There’s a skeleton canine!!!
The Songbird & the Coronary heart of Stone
Crowns of Nyaxia
Vampire Romances, Darkish Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy
Bramble
November 19, 2024
Hardback, Kindle, Audiobook
448
New York Instances bestselling creator and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a model new novel within the Crowns of Nyaxia collection, The Songbird & the Coronary heart of Stone, the place A Court docket of Thorns and Roses meets Dante’s Inferno, in an epic fantasy romance of affection and treachery between mortals and gods. Options stunning case artwork and an in depth map.
Within the descent to the underworld, a bride of the solar should select between the sunshine of her redemption… or a darkish love that defies the gods themselves Mische misplaced all the things when she was forcibly Became a vampire – her house, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the solar god to whom she had devoted her life.
Now, sentenced to dying for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels not possible. However when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the Home of Shadow with a previous as brutal as his scars, she’s compelled right into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of dying himself. But, Mische’s punishment stands out as the key to her salvation. In a secret assembly, her solar god instructions her to assist Asar in his mission, solely to betray him… by killing the very dying god she’ll assist resurrect.
Mische and Asar should journey the treacherous path to the underworld, going through trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. But, most harmful of all is the alluring name of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that dangers invoking the wrath of gods. As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and offended gods are rising stressed.
Mische can be compelled to decide on between the redemption of the solar or the damnation of the darkness.
The Songbird & the Coronary heart of Stone is a journey of discovering your self and forgiving your previous errors.
I’m an enormous fan of Carissa Broadbent’s writing and the world she created. To make it even higher, she provides a skeleton canine, Luce!
What to anticipate:
- Allies of comfort
- Vampires
- Gods
- Gradual burn
- Gentle spice
The story begins as one does, the principle character is about to die, forgotten and ignored by her solar god, when a vicious vampire comes to avoid wasting her from his terrible sister earlier than she drains her of her blood. Stated vampire is far too enticing for the way a lot she has to hate him, however his common grumpy nature makes it straightforward to disregard for a time.
The stakes are straightforward to grasp, go on this quest or I let my sister kill you. Nonetheless, the gods are taking part in a sport that is a little more difficult. The world-building as they journeyed by the underworld was distinctive, leaving me to reread scenes to totally envision the grey, upside-down world.
I used to be so glad I received to lastly study Mische’s previous alongside their journey. You understand I really like character growth, so watching her see her life in a different way over time was what I craved but it surely moved too slowly for me. I occurred to like Asar from the beginning and never simply because he’s the new vampire love curiosity! Okay, possibly it was, however he’s additionally sensible, and broody and has a skeleton canine that loves him. He occurs to even have a tragic previous that breaks your coronary heart and makes you hope he will get a HEA.
Nonetheless, issues usually moved too slowly since a lot time was spent on the characters transferring round. I’m used to a lot of motion from Broadbent and this had much more inner dialogue.
Closing ideas, I’ll all the time learn what Carissa Broadbent writes, all the time. I can’t await the following e-book to see what occurs after that cliffhanger!
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