The stars are dying

A Court of Thorns and Roses meets The Hunger Games in the first in the Nytefall series. Astraea only knows the four walls of the manor where she's lived for the past five years. She remembers nothing of her time before the manor--only that she was brought there by a man she thought was her savior. But when Astraea meets Nyte, a handsome phantom with eyes of molten gold, Astraea realizes that the manor is a prison. Astraea is able to escape and join her best friend on a journey to observe the Libertatum, a deadly competition that grants immunity from vampire attacks for the winner's kingdom, along with immortality for the winner. Along the way, though, circumstances force Astraea into the competition. Astraea is determined to win, but if the vampires don't kill her first, the truth might. The Stars Are Dying delivers on common romantasy tropes but under-delivers with convoluted world building and two-dimensional characters. Romantasy readers might look past these flaws for the steamy scenes though.