Quick Review: The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent

In the ultimate sacrifice, Mische saves Asar, making him a half God and starting off an eternal night. Of course, they are the only people who can fix it. This time, they have to find God artifacts above ground and well, they are sort of successful. They make many more enemies. I do love the chemistry between Mische and Asar. They just fit each other. It was also nice to get some time with Raihn and Oraya. The couple that started this whole thing. The pacing of this book was a little inconsistent. The last section, at first, felt out of place to me, but I eventually saw what she was doing. I thought this was the last of the books, but apparently, there are more. They didn’t fix things as much as they created more problems for everyone. Not to mention the Gods of the White Pantheon are kind of dicks. Fun book. A good bridge book to the next installment of the series.

The Review: The Songbird and the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent

Vampires. ✅ Enemies to lovers ✅ Journey through dangerous lands ✅ Yep, this checked off a lot of my boxes. This book takes place maybe a year after the last Crowns of Nyaxia book. It follows Mische, who left the Night Court because she wants to find herself but also she knows she killed the Prince of the Shadowborn and she doesn’t want the consequences coming for her friends. Of course, we find her that she has been caught by the Shadowborn and is about to be executed until the bastard son, Asar, of the King shows up and says I need her to complete my task from the Goddess Nyaxia. In Mische’s human life she was a priestess to the Sun God. Her God abandoned her when she was turned into a vampire but now shows up and gives her the task of sabotaging Asar’s mission. So of course, they go on a long journey between the world of living and the dead to collect what they need for their task and of course they fall in love as they go. In typical fashion, Asar’s reputation is he is ruthless, which you know right away that he isn’t going to be that. I like the banter between the two of them. They have good chemistry. The ending did leave a pretty nice cliffhanger. Not to spoil anything but things did not go as planned. Thank goodness, the next book in the series is already out so I will be reading it soon.