The Serpent and the Wings of Night
The only human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya has always had to fight for survival. When she enters a deadly tournament, an alliance with a mysterious rival changes everything.
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Oraya was orphaned in a vampire raid as a small girl and raised by King Vincent of the Nightborn court as his adopted human daughter. To prove herself worthy of his throne, she enters the Kejari, the centuries-old trial of the goddess Nyaxia, and is paired with a quiet Bloodborn vampire named Raihn.
Carissa Broadbent's Crowns of Nyaxia series includes The Serpent and the Wings of Night, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, The Songbird and the Heart of Stone, and continues with planned future entries.
Yes. The Serpent and the Wings of Night contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is part of the BookTok romantasy wave alongside Fourth Wing.
Yes. The Serpent and the Wings of Night contains explicit on-page romance scenes, around 4 to 5 out of 5 on the spice scale. It is part of the BookTok romantasy wave alongside Fourth Wing.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night was written by Carissa Broadbent by Lark Publishing LLC.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is 502 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Serpent and the Wings of Night takes most readers 8 to 11 hours to finish.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is a standalone novel by Carissa Broadbent, not part of a series.
The Serpent and the Wings of Night is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
