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  • The Serpent and the Wings of Night

  • Crowns of Nyaxia, Book 1
  • Written by: Carissa Broadbent
  • Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb
  • Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (86 ratings)

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The Serpent and the Wings of Night

Written by: Carissa Broadbent
Narrated by: Amanda Leigh Cobb
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Publisher's Summary

For humans and vampires, the rules of survival are the same: never trust, never yield, and always–always–guard your heart.

The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved her place in a world designed to kill her. Her only chance to become something more than prey is entering the Kejari: a legendary tournament held by the goddess of death herself.

But winning won’t be easy amongst the most vicious warriors from all three vampire houses. To survive, Oraya is forced to make an alliance with a mysterious rival.

Everything about Raihn is dangerous. He is a ruthless vampire, an efficient killer, an enemy to her father’s crown…and her greatest competition. Yet, what terrifies Oraya most of all is that she finds herself oddly drawn to him.

But there’s no room for compassion in the Kejari. War for the House of Night brews, shattering everything that Oraya thought she knew about her home.

In a kingdom where nothing is more deadly than love, Raihn may understand her more than anyone, but their blossoming attraction could be her downfall.

The Serpent and the Wings of Night is the first book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, a heart-wrenching romance full of dark magic and bloodthirsty intrigue.

©2022 Carissa Broadbent (P)2023 Podium Audio

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Loved it!

Gives me ACOTAR meets hunger games and I was hooked from the first few chapter

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Amazing narration, decent book

The narration on this book is fantastic, probably one of my favourites on audible!

The book itself is like most fantasy romance books. I think there’s like 2.5 spicy scenes and they’re written pretty well. Also I did cry a couple times so be warned.

I loved the FL’s dad, Vincent, and his relationship with the main character. He flip flops between the loving father and the cruel and strict king, it’s not a trope I see often and if I do it’s never written that nicely. He’s such a dynamic character which I really.

I also appreciate that the main character isn’t a damsel, she’s pretty bad ass for being a human in a vampire dominated world.

Something I didn’t love was that most of the trials are pretty similar since she and the male lead respond to the trials in similar ways which makes it hard to see much, if any, character development in the trials. Most of the character development happens between the trials. Other than offering some action, the trials don’t really offer much else so they feel redundant. It would have been cool to see her get stronger after spending weeks training or something.

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good but not great

it's not a bad book but if you like smut this is not the book for you

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I loved this book!

Hunger games with a vampire twist is an accurate way of describing this book. I really enjoyed it. Hopefully the second one is as good!

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Romance overshadows adventure

Despite high expectations stemming from personal recommendations, this book failed to captivate. Promising an adventure-filled narrative, the story instead pivoted towards a predictable romance between its characters. Disappointingly, the plot took a backseat to this romantic subplot, leaving me longing for the anticipated thrill of adventure. While the performance was commendable, the overall experience left much to be desired, ultimately falling flat.

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vampire book with hunger games indeed

Most of the book was predictable because they sell it saying it's like hunger games. I can't help BUT compare the both and find so many similarities that if I explained plot of both, it'll be basically be the same. 70% of the plot was not for me, 20% was thrilling. Only respite was that descriptions of actually fights however small they may be were good. The only chapters that kept me actually engaged were 47-52 Rest, not so much. Overall, one might like it, it wasn't for me, and hard to finish.

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Interesting world and character

Fantasy forward with a little bit of spice! The main character can be really annoying though although every action makes sense considering her past.

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Great story

Great story I love the vampire / human theme. Good amount of sorrow and I was not expecting the ending. Will be reading the next book asap.

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absolutely loved it

I saw someone on Tik tok mention this series, and that it deserved as much hype as acotar.
and they were not exaggerating, this has been one of my favorite fantasy romance books I've read in a long time. the writing is beautiful, the characters are strong and the spice? chef's kiss 🤌💕

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Fantastic blend of angst & action

This gives me vibes of Armentrout’s “Blood & Ash” series as well as hints of Hunger games. Definitely a great read.

The book goes on a bit past the climax, where I think it could have ended and gone on to the next book. However I always appreciate a bit more story, So I am on the fence… it’s nice not to be left desperately wanting more.. and just “wanting more”.

Read this. Seriously.

Fantastic performance- truly just beautifully done.

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