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| Crowns of Nyaxia Book 5 |
#1 New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Lion & the Deathless Dark – the first book in the Bloodborn Duet.
Some blood tastes like vengeance. Some blood tastes like grief. Some blood tastes like nothing at all.
Under an eternal night, the world has been ravaged by ten years of war between humans and vampires. Kyrene scrapes by as a bounty hunter, bearing a blessed sword from the goddess of justice. But in the wake of a devastating loss, Kyrene commits a crime that makes her a target for mortals and gods alike – and she is still desperate for vengeance.
Her only chance at survival – and revenge – is making a deal with her enemy, the silver-tongue vampire prince, Septimus, who offers her one final to slay the gods themselves.
Together, Kyrene and Septimus must hunt the ultimate marks, all while navigating a web of prophecies and curses. Septimus is calculating and mysterious, masking secrets bloodthirsty enough to consume them both. Yet, most dangerous of all, Kyrene finds an unexpected kinship in him.
But their growing attraction is deadly in a world where the only currency is blood. And Kyrene will stop at nothing to fulfill her ultimate goal: to kill the goddess of vampires, even if it means sacrificing love for revenge.
Every kingdom breaks...Every ruler kneels...This is how a pantheon falls.
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
It’s been since the sun was lost to the endless night and the war has begun. A lot has happened since then. And for those who have been patiently waiting, we finally get Septimus’s story! Well, maybe not his point of view in this book, but we finally get to see what he has been truly up to. He’s been plotting away for a long time. We know to break the curse on his kingdom, but we learn just how deep that goes. How much plotting he has truly been doing that has all lead to these moments. And in the end, he needs Kyrene. Kyrene wields the sword of the goddess of justice. For the last ten years she has been doing the goddess’s bidding. But after a devastating loss, she commits quite the crime. Killing a god. And she isn’t done. Her swords deals with justice and she will have it. She will just have to work with Septimus to get it. Because he needs less gods in the world as well. But it is no easy task and the kinship they find between them only grows. Leading to quite a crazy ending. Absolutely loved this book. It kept you on your toes the whole way through. Just when you think you learn one thing, something throws you for a loop. And I loved getting to know Septimus and Kyrene. Watching these two become closer and closer, fighting for one another, and trying so hard to do some good despite feeling like they are monsters themselves. Yeah, these two were fantastic and I can’t wait for more. And that ending? Wow! I need to get my hands on the next book asap. I can’t wait to see how it all ends.
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