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A review by reneec1
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
*reading order note at bottom
I couldn’t put this book down from the very beginning. It was my favorite read so far this year!
PLOT: The plot reminded me of The Hunger Games or Throne of Glass with the fight-to-the-death trials, while being for an older audience.
CHARACTERS: I loved the characters in this story! Some of the connections between them and their histories could have been fleshed out a little more. I honestly would have been happier with a longer book if it would have given more time for that.
WORLDBUILDING: I can’t say the world of the magic is unique in this book, but the plot was so interesting that I didn’t care.
READING ORDER: On her Instagram, Carissa has a suggested reading order that’s the same as publication order:
1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night
2. Six Scorched Roses
3. The Ashes and the Star Cursed King
4. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
I read in this order and it worked really well. I’m going to refer to them based on their numbers above.
-1 & 3 are a duology and definitely need to be read in that order.
-2 & 4 are stand alones. They could be read whenever, but there’s more world building in 1 than in these.
-Characters from 2 show up in 3, but it’s not necessary to have read 2 before 3.
-4 is more separated, but looks like it’ll tie into future Crowns of Nyaxia books.
I hope that helps!
🌶️🌶️🌶️
*reading order note at bottom
I couldn’t put this book down from the very beginning. It was my favorite read so far this year!
PLOT: The plot reminded me of The Hunger Games or Throne of Glass with the fight-to-the-death trials, while being for an older audience.
CHARACTERS: I loved the characters in this story! Some of the connections between them and their histories could have been fleshed out a little more. I honestly would have been happier with a longer book if it would have given more time for that.
WORLDBUILDING: I can’t say the world of the magic is unique in this book, but the plot was so interesting that I didn’t care.
READING ORDER: On her Instagram, Carissa has a suggested reading order that’s the same as publication order:
1. The Serpent and the Wings of Night
2. Six Scorched Roses
3. The Ashes and the Star Cursed King
4. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
I read in this order and it worked really well. I’m going to refer to them based on their numbers above.
-1 & 3 are a duology and definitely need to be read in that order.
-2 & 4 are stand alones. They could be read whenever, but there’s more world building in 1 than in these.
-Characters from 2 show up in 3, but it’s not necessary to have read 2 before 3.
-4 is more separated, but looks like it’ll tie into future Crowns of Nyaxia books.
I hope that helps!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide and Torture