The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King

Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 2

By: Carissa Broadbent

Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb, Aiden Snow

Length: 19 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Love is a sacrifice at the altar of power.

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.

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 digs its 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 gaining her vengeance against the lover who betrayed her. To do so, she’ll need to harness a devastating ancient power intertwined with her father’s greatest secrets.

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.

Full of heartbreak, redemption, bloody intrigue, and heart-pounding action, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King is the gutting second installment of the Crowns of Nyaxia series and the conclusion of the Nightborn Duet. It is perfect for fans of From Blood and Ash and A Court of Thorns and Roses.

©2023 Carissa Broadbent (P)2023 Podium Audio

Brilliant!

I stumbled upon these books at a very fortunate time. The second one had just released two days prior to me starting the first one and let me tell you… I’m not much for reading books or listening to books. I just recently got into it, but when I say this series completely and utterly trapped everything that I love in a story, this book gave me no room to breathe. Absolutely fantastic books and absolutely fantastic narration. I couldn’t be happier at the current moment. Money well spent!

Great preformace

I loved the story and preformance of narrator gives a weight of a story! Loved charachters,though I am not in to the vampires! There is one more book ,I wanted to story to be finished but there is still missing parts! Amanda Leigh Cobb did fantastic job,I loved her preformance

Good but not as good as first

Too much drama or woe es me . But still good. Just not as good as the first.

Not exciting like the 1st

I loved all the games and excitement from the 1st book. Second book is all politics and not much happening.

I loved this story

This book is so good. I love the character development and the battles. oh the battles.

Story line

This book is outstanding. I did not want to stop listening. The characters seem so real.

Great continuation

Really good story, nice turns and twists. Male narrator is a bit slow, I had to listen on the 1.5 speed for it not to drag. I really enjoy this series and am waiting for the next 4 books to come ❤️

very engaging

So much better than the first book. Characters, story, narration--all great. Looking forward to the novella.

So good!

Binge worthy indeed! The way I was so angry yet sad then angry again . This book was good!

Excellent narration by both narrators

Generally, in a series, book 2 sucks. Happily, this was not the case . I was dialed in the entire time. The woman narrator I think is amazing—seamlessly switching between characters and accents—and she did great reading book 1 by herself. This time they added a male narrator for all of the Raihn chapters and his voice was amazing as well. I can’t wait for the third book!