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

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Raihn. My downfall and my most valuable supporter. My weakness and my strength. My worst enemy and the greatest love I had ever known." 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 🫶 The slower pace in this book allowed me to see our main characters grow as individuals and together as a couple. The author also put more focus on the world building here, which really helped to fill in the gaps about the setting and history of Obitraes. I'm glad they both finally cleared all their misunderstandings and got their closure and Oraya finally knows that her father had loved her. That scene just broke my heart in million pieces and made me sob for hours because it was heartbreakingly beautiful. I absolutely loved how it was almost like the first novel and they agreed to form another alliance again. It was like we came full circle by the end.

I also very much dislike that Raihn keeps dying (or gets close to the state of about to die) and Oraya keeps saving him. My idea of romance is where a lady is allowed to feel safe and protected. Here, it seems that Raihn is the lady who needs constant protection and Oraya is a man who is always there to save him. My downfall and my most valuable supporter. My weakness and my strength. My worst enemy and the greatest love I had ever known."This book is a disappointment. Almost everything is predictable apart from two details at the very end, which are still not answering all the questions and are not that very well thought through. i was the heir of the house of night, and i was the daughter of vincent the nightborn king, and i was every bit as powerful as both those things suggested.'

I was expecting to kill you that night. But what I was not expecting was to love you so devastatingly much. It hits me so suddenly, so overwhelmingly, that I don't even have time to brace myself against it." First I was wondering how the author would keep me interested as much as in the first book without the deadly competition at the heart of the story. I am a big fan of competitions in books so I dreaded the sequel. The action sequences were breathtaking. I was in complete awe with the way it was written and they were such powerful scenes. I could not put the book down towards the end. It was so intense, I got goosebumps. i wanted it to be enjoyable but i dreaded reading up to 40% of this and this book is LONG. very, unnecessarily long. i love carissa's writing sm but i feel like she did way too much with this book and an editor was desperately needed.Of course it was love. What else could it be, for someone to see that much of you? To see so much beauty in the parts of someone that they hate in themselves?" the way Oraya was shook after all the events that took place near the end of the previous book. she just broke after all that. but then, she rose from the ashes and then slowly claimed herself, and everything that was meant to be hers. i loved her so much. It is RELEASE DAY! It's honestly a bit surreal. This was one of the hardest books I've ever written for a number of reasons, from health issues to deadline stress, but the biggest of which was that I so desperately wanted to make sure that it does Oraya's story justice for the (totally unexpected) huge number of readers who connected with her in book 1. All of it was true at once. That he had saved me. That he had crippled me. His selfishness and his selflessness.

I wanted to capture him like rainwater. I wanted to savor him like blood. I wanted him to open me and touch everything within me that I had hidden away from the world.” Oraya the things I would do for you…🧚‍♀️ While the book is filled with action, intrigue, and breathtaking moments, it also delves deep into themes of grief, love, betrayal, and power, adding layers of complexity to the narrative. It's a book that will make you laugh, cry, and cheer for the characters as they navigate a world filled with danger and deception. In the meantime, I hope you absolutely love this book, friends. I put my heart and soul into it, and I hope it shows. Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking the ride with me!The House of Night, too, is surrounded by enemies. Raihn’s own nobles are none too eager to accept a Turned king, especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood has dug their claws into the kingdom, threatening to tear it apart from the inside. When Raihn offers Oraya a secret alliance, taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her kingdom – and seeking her revenge against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so, she’ll need to harness an ancient power, intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets.

But with enemies closing in on all sides, nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and faces her future, Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing power – and the devastating love that could be her downfall. Review in the last book, raihn kept saving her at the last minute and it grated my nerves bc this girl was the only human among so many vampires and she fought them all by herself, but then we met raihn and he kept saving her when it was def not needed😒 but in this book, she was doing all the saving and killing, as she should 👸🏻 In the wake of the Kejari, everything Oraya once thought to be true has been destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom, grieving the only family she ever had, and reeling from a gutting betrayal, she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She’s left only with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone, least of all Raihn. He raised an eyebrow. “What if I told you all the nurses are afraid of you? The Nightfire queen who just tried to take down the Rishan army.”some would call what he did brainwashing (me? never 🤭). and the best part of this book, unquestionably, undoubtably Vincent and how his complex bond with Oraya was explored. how his past was explored. i loved his influence on her so much. 💘 He might be one of my new favorite characters. I loved the way he was written, he felt so real and had so much depth. His relationship with Oraya was everything. He is the main reason I kept reading the book. This author is great at conveying really strong emotions in her characters. I felt like I could feel his pain throughout. I also really loved Oraya. She’s stubborn and untrusting and pretty badass. She really comes into herself and her powers in this one and I enjoyed the character development. It also was a huge plus that this book had dual POVs. I loved reading from Raihn’s perspective. I just love him. 🥰