Published: April 14, 2023
Length: 626 pages
Format: Kindle Edition
Genre: Romantasy
Characters: Raihn and Oraya
POV: dual, 1st person

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:
꧁•⊹٭ enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. Slow burn ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. redemption ༊*·˚. second chance ༊*·˚. forced marriage ༊*·˚. dark magic ٭⊹•꧂

Review

I loved this series so much! From the world build to the relationship build there was a lot going on but it was still easy to follow. Carissa Broadbent writes worlds so vividly you can actually picture them. You can feel what the characters feel. Specially that now we got the POV of both main characters. My only criticism is that this was very long and I ended up skipping and skimming a few pages. But, overall, a brutal, beautiful, and completely worth Romantasy book.

“Let me make you the queen that you are. Let me guard your body, your soul, your heart. Let me spend the rest of my fucking pathetic life at your mercy. If I need to die, then let me do it by your hand. Please.”

“To die, rather than killing you?” he said quietly. “Yes. That would have been worth it. Even I had to draw a line somewhere. And you’re the line, Oraya.”

“Your soul is my soul. Your blood is my blood. Your heart is my heart.”

“Humans mourn time, because it’s the only currency that really matters in a life so short.”

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 1 in the Crowns of Nyaxia Series.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

1.5 – Six Scorched Roses

2.5 – Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

Blurb

Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.

In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn.

The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood digs their claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside.

When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance, taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her kingdom–and gaining her vengeance against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so, she’ll need to harness a devastating ancient power, intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets.

But with enemies closing in on all sides, nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and faces her future, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power – and the devastating love that could be her downfall.