MoodReads - Romance Book Discovery

Beta soft launchEvery book’s tags are being checked by hand ✨ some categories are fuller than others while I work through them all ✨

Cover of The Lion and the Deathless Dark

The Lion and the Deathless Dark

by Carissa Broadbent

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Crowns of Nyaxia #5
Available on Kindle Unlimited

Why Read This?

epic romance triumph

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author and BookTok sensation Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Lion & the Deathless Dark – the first book in the Bloodborn Duet. Some blood tastes like vengeance. Some blood tastes like grief. Some blood tastes like nothing at all. Under an eternal night, the world has been ravaged by ten years of war between humans and vampires. Kyrene scrapes by as a bounty hunter, bearing a blessed sword from the goddess of justice. But in the wake of a devastating loss, Kyrene commits a crime that makes her a target for mortals and gods alike – and she is still desperate for vengeance. Her only chance at survival – and revenge – is making a deal with her enemy, the silver-tongue vampire prince, Septimus, who offers her one final to slay the gods themselves. Together, Kyrene and Septimus must hunt the ultimate marks, all while navigating a web of prophecies and curses. Septimus is calculating and mysterious, masking secrets bloodthirsty enough to consume them both. Yet, most dangerous of all, Kyrene finds an unexpected kinship in him. But their growing attraction is deadly in a world where the only currency is blood. And Kyrene will stop at nothing to fulfill her ultimate to kill the goddess of vampires, even if it means sacrificing love for revenge.

At a Glance

4.15 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

enemies to loversforced proximitygod hunting

Mood

darkepicromantic

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.15 ★

Page Count

496 pages

Published

2026

Primary Genre

Fantasy Romance

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Dramatized

Narrator

Unknown Narrator

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
Theme Constellation

sign in to see all 4 tropes

Mood & Vibe

Mood

sign in to see writing style, pacing & more

Characters

FMC: goddess hunter sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

explicit and detailed sign in to unlock

violencedeathwarbloodvengeance

World & Setting

dark fantasy sign in to unlock

Reading Context

high sign in to unlock

Similar Books

Cover of A Throne of RuinKU

A Throne of Ruin

K.F. Breene

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
beauty and the beastfated matesforced proximity
Cover of Kingdom of the Cursed

Kingdom of the Cursed

Kerri Maniscalco

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
forced proximitydark romance
Cover of Trial of the Sun Queen

Trial of the Sun Queen

Nisha J. Tuli

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
competition romanceenemies to loversforced proximity
Cover of A Ship of Bones and TeethKU

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

Karina Halle

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
captive romancedark romancefairytale retelling
Cover of DreamfeverKU

Dreamfever

Karen Marie Moning

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person·
dark romancelove triangleforced proximity
Cover of Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames, #1)KU

Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames, #1)

Olivia Rose Darling

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV
forced proximityfated mates
Cover of A Fate Inked in BloodKU

A Fate Inked in Blood

Danielle L. Jensen

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
forced proximitybodyguard/protection detailforced to marry
Cover of A Fire in the Flesh (Flesh and Fire, #3)

A Fire in the Flesh (Flesh and Fire, #3)

Jennifer L. Armentrout

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person
captive romanceforced proximityfated mates

Short Takes

quick 280-character reactions for this book. drop a thought, rate the vibe, keep scrolling.

Sign in to share your take.

Loading...

Book Chat

Talk about The Lion and the Deathless Dark with other readers