Thursday, December 26, 2024

Crowns of Nyaxia Book 3: The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent

 

Crowns of Nyaxia Book 3

In the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption… or a dark love that defies the gods themselves

Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.

But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.

Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the very death god she’ll help resurrect.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.

As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210134467-the-songbird-the-heart-of-stone

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My Review: 5/5 Stars

Mische never wanted to be a vampire. Turned against her will, she lost everything she wanted as an acolyte as the sun god. Her magic from him burns her but even that has left her recently. But her past is coming from her. After she killed the vampire prince responsible for turning her, his people have finally found her and are demanding her head. And just when her death approaches, she is saved. Asar is the bastard prince of the House of Shadows and he has been tasked by Nyaxia to resurrect the god of death. But he’ll need Mische’s help. Together they head to the underworld facing trials and monsters and so many ghosts of their pasts. But that’s not all. Mische’s sun god appears to her and orders her to complete this mission…just to kill the god of death for good. But the more she travels with Asar, the more conflicted she becomes. Because she is finally opening her eyes to the things she always feared to question. I loved getting to know more about Mische! I loved her in previous books, but there was just so much more to learn about her. And we were given just that. And then Asar! The scarred bastard prince has a lot more under the surface. I loved how these two slowly warmed up to one another and got to see past the masks they tend to wear. This story had me hooked and the ending was insane. I cannot wait to see what happens next with these two. Their actions have changed the world as they know it and I’m so curious to see how it all plays out!

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