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- Content warnings: Graphic violence, Blood, Captivity, Death, Grief, Murder, Torture, Trauma, Violence, War, Religious trauma, Sexual assault (referenced), Animal death, Death of loved one, Abandonment
The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk
by Carissa Broadbent
Book 4 in Crowns of Nyaxia
The emotional culmination of Mische and Asar's shadowborn duet. Broadbent delivers a gut-wrenching exploration of grief, faith, and what it means to choose life when the gods demand death - with a romance that earns every devastating moment.
goodreads 3.95/5 49,311 ratings
storykind_community 3.5/5 6 ratings
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Length557 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Mutual pining
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The angst delivered
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Cathartic release
- Morally gray
- Fated mates
- Desperate / urgent
- Obsessed
- Scholar/intellectual
- Forbidden love
- Slow seduction
- Beautiful grief
- God/deity
- Betrayal to trust
- Tension / anticipation focus
- Book hangover incoming
- Grumpy sunshine
- Praise kink
- Hurt/comfort
- Possessive/protective
- Body worship
- Touch starvation
- Longing glances
- Eye contact intensity
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Underground / underworld
- High fantasy
- Vampires
- Royal court / palace
- Mythological
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- Gods/deities
- Dark romance
- War front / rebellion
- Underworld / death realm
- Demons
- Second chance
- Temple / church / monastery
- Shadow beings / shadow fae
- Reincarnation romance
- Sacrifice/martyrdom
- Immortal/mortal romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Lyrical
- Devastating
- High
- Sunshine/optimist
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- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Sacrifice / chosen to die
- Emotional
- Survivor
- Brooding
- Immersive
- Healer
- Romantic
- Dramatic
- Angsty
- Epic
- Mythic
- Forbidden desire
- Morally complex
- Sacrifice for love
- Bargain with consequences
- Emotional devastation
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Book details
- Length
- 557 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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