The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

4.08 AVERAGE

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chickabel13's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tayshepp's review against another edition

5.0
Somehow this book was just as compelling in telling the rest of Oraya and Raihn’s story. Their “end” I thought was fitting and turned out better than expected. Broadbent’s work on the world of Nyaxia has been nothing short of addicting. I already am dreaming of the day the next book in this series is released, so I can hear more about the futures of Oraya and Raihn as well as other important characters in their universe!

laurinsreadthat's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
It lost a star for me as while the reasoning to keep our fated star crossed lovers apart made logical sense, I'd just finished an entire book where we waited for them to get together for 400 pages, only to have to go through another 300 apart? It was too many pages apart for me. And it felt a lot like the 'just talk to each other' trope done in a way that again was logical but not necessarily believable for my taste for these characters. Had it been the first 150 pages, maybe I would have been more on board, but 300 pages in (almost half way through, that was too much)


I did however LOVE the continued world building, and I thought the conclusion was well played out. Was a huge Raihn fan. (yet again)

It's the second book in this genre with gods having a lot to do with the end which is interesting. And im enjoying the first book in the next duet already.
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yarndistracted's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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mariacobos_'s review against another edition

4.0
This book is really about me and Oraya mourning Vincent's death.
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bookcook's review against another edition

3.5
If you read the first book and thought, "I would like the exact same story told in a slightly different setting", then this is a great sequel. If you wanted any character growth look elsewhere because Oraya and Raihn are facing the same challenges in different fonts. But it was fine I suppose.

rylee_reads13's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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chronicallykitty's review against another edition

5.0
i was not expecting to cry from this book omg???? Vincent’s character was so well done and complex, reading about his relationship with Oraya and how it impacted both of them was an emotional experience
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wide_open_pages's review against another edition

4.25
emotional tense medium-paced

raquelkurth's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
A generous 4