Cursed Stars Books in Order

Cursed Stars continues Lexi Ryan's fae fantasy world after the events of the These Hollow Vows duology. The series shifts attention to new central characters while keeping the human realm, the shadow court, the Wild Fae, dangerous prophecies, and the political trouble that earlier books set in motion. It is romantic fantasy with multiple points of view, court intrigue, and relationships that grow under pressure.

Beneath These Cursed Stars follows Princess Jasalyn, known as Jas, and Felicity, a shape-shifter with a prophecy hanging over her life. Jas has an enchanted ring that allows her kiss to bring death, and she secretly uses it while hunting enemies of the human realm. Felicity can take Jas's shape, a skill that gives the two women a way to pursue separate missions when rumors spread that the dangerous fae king Mordeus may be returning.

The stakes are bigger than one romance.

Jas works alongside Kendrick as she tries to stop Mordeus, while Felicity moves closer to Misha, king of the Wild Fae, in search of a way home and a way out of her fate. Both women have reasons to hold back from love. Jas has been living with anger and grief, while Felicity has spent years trying to evade the future predicted for her family. Their romantic connections raise the emotional stakes without making the dangers around them disappear.

Between These Broken Hearts continues the story with Jas under a deadly bargain and a strict deadline. Felicity is missing, and the people who care about her must reckon with the prophecy that has shaped her life. The series builds toward conflict involving Mordeus and the balance between the human and fae realms.

Cursed Stars has a darker, more expansive feel than Ryan's contemporary romance. It includes assassination plans, magical bargains, disguises, divided loyalties, prophecies, royal responsibility, and forbidden attraction. Still, the emotional core remains personal: people trying to decide whether they can trust themselves, each other, and the futures they have been told are unavoidable.

New readers will get the most from this series by reading These Hollow Vows and These Twisted Bonds first, since Cursed Stars returns to that world after their major events. Once there, the two books should be read in order because the second directly develops threats and relationships established in the first.

Start with Beneath These Cursed Stars, then continue with Between These Broken Hearts. Expect high stakes, shifting alliances, and romances that have to survive magic as well as politics.