Crown of Feyreign Series by S.W. Clarke

Beyond the walls of the last human kingdom, only the ruthless survive.Acid rain has scoured the world for four hundred years, leaving humanity clinging to a single barren stronghold. Eurydice, a lowborn guard, devotes her life to protecting it… until she’s captured by the monsters outside the walls.Dragged into the autumn court of Feyreign, Eurydice finds herself in a realm where strength is survival and softness is prey. Even love there is a blade—beautiful, but made to cut... moreBeyond the walls of the last human kingdom, only the ruthless survive.Acid rain has scoured the world for four hundred years, leaving humanity clinging to a single barren stronghold. Eurydice, a lowborn guard, devotes her life to protecting it… until she’s captured by the monsters outside the walls.Dragged into the autumn court of Feyreign, Eurydice finds herself in a realm where strength is survival and softness is prey. Even love there is a blade—beautiful, but made to cut.When she’s chosen for the court’s deadly trials, Eurydice must fight for a title she never wanted—or die trying. Her assigned partner is Dorian: handsome, unreadable, and bound to the court by a vicious past. He’s meant to keep her alive, yet Eurydice can’t decide if he’s her protector… or her executioner.As politics sharpen and the autumn queen hungers for blood, Eurydice must play a dangerous game—one where the prize is a kingdom, and the cost is everything she thought she knew.A Curse of Storms and Scorn is the first novel in a character-driven romantasy duet filled with deadly trials, courtly intrigue, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a fiercely competent heroine determined to survive on her own terms. Perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Throne of Glass, and The Bridge Kingdom. less

The Festival of the First Light was meant to be a celebration. Instead, it’s a battlefield dressed in silk and song.Summoned to Highmark’s radiant court, Queen Eurydice finds herself dazzling and despised in equal measure. Assassins stalk her every step, sent by rival queens who would rather see her dead than face her in the Killing Fields. Queen Liora, the Dawnmaker, offers Eurydice a glittering alliance—but at a price. If Eurydice refuses, she will be crushed in the final trial... moreThe Festival of the First Light was meant to be a celebration. Instead, it’s a battlefield dressed in silk and song.Summoned to Highmark’s radiant court, Queen Eurydice finds herself dazzling and despised in equal measure. Assassins stalk her every step, sent by rival queens who would rather see her dead than face her in the Killing Fields. Queen Liora, the Dawnmaker, offers Eurydice a glittering alliance—but at a price. If Eurydice refuses, she will be crushed in the final trial. If she accepts, she gambles her life on a queen she cannot trust.Her only hope lies in a cursed weapon lost to legend, hidden by the infamous Courtbreaker. To claim it, Eurydice and Dorian must return to the Kingdom of Storms—her forsaken homeland—where acid has scoured the earth and fae are reviled as monsters.But even if she returns with the blade in hand, one truth in a trial where only the bowed are spared, there can be no mercy.A Promise of Ice and Spite is the second novel in a character-driven romantasy duet filled with deadly trials, courtly intrigue, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a fiercely competent heroine determined to survive on her own terms. Perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Throne of Glass, and The Bridge Kingdom. less