Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy! 

❤️‍🔥 Warring Gods
❤️‍🔥 Slow burn spice
❤️‍🔥 Challenging trials
❤️‍🔥 Undead puppy BFF
❤️‍🔥 Trauma bonding
❤️‍🔥 Descent into the Underworld 
❤️‍🔥 Vampires

Mische was a character from the first two Crowns of Nyaxia novels that I enjoyed but didn't pay too much mind to. This novel made me feel so much empathy for her without making her into a completely tragic character. She is hopeful and so sweet. Her religious trauma is well written and such a difficult but interesting aspect of Mische. 

Asar (and his unusual puppy LUCE, the BEST GIRL to EVER exist), is also excellently written, not just as a romantic interest for Mische but as a well rounded character. 

I was initially skeptical of the general plot structure (journey to the underworld) being as interesting as the Kejari tournament from the Nightborn Duet, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked. Fair warning - we are left at a HUGE cliffhanger, and I can't wait to see what happens in the second novel of the duet!