Below is the complete list of Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers books in reading order, presented in publication order for the series by Carissa Broadbent. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series.
Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers Series
- Slaying the Vampire Conqueror (2023)
- Slaying the Shifter Prince (2023)
(By Clare Sager) - Slaying the Frost King (2023)
(By Candace Robinson, Elle Beaumont) - Slaying the Naga King (2023)
(By Jessica M. Butler) - Slaying the Shadow Prince (2023)
(By Helen Scheuerer)
About Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers Series
Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers needs a little clarification from the outset, because it is not a conventional Carissa Broadbent series in the same sense as Crowns of Nyaxia or The War of Lost Hearts. It is a multi-author fantasy romance project built around a shared branding concept rather than a single continuous storyline written by one author. Broadbent’s place within it comes through Slaying the Vampire Conqueror, which is her contribution to that collaborative line. So while the reading-order title is useful for cataloging purposes, the real context readers need is that this is not a self-contained Broadbent saga with several sequential installments by her.
That distinction matters because it changes how the book should be read. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror is a standalone novel, and it also belongs to the world of Crowns of Nyaxia. In other words, it sits at the intersection of two frameworks: externally, it was marketed as part of the broader Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers collaboration; internally, within Broadbent’s own bibliography, it functions as a connected Crowns of Nyaxia world novel. For readers primarily interested in Broadbent rather than the larger collaboration, that second identity is the one that matters most.
Because of that, publication order is less about following a strict sequence within Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers itself and more about placing Broadbent’s book correctly within her own fantasy universe. The shared collaboration label does not mean the books by the different authors build one cumulative plot. They are linked more by premise, tone, and marketing concept than by narrative dependence. Broadbent’s novel can stand on its own, but it gains extra resonance when read with some familiarity with the Crowns of Nyaxia setting. That is where its deeper connections lie.
What makes Slaying the Vampire Conqueror fit Broadbent so well is that it carries many of the elements that define her strongest work: danger wrapped tightly around attraction, emotionally burdened characters, divine or political pressure, and a fantasy world in which devotion and violence are never far apart. Even when she writes a book that is structurally standalone, she tends to give it a sense of emotional and historical weight. The relationship at the center matters because the surrounding world is unstable, coercive, and costly. That is one of her clearest signatures as a writer.
Tonally, this entry aligns well with the darker romantasy mode Broadbent readers already expect. The appeal is not simply “monster lovers” as a trope in isolation, but the way she places intimacy under strain from larger forces: conquest, loyalty, faith, power, and survival. That keeps the novel from feeling like a gimmick built around a catchy collaborative title. It reads much more like a Broadbent fantasy romance that happens to have been included in a themed multi-author project.
That is also why this reading-order page should be understood carefully. For Broadbent completists, Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers is not a separate major series to work through as a unified arc by one author. It is better viewed as a category under which one Broadbent novel appears. Readers who want the fullest picture of her bibliography should absolutely include it. Readers trying to understand her core series architecture, however, should see it as adjacent rather than central.
In practical terms, Mortal Enemies to Monster Lovers is a collaborative label, while Broadbent’s real contribution within it is a standalone fantasy romance that belongs more naturally beside her Crowns of Nyaxia work than beneath a wholly separate internal series map.