# The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent

### The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King

**Carissa Broadbent** · Crowns of Nyaxia, book 2 (ongoing) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/the-ashes-and-the-star-cursed-king](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-ashes-and-the-star-cursed-king)

The aftermath of the Kejari, with a kingdom to hold and a relationship that has to be rebuilt from what the first book broke. More political, more explicit, and more willing to sit in grief than its predecessor.

- Spice: 5/5 — Scorching. Explicit and frequent, with the physical relationship carrying much of the reconciliation.
- Romance prominence: 5/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 5/5
- Writing craft: 4/5
- Burn: medium
- Tropes: fated-mates, second-chance, morally-grey-mmc, touch-her-and-die, found-family
- Creatures: vampires, gods
- Setting: The House of Night, amid a war of succession
- POV: first person
- Ending: happy ever after
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: graphic violence, grief, gore, explicit content
- Best for: Readers who want a second book that deepens the first rather than repeating it.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=The+Ashes+and+the+Star-Cursed+King+Broadbent

## What to read next

- [The Serpent and the Wings of Night](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-serpent-and-the-wings-of-night) by Carissa Broadbent — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the tournament structure with sharper prose behind it.
- [Quicksilver](https://houseofareader.com/books/quicksilver) by Callie Hart — spice 5/5. ACOTAR readers who want the same shape with the heat turned up two notches.
- [A Court of Mist and Fury](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-court-of-mist-and-fury) by Sarah J. Maas — spice 4/5. Readers who found the first book slow and were told to keep going. They were right.
- [Kingdom of the Wicked](https://houseofareader.com/books/kingdom-of-the-wicked) by Kerri Maniscalco — spice 3/5. Readers who want a devil love interest and a completed series to go with him.

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