Is there really no fandom whatsoever for Carissa Broadbent on here?

Why?

I mean, there is, but there are about three of us total.

Every book I read in 2023: Children Of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent

"You were the one who wanted to save the world,” he said, quietly. “I just wanted to save you."

Max is the most relateable book charcter ever

- Maxantarius Farlione, Children of the Fallen Gods

children of the fallen gods (the war of lost hearts series) by carissa broadbent

Here’s a little oneshot of holiday fluff, written as a Secret Santa gift for @daevastanner

I’m so glad you love it and I hope it brings joy to more people!

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I just finished The War of Lost Hearts series by Carissa Broadbent and I loved it. It was such a magnificent series and I feel that if you really enjoy the Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas then you should give this series a try. Its only a trilogy so it's not as much as a commitment but it has sort of a similar vibe. I would definitely recommend this series (plus it's a completed trilogy so you don't have to wait for any sequels to come out).

anyway this is nura from carissa broadbent’s war of lost hearts, she deserves more fan art

I haven’t been on in a while but I wanted to get on to say that The War if Lost Hearts is the most criminally underrated, best series ever.

You’ve got grumpy/sunshine, badass female protagonist, a “who did this to you?” scene, and so much more!! It’s dark but still has so much love and is just. So, so good. I will never shut up about how much I adore this criminally underrated series. There is absolutely nothing I disliked about this book. This is my favorite trilogy ever, up there tied with my favorite series ever. There’s no miscommunication and the characters handle hard situations maturely. It’s dark at times and deals with slavery, torture, and the injustices that entails, but it’s also empowering and full of hope and funny quips. The characters are lovable and complex. The pacing is the best pacing of any book. The romance is sweet yet still full of tension. The plot is incredible. I cannot recommend this book enough. It flawlessly balances the mundanity of living with the largeness of this universe and literal world ending stakes. She balances joy and grief, laughter and sorrow, trauma and healing. It’s a true feat when your heart aches with all of it at the same time. Each book is incredible. The character I was hesitant to love in the first book had me sobbing with the realism and heartache that I felt for her in the last book. If you listen to the audiobook, the narrators were perfectly cast as well. Tisaanah, the FMC has a language barrier and it’s done so incredibly well, especially when listening to the audiobook. It remains one of my favorite things about Daughter of No Worlds. This series is criminally underrated and I will never understand how it isn’t at the top of booktok. 12/10, move this up to the top of your TBR. And the author has signed copies of all the books on her Etsy! Each book is just as good as the one before it. I’m obsessed with this series. This series is on KU!!

“A story is the thing that proves something existed between life and death.”

-Carissa Broadbent

Did you like the Daughter of No Worlds series or Crowns of Nyaxia better? I feel like most people like the first one but I'm kind of not sure.

I like Crowns of Nyaxia a lot more overall. You can tell how much more confident Carissa is and her improvement as a writer is pretty hard to miss.

Mother of Death and Dawn absolutely slapped, though. Daughter of No Worlds was just okay for me, Children of Fallen Gods was a bit better but too long, but the third book was definitely the most gripping and her best writing in the series.

As a series, I much prefer the smaller scope of Crowns of Nyaxia. Even though the world itself is big and you have warring houses/covens/clans, you still stay with the same characters per duology (so far) and it makes it all a bit neater/tidier. Though I will say Carissa handled the absolutely massive scope of The War of Lost Hearts well--she basically did what George R.R. Martin never could and gave us that huge world without the story becoming a soulless, bland beast of a documentary. I love that she humanizes multiple sides of the war and actually takes the time to build these characters.

I also simply related to Oraya more than Tisaanah even though I loved the latter too. Oraya has her flaws and missteps, but at heart she's not as idealistic as Tisaanah.

Honestly, I think these two series are actually for slightly different readers. There's some overlap, obviously, but I think the people who prefer that true, massive, high fantasy type of world will prefer TWOLH over CON, and those who want to stick more closely with one or two people and a very small part of how they navigate their world will prefer the latter.

I hope this answer makes sense.

Thank you for the ask! These are such small fandoms I love the fact I actually received a question about them.

Mother of Death & Dawn

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Tisaanah and Maxantarius have been ripped apart and Tisaanah is relentless in her efforts to free Max from prison. However, in Ilyzath, Max’s mind is fractured. His past is a mystery and his future lays in the hands of the merciless new queen of Ara. Aefe has been drug back into the fey lands, in a new body, or an old one, but she struggles with accepting who she is. The magic all three of them share will either save the world or destroy it.

This was a perfect ending to the War of Lost Hearts trilogy. Everything comes full circle, and while I am left with a few questions, I have no complaints at all.

on book 2 of the war of lost hearts, children of fallen gods, and it’s kinda 😕

“I think about it all the time. It is a dream so vivid that I know every detail. I know what your eyes look like surrounded by the lines of age. I know what your hand feels like beneath mine weathered by decades of life. I know the way our features look combines in our children, the cadence of their voices, the way you sound when you call their names. And I already love them.”

Children of Fallen Gods by Carissa Broadbent

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