A Curse Bright and Breathing

Her Fangs in My Heart, Book 2

De: Moira Darling

Narrado por: Lindsey Dorcus, Krystal Hammond

A holy sacrifice. A faithless mercenary. A fate born of blood and moonlight.

Naera has spent her life behind sacred walls—glowing under moonlight, raised to die for a goddess she's never heard speak. But when her name rises for the altar, she runs. She doesn't get far. Not before the woman from her dreams steps out of the dark with shackles in one hand and a blade in the other.

Selis is a mercenary who doesn't believe in gods, only gold. Cold, cunning, and hard to kill, she takes the job like any other: retrieve the cult's escaped holy daughter and deliver her—breathing—for a reward soaked in blood money. But the vampire is softer than she expected. And stranger? She truly glows.

Chained together by fate and flame, they'll have to decide what's worth saving: duty, themselves… or each other.

A Curse Bright and Breathing is a standalone steamy sapphic vampire romantasy with a full arc and an HEA. It's part of an interconnected world, but can be enjoyed on its own. Some tropes you'll find inside: enemies-to-lovers; captor/captive; fated mates; touch her and die vibes; slow burn; forced proximity; morally gray FMC; mocking pet names that become real; dreams of her before they meet; masc/femme.

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second book was an upgrade

Incredible storyline, character development, and world building! The first book was like scratching an itch. This second book is like a deep massage.

Grew to really love the characters

Performance and writing was great. I really grew to love the main characters. Romance and plot.

Great narrators, amazing book

When I read Moira Darling's first book "A Hunger Soft and Wild", I was sure that the spark of creation was hidden in her, I expected her to continue painting beautiful fairy-tale scenes, with elegant language, filigree strokes, but I did not expect that her second book would be even deeper and more hauntingly beautiful. If in "A Hunger Soft and Wild" it can be assumed that there was some gentle timidity in the first steps of a debuting author, then here this tenderness of uncertainty is missing. I fell in love with Selis in the first book, her image rough and rich, promising to unfold like an ancient book full of secrets, lured me to want more of Moira's elixir. And "A Curse Bright and Breathing" did not let me down. The book sucked me in like a whirlpool in still water, unexpectedly and inevitably like fate. The vision of the fragile and beautiful Naera, almost unearthly, ethereally gentle, but also hiding an enormous power within herself, was intoxicating. The chemistry between both Selis and Naera is dynamic, constant, the book can be described as a slow burn, but in reality I didn't feel a too slow rhythm for a moment - every action unfolds at the perfect moment. Moira's language is poetic, I don't believe I've read another author who so masterfully twists words, gives them shape, step, verse. Breathtakingly beautiful. Filigree. Her trademark.


If you thought that vampires should be presented as cruel bloodsuckers and that this is the only worthy image for them, read Moira's books. After them you will understand that some monsters do not have fangs, but wear worshiping robes and arrows of sweet-poisonous lies, tearing the truths apart. Moira Darling manages to turn a fantasy series into a beautiful adventure with wise messages woven into the fabric of the images. Her stories in the series "Her Fangs in My Heart" resurrect true love and promise that it is possible everywhere - always stronger than anything.


In conclusion, I can only add that Moira is a masterful psychologist, poet and writer, that is always pleasure to read. Naera and Selis, as well as Aria and Roan, are so well developed that they seem to be alive, with hearts made of paper, beating madly and ready to spill their last drop of ink for love, truth, faith and eternal adoration. It may sound exaggerated, but I believe with all my heart that her works are among those that will leave a bright mark on the genre, like the footsteps of Terry Pratchett or J.R.R. Tolkien shine bright now for all of us.


What more do you need to know?! GO FOR IT, taste these rare holy fruits, I promise, you won't regret choosing Moira Darling!


I also want to express my deep gratitude to Moira - it was a pleasure to read you until the last page and the last word! Thank you for sharing your world of fantasy with us!

A Curse Bright & Breathing

I was not a fan of the story and felt like it was very slow.