed all the unique characters and the dark academia setting. Apparently, I'm into bully vampire romance now too? The slow burn is delicious and when the spice hits, it's so good. I devoured this book in a couple days and dove straight into Book 2.

If you love....
Dark Academia
Forbidden Love
Vampires
Enemies-to-lovers
Forced Proximity
Forced Engagement
Bully Romance
Blood Play
Games & Trials (some)
Dragons
Political Intrigue
And more.....
Then On Wings of Blood might be for you!

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn

“You're mine. No one touches what belongs to me.”

I’m currently trying to delve more into Dark Academia, it’s a genre that I love but just haven’t read it as much as I would like.
When I seen this book come up on my NetGalley I knew I had to read it, it had everything that I love and coming out of my Onyx Storm slump I needed a dragon fix 🐉

The angst, sexual tension and back and forth between these characters really had me frothing for more. I couldn’t put it down.

The jealousy, oh my lord Blake my little jealous Vampire. Throw in words like “you’re mine” and you will honestly have me 😮‍💨

Slow burn is a love hate relationship for me, I love it but I also want to climb into the book and tell the characters to just hurry up and get it on already. It was so well done in this story and I feel like it really went well with the characters personalities considering that they “loathed” each other so much.

This book has everything you could want in a fantasy story, the enemies to lovers with all the angst and sexual tension is a meal that I’ll happily sit down and devour.

🌶️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Medra Pendragon was supposed to be dead. Or so she thought. Instead of waking up in the afterlife, she finds herself lost to an entirely new realm— and it just so happens to be ruled by vampires. Upon awakening in a confused state, Medra is captured by a brutish prince (Blake) who drags her into the high court for interrogation. The brutal vampire high lord is convinced that our FMC is a descendant of extinct dragon rider lineage. In order to keep her within his grasp, he binds her to his nephew as his betrothed. Now that she’s set to be Blake’s consort, she must learn their ways and attend their astute
academy. And that is where the story begins!

The vibes: dark, brutal, bloodshed, elite vampire school with dragons, strong FMC, deep secrets in everyone’s past

I’m obsessed with Briar Boleyn’s writing. This book was another win, and I can’t wait for the next. Will officially be buying a physical copy!

A big thanks to NetGalley, publisher and Boleyn for providing me with this ARC!

The way that I drug this out for just over 2 weeks because I never wanted it to end and took my time to really enjoy it while reading it.

It had all of the House of Dragons Meets Hogwarts and if Draco Malfoy was a vampire vibes! I absolutely loved everything about it!

I was hooked from the very beginning and I knew immediately that I was going to love this book! It has major Dramoine vibes and I was absolutely here for it! I loved the tension and slow burn between the main characters. The moody academic setting was perfect and added so much to the story line.

I cannot wait to start The Bond Thar Burns next! I already know I am going to be dying to read The Wings That Bind when it releases on May 15th!

𝐼𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒…
- Romantasy
- Dual POV
- Dark Academia
- Vampires
- Fae
- Enemies to Lovers
- Forced Betrothal
- He Falls First
- Slow Burn
- Tension
- Banter
- Morally Grey MMC
- Spice
- Angst
- Who Did This to You?
- Touch Her and Die
- Dragons
- Bully Romance
- Moody MMC
- Feisty FMC

✨ 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥

Thank you to Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for the reviewers copy in exchange for my honest review!

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn 🐉

“Bloodwing demands excellence. It will draw excellence from you like fangs draw blood.”

Medra Pendragon is half mortal, half fae, and is believed to have dragon rider blood. A line that has long since died out, along with all of the dragons.

When she finds herself mysteriously thrust into a world of vampires (high bloods) and non vampires(blight borns) in a rather unfortunate manner, she is discovered by Blake Drakharrow and taken before his uncle, head vampire, Vincent Drakharrow, and the Vampire Court. Here it is decided that she will attend Bloodwing Academy, an elite academy where the high bloods hone their lethal skills and the blightborns study and try not to become a meal. To make things worse, Medra is bound to Blake as one of his consorts, not ideal since they both despise one another.

This book has a bit Hogwarts, with a smidge of Arthurian legend, Fourth Wing fight mats, consort Hunger Games and vampiric Mean Girls! If you’re into any of those, then this is for you!

From about the halfway point I found myself especially hooked and could not put it down!!!

Themes and Tropes:

♥️ Dark Academia
♥️ Bully Romance
♥️ Enemies to lovers
♥️ Vampires
♥️ King Arthur legend
♥️ Found family

Spice: 🌶️🌶️

On Wings of Blood is a spin off from the Blood of a Fae series, which I didn’t realise until after reading this. I think it would have helped with Medra’s backstory, but it isn’t essential to understand this one. I’ll still be going back to read them now though. 😍

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn is book 1 of the Bloodwing Academy series. It finishes on a bit of a cliffhanger with lots of unanswered questions. Bring on book number 2!

A big thank you to NetGalley and Starwater press for my copy.

⭐⭐⭐⭐/🌶️.5 On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn is book 1 in the Bloodwing Academy series.

Our FMC, Medra, awakens in a strange world in a pile of dead bodies, not knowing how she got there. She immediately is captured by Blake, a highblood vampire in this world. Blake takes her to his city where he is forced to make her one of his consorts because of who she really is. She may not know, but these people inform her she is a lost breed of dragon riders... Except there hasn't been a dragon in decades. When she realizes she's not going anywhere, she settles in to life there, attending Bloodwing Academy to prepare her for her new life. It's a pretty wild ride filled with bullies, magic, and some pretty bizarre traditions she stumbles upon. And then there's the trials. All the consorts go through the trials, and while it's not intended to kill you, it just might.

This book reminded me a lot of Zodiac Academy and a dark Harry Potter with the bullies and different houses, but was unique enough to keep me intrigued about where the story is going. And with that ending... I NEED to read book 2!! 🤯🤯🤯

🩸Enemies-to-lovers
🩸Dark academia
🩸Vampires
🩸Arranged marriage
🩸Necromancy
🩸Touch her & 💀
🩸Trials

This book was so surprisingly good! Loved the writing and the pacing. It was everything I wanted in a romantasy. I'm excited to see how others react to it when it comes out

Absolutely incredible, I’m off to read the next book immediately. There’s nothing I don’t love about this, I adore vampire books and love dragons too, so I was always going to give this 5*

I love briar!! I literally have been so blessed to get every one of her books on arc and I devour them.
She has a beautiful way of capturing you so throughly that you forget the world around you and lose all sense of time.

On wings of blood is the perfect mix if Harry Potter, fourth wing, zodiac academy all wrapped into one magical bundle.

I loved this and Nedra is such a kick ass character she doesn’t take anything lying down.
Blake is a complicated character wants to live doesn’t no how to and unfortunately for him literally destroys everything because he doesn’t use his brain.

Don’t hesitate to read this or any of her series she is truly an amazing romantasy writer and deserves the recognition for her outstanding work!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thank you for the arc briar Boleyn

Absolutely loved it!
I'll come back and write a more detailed review but I'm absolutely desperate to get my hands on the next copy and would love to be approved!!

🔥 Bσσƙ Rҽʋιҽɯ 🔥

Title: On Wings of Blood
Author: @briarboleynauthor
Pub Date: October 25, 2024
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🔥🔥

"𝓨𝓸𝓾'𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓮. 𝓝𝓸 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮."

Thank you so much to the author, Briar Boleyn, the publisher, Starwater Press and NetGalley for the eARC copy of On Wings of Blood.

YALL, the screams I scrumpt throughout this book! I can't even begin to describe how amazing this book was. There are absolutely no words that will do it justice.

Briar is a new to me author, and I can tell ya now that I am absolutely hooked, haha. The Harry Potter vibes were absolutely immaculate! HP vibes sold me, but the HP vibes WITH dragons.. deceased.

My fav character was, of course, Medra. Fierce fmc, breaks the "rules," doesn't take shit. But I also loved Neville, and Theo. 🖤 OWOB had all my favorite tropes plus more.

If you haven't read this one yet, omg, please do! I've already dived into The Bond That Burns 🔥 Both book one and two are on KU! ✨️

Tɾσρҽʂ:
🩸 Vampires
⛓️ Harry Potter x Fourth Wing Vibes
🩸 Bully Vibes
⛓️ Dark Academia Fantasy
🩸 Sparring Classes
⛓️ Forced Betrothal/Bonding
🩸 Touch Her & Di3
⛓️ Dragon
🩸 Found Family
⛓️ Voyeurism
🩸 "You're Mine"
⛓️ Dramione Vibes
🩸 Deadly Competitions


*Waiting on approval from Amazon for review*

The author did not disappoint - her description of House of the Dragon meets Hogwarts was spot-on, and she delivered. From the very first page, I was captivated by the rich world-building, where dark academia meets the intrigue of vampires and the power and history of dragons. I loved reading this from Medra's and Blake's perspectives, which added depth to the story and allowed me to experience both sides of the character's conflict and emotions in a more immersive and engaging way.

Medra’s inner dialogue was one of my favorite aspects - she’s bold, witty, and unafraid to say what needs to be said, both in her thoughts and out loud. Her sharp humor and fearless nature made her chapters especially fun to read.

You watch Blake as he gradually changes and grows, and you can't help but begin to fall for him; however, he eventually makes another significant mistake. Given how the book concluded, I can’t help but wonder if there is more to the story of House Avari and Medra. Could the house leader of Avari have a more prominent role in what happens next?

The balance of highblood tension, magical academia, and supernatural forces kept the stakes high, making it impossible to put this book down. If you are a fan of dark, enchanting fantasy with fierce female main characters and powerful creatures, then this is a must-read! Thank you to NetGalley and Briar Boleyn for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

<i>I received this Copy from Starwater Press and Net Galley in exchange for an honest review. </i>

On Wings of Blood by Briar Boleyn was such a fun and exciting read. I was captivated from the first page, and I wanted to devour it.

What you can expect when you read this book:
- A whole lot of Vampires
- Enemies to Lovers
- Dark Academy Vibes
- Arrange Marriages
- Fourth Wing / Crave Vibes
- A whole lot of "Touch her and die" moments

On Wings of Blood was one of my favorite reads of the year, and it was solely because I didn't want to put the book down and I was so engrossed in the story. If it wasn't for the fact that it was already well into the early morning and I had to work the following day, I would have pulled an all-nighter to consume this book.

The FMC, Medra, was just a girl who gave up everything, only to wind up somewhere where she wasn’t supposed to be. A world where mortals were beneath the highborn in every way, yet Medra refused to absorb that mentality. She was such an amazing character and a complete badass.

As for Blake (MMC), he was delicious. Definite bad boy vibes that you couldn’t help but feel slightly bad for (regardless of how frustrating he was to Medra). But that boy was HOT. The way Briar was able to describe every detail of him was so perfect, and I ate it up!

I was immersed in the detail that was provided about literally everything: the academy, the characters, the classes, everything. I felt like I was able to visual everything while reading - it was easy to place myself in the book, and I just loved it.

If I am being honest, upon finishing the last page, I immediately went to Kindle to download Book #2. And I will say this now, if Blake does not <b> BEG </b> for forgiveness from Medra in the first chapter of the next book, I will be crawling into those pages to slap some sense into him myself.

Thank you, Net Galley, Starwater Press, and Briar Boleyn for giving me the opportunity to read On Wings of Blood and give my honest opinions!