The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk: Book 2 of the Shadowborn Duet (Crowns of Nyaxia, 4)

Name: The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk: Book 2 of the Shadowborn Duet (Crowns of Nyaxia, 4)
Author: Carissa Broadbent

Top 200 · #189 in Romantic Fantasy on Amazon

Carissa Broadbent

Book 4 in the Crowns of Nyaxia series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A shadowborn saga's second chapter, where fallen power and forbidden attraction collide at the edge of dusk. Epic dark fantasy stakes meet slow-burn devotion.

At a glance

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is book 4 in Carissa Broadbent’s Crowns of Nyaxia series; to read in order, start with The Serpent & the Wings of Night. Spice 3/5, darkness 4/5 — mid-range for dark romantasy. Among 648 rated dark romantasy books, 34% are less dark and 8% less spicy. Tagged tropes include slow burn, forbidden romance and morally grey MC. It is about as dark as Carissa Broadbent’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.7/5). It runs to 576 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Tropes

Forbidden Romance Morally Grey MC Slow Burn

Book details

Pages: 576
Published: August 2025

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk spice level

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate