About the Book
She restores the city's shattered past, but her own is a mystery that could burn the world to ash.
Caelin is a restorer of broken things. In the city of Elowen's Fall, built on the ruins of a divine catastrophe, she lives a life of logic and precision. But her carefully ordered world is fracturing. Vivid dreams of falling with impossible violet wings and a man's voice calling a name that isn't hers haunt her nights.
The dreams are just the beginning. Ancient glyphs blaze with light at her touch. A searing pain awakens a strange, wing-shaped mark on her skin. Caelin's analytical mind is crumbling, replaced by a magic she can neither explain nor control.
Then he finds her.
Lucan is a man who shouldn't exist, a revenant torn from death's embrace, his very existence tethered to hers. He has searched for centuries for the divine being he swore to protect, the seraph whose love shattered the heavens. Now he's found her in Caelin, but she doesn't remember him, their bond, or the cataclysmic choice that cost them everything.
With every moment of her disbelief, Lucan's borrowed time runs out, threatening to unravel him into nothingness. To save him, Caelin must embrace the impossible truth of her identity. She must unravel the secrets of the Collapse, confront a divine sibling who embodies merciless law, and reclaim a power so immense it once broke the world.
But if remembering her past broke the heavens once, what will happen when she chooses to love him again?
A sweeping epic fantasy romance perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout. If you crave forbidden love, fated mates, soulmarks, gods and mortals, ancient secrets, and a love powerful enough to rewrite destiny, you won't be able to put down this breathtaking series.
Review :
"Ash of the Fallen Star follows Caelin, a restorationist in the ruined city of (E)lowen's Fall, as she uncovers ancient glyphs, haunted memories, and a strange connection to a forgotten divine past. Her dreams are filled with wings of violet flame and a voice calling a name that isn't hers. As mysterious symbols react only to her, and relics stir with unsettling familiarity, a long-dead guardian named Lucan awakens from his tomb, bound to her by a soul-mark and a forgotten vow. The book weaves two stories. Caelin's cautious descent into myth and Lucan's desperate rise from death into a tale about memory, loss, and love that spans lifetimes.
The writing is lush, sometimes lyrical, but it fits the world Novane built. It's dense with memory and layered. I loved how the city itself felt alive, rearranging itself, holding its breath. The glyphs, the rituals, the Restoration Society, all felt real, like they existed before the story even began. Caelin is cautious, observant, and deeply lonely, and her quiet unraveling was as fascinating as it was heartbreaking. Her slow realization that something inside her remembers things she had never lived was powerful. And Lucan, oh, Lucan. His resurrection was brutal and beautiful, and watching him cling to his identity while unraveling was one of the most moving parts of the book for me.
There were moments when the prose felt a bit heavy. At times, I felt the abundance of sensory detail and metaphor made it hard for certain emotional beats to land as sharply as they could have. The dual POV added depth and intrigue, but now and then it slowed the emotional momentum just a touch. Even so, these are minor things in the grand scheme. They didn't take away from the overall power and beauty of the story. The story had weight, and the emotional threads between Caelin and Lucan, tender, aching, restrained, left me feeling wrung out in the best way.
I'd recommend Ash of the Fallen Star to readers who love fantasy steeped in mystery and mood. If you enjoy the quiet build of The Broken Earth trilogy, the tangled timelines of The Starless Sea, or the intimate scale of The Night Circus, this book will feel like a gift. It's for those who like their stories soaked in ruin and wonder, with characters who carry the weight of ancient promises and unspoken love. I'm still thinking about the final chapters." -Literary Titan, July 26, 2025
