The Songbird and the Heart of Stone

In Songbird and the Heart of Stone, the latest installment in Carissa Broadbent's Crowns of Nyaxia series, Mische, a former devotee of the sun god turned vampire, grapples with her lost humanity and a death sentence for her past crimes. Saved by the tortured bastard prince Asar, she embarks on a perilous quest to the underworld to resurrect the god of death, with her own sun god demanding a treacherous betrayal. As they navigate deadly trials and confront haunting ghosts, Mische's complicated feelings for Asar deepen, testing her allegiance and forcing her to confront the choice between redemption and darkness.