Beth's Reviews > Lies That Bleed

“𝕀 𝕔𝕣𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕞𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕒𝕪.” 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤 𝕓𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕗𝕥 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕞𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕙 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕨𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕟 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖. 🖤

Quick blurb: Princess Aisling spent her whole life training to go into The Wilds for a chance at bonding with an animal to gain powers. Not many survive because you must be strong enough to fight the animal you want to bond with. Once the human is fond worthy to bond with the animal they can mind speak and share powers. So many unique powers and the variety of animals was fun. I enjoyed the banter between the FMC and her animal. So many LOL moments. Those who survive are recruited into the Imperial Fleet.

Goodness. I am at a loss for words. I was hooked from the first page. The book kind of goes through three parts… The Wilds (where all the characters meet and they must fight to bond with an animal), Bootcamp (where the bonded humans train for entrance into the Imperial Fleet), and then the last 5% is a battle. 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙙 is filled with a dragon and firebird rider, forbidden love, royalty, touch her and ☠, protective MMC, sworn enemies, ride or die besties.

I love it when fate intertwines with the most unlikely person. Meet the MMC, Kohen, former prince of Imbria, who is her father’s sworn enemy. So much happens during The Wilds and after. You must read this book! So good!

It is hard not to like all the characters. Aisling and Kohen are the MCs who are so captivating. But the side characters like Tetra (Aishling’s ride or die bestie with a smart mouth), Anika (bad@ss and loyal), and Alek (so hard not to root for him). I am so curious what is going to happen with all the characters in book two. I’m invested! I will 100% continue with this series.

Rating: 4.75/5