The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia Book 2)

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After Lilith and Vale’s novella, I expected to see them more but they barely had any scenes which was disappointing. (I also suggest that we get a novella like Six Scorched Roses about Vincent and Alana’s past. It would be beautiful and devastating.) I think this is what I loved most about this story, how the author was able to explore complicated human emotions and relationships, and its costs. If I’m being honest, the betrayal never felt like a true betrayal. I think it just allowed for a certain character to ignore where the true betrayal actually came from and the way Carissa Broadbent dissected that? Top tier.

Just when I thought I couldn’t love this series and these characters more. Carissa proved me wrong again with her amazing story telling. I'm so obsessed and in love with with these characters and this series. putting this out there - i didn't love this book until this part came along. the only part that made me shudder and cry and feel so much was Vincent's memories. his story just touched me the most and was gut-wrenching to me. otherwise i'd have mostly found the book bland ngl. 😭 And every time he called her his wife, even though she hated it, he knew how to get her all riled up. To my gorgeous and lovely friends Lyra and Vio. I had so much fun reading this book with you 💗 we were crying, screaming and fang-girling in our group and It was chaotic but I enjoyed every minute of reading this book with you. Can't wait to do more BRs with you and I love both of you so much 🫶 Raihn- One fit to be called king. He has two different roles- to be a leader to his subjects which requires him to make tough decisions and present an equally tough exterior; also to be a husband to not only a queen but his lover while desperately trying to make things up with her. I really liked how balanced his two sides were. He was so smitten by Oraya, and he actually shows that in his actions.

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They argued and bantered like they did in the last book and their romance was angsty and emotional but they also fought side by side against the bloodborns. Power hurts. It requires sacrifice. Do you want to change this world, little serpent? Climb the bars until you’re so high no one can catch you. I told you that once. I know because I did it, my daughter. I know.” Technicalities, really. Overall, I was very satisfied with all of this, and I'd read it again if I wasn't so afraid of my TBR murdering me in my sleep. You keep saying that she’s just a prisoner. But I’m not blind. And no one else is, either. Everyone knows.”

I cannot describe the depth of that emotion, not the intensity of the terror that comes with it, bound together so inextricably. I came here to excise my greatest weaknesses, and instead, I now offer my heart to it. While The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King is the end of Oraya and Raihn's core story, wrapping up the Nightborn Duet, there are still 6 books total in the core Crowns of Nyaxia series. With book 3, we'll be moving to a new spotlight character and spending more time in the House of Shadow. More news on this coming very soon! In the wake of the bloody tournament known as the Kejari, Oraya is now a prisoner in her own kingdom and grieving the only family she ever had. She’s left with only one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn, the vampire who betrayed her. If I had to actually point out the main complain I have with this - which is also the reason why I ended up giving this 4 and a half start (albeit rounded up to five), I'd go with the truth and tell you that I found the last conflict a little too rushed, which ended up feeling anticlimatic.

We got a little information about Rhain’s past in the first book. Enough to know that he’d been turned by Neculai and had been a slave in his court for 70 years, but we got to see more of his time as a slave in this book, and how he manages to survive and escape it. He always had a more vulnerable side and it showed more than Oraya’s too, but in this book, we can see him open to her even more, and I absolutely adored that he was man enough to admit to his weaknesses, flaws, and to admit that he would do anything for Oraya. He kept the alpha male posturing for the political side of his life, but he didn’t hesitate to drop the masks when he was with Oraya, even when she hated him and wanted to kill him. He didn’t try to push her away and hurt her because he was hurt, and that is proof of maturity and respect for her that I cannot not fall in love with. Raihn is now king but his nobles don’t want an ex slave, a turned human for king. He will not only have to fight the Hiaj for the throne with the help of the Bloodborn vampires but dissent reigns inside his own people. And there also is the matter of shaking off the Bloodborn’s hold on his house… Raihn saw the potential in Oraya and not just a broken half human and helped her to seize her power. Oraya saw his loneliness and how he fought each day of his life and how he is the most thoughtful and loving person. Vincent the king, who would kill my whole family in the name of power, who would slaughter an entire race, who would lie to me for nearly twenty years about my blood to protect his crown.

Raihn. My downfall and my most valuable supporter. My weakness and my strength. My worst enemy and the greatest love I had ever known.' 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.Mische. She is the sweetest, sunniest, most amazing secondary character. I love her so much and I really, really hope that we will get to see more of her in a future book. I fell in love with her sunny disposition and relentless optimism in the first book, and seeing how she was always there to support Rhain and Oraya in this book, to listen to them, help them, and defend them while also dealing with her traumatic past that resurfaced, made me love her even more. I need more of Mische! Oraya will have to reach for the stars, to take everything and go head first into battle to seize power. She is a literal ray of sunshine. But here we saw her sad, broken and fragile side and I was so heartbroken to know about her past. She made everyone around her feel happy but she hides her own emotions. There's so much to her story we don't know and even though I'm so excited and intrigued about her book, I'm equally scared for her. I just want her to be happy and in love.