CROWNTIDE 4th BOOK

Vanessa Bettencourt
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The highly anticipated fourth novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster

Some worlds deserve to be destroyed…

Love on Lightlark is a dangerous game.

Publisher: Amulet Books (December 2, 2025)

Hardcover: 416 pages

Isla Crown has charted a new destiny and leapt into the unknown, determined to defeat her insidious ancestor, Lark, no matter the cost. But Skyshade is nothing like she anticipated, and she’ll have to use all of her skills just to survive, let alone end Lark for good.

Meanwhile, Grim and Oro would sooner set fire to their own kingdoms than leave Isla stranded on a path toward certain death. But getting her back will involve forging an alliance—if they can find a way to forgive their long history of betrayals.

The key to Isla’s return—and the fate of the realms—lies close to her heart. But in the face of her most powerful enemy yet, will Isla be able to reconcile her past in order to carve a future of her own making?

✨High-stakes "death game" similar to The Hunger Games. The rulers of six realms must convene on an island to break their unique curses. For the curse to end one ruler must die

✨Enemies to Lovers. Isla (the protagonist) is forced to work with rival rulers she is supposed to kill. The friction and distrust eventually turn into romantic tension.

✨Love Triangle

✨Powerless protagonist

✨Six realms: Wildling (Nature/Forest), Starling (Stars), Moonling (Moon), Sunling (Sun/Light), Skyling (Sky), Nightshade (Darkness/Shadows)

About the author

Alex Aster is a #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author as well as an internationally bestselling author and one of the most followed novelists on social media. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied creative writing, and is also the author of Summer in the City and the critically acclaimed Emblem Island series. Explore the world of Lightlark at asterverse.com.