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A review by yazthebookish
The Songbird & the Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent
4.0
4 - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This is the tale of how a chosen one falls. She does it screaming, clawing for her old life with broken fingernails. She does it slowly, over the course of decades. And in the end, she takes the whole forsaken world with her.
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone is the first installment in the thrilling new duology within the Crowns of Nyaxia world.
We have already met our main heroine, Mische, in Oraya and Raihn's duology. Mische is captured by the vampires of House of Shadow, better known as Shadowborn. She is sentenced to die after killing Malach, the Prince of their house (note: completely justified as he was responsible for turning her into a Vampire).
Mische was once a Priestess of the Order of the Destined Dawn dedicated to Atroxus, the Sun God, since she was eight-years-old. She lost his light since she was turned and thus lost her sense of identity and purpose.
She is saved by Asar Voldari, the bastard son of King Rapul better known as the Wraith Warden, who claims the dark mother Nyaxia has a task for him and he requires the magic of the Sun God (Atroxus) dwelling within Mische to complete it.
The exiled Prince of the Shadowborn and the Bride of the Sun embark on a quest to the Underworld to resurrect a death god.
Difficult trails await them but could they fully trust each other if divine intervention sets them on different paths? Is betrayal inevitable? What is certain is blood must be drawn.
This was such a fantastic installment that gifted us with a closer look at House of Shadow and Broadbent effortlessly enriches it with more lore, more fleshed-out magic system, multi-layered characters, and a deliciously angsty romance.
A kind warning, you'll need a box of tissue in advance as this story is heavily drenched in emotions.
That ending gutted me and I cannot wait for the second installment!
Content warning: graphic violence, on-page sexual content, discussion of grooming and child abuse, and infant death (off page).
This is the tale of how a chosen one falls. She does it screaming, clawing for her old life with broken fingernails. She does it slowly, over the course of decades. And in the end, she takes the whole forsaken world with her.
The Songbird and the Heart of Stone is the first installment in the thrilling new duology within the Crowns of Nyaxia world.
We have already met our main heroine, Mische, in Oraya and Raihn's duology. Mische is captured by the vampires of House of Shadow, better known as Shadowborn. She is sentenced to die after killing Malach, the Prince of their house (note: completely justified as he was responsible for turning her into a Vampire).
Mische was once a Priestess of the Order of the Destined Dawn dedicated to Atroxus, the Sun God, since she was eight-years-old. She lost his light since she was turned and thus lost her sense of identity and purpose.
She is saved by Asar Voldari, the bastard son of King Rapul better known as the Wraith Warden, who claims the dark mother Nyaxia has a task for him and he requires the magic of the Sun God (Atroxus) dwelling within Mische to complete it.
The exiled Prince of the Shadowborn and the Bride of the Sun embark on a quest to the Underworld to resurrect a death god.
Difficult trails await them but could they fully trust each other if divine intervention sets them on different paths? Is betrayal inevitable? What is certain is blood must be drawn.
This was such a fantastic installment that gifted us with a closer look at House of Shadow and Broadbent effortlessly enriches it with more lore, more fleshed-out magic system, multi-layered characters, and a deliciously angsty romance.
A kind warning, you'll need a box of tissue in advance as this story is heavily drenched in emotions.
That ending gutted me and I cannot wait for the second installment!
Content warning: graphic violence, on-page sexual content, discussion of grooming and child abuse, and infant death (off page).