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Heart of Night and Fire
by Nisha J. Tuli
3.75 Stars rounded up to 4.
Heart of Night and Fire is the beginning of a series following Zarya, a 20 year old woman who has been kept secret and hidden from the world, and living on the outskirts of the kingdom with her captor/caregiver Row.
What I loved:
Indian-inspired Fantasy Setting
Cool and unique magic system
Found Family
Interesting Characters
Overall review: Fun premise, lots of promise for an interesting world and action-packed plot line, an FMC who can take care of herself, thank you!, and some slight pacing issues early on that improve a lot over the course of the book.
I don’t think I’ve ever said this about a book before, but I think there should have been more of this one. Most authors seem to struggle to edit out unnecessary filler that bogs a story down but this book could have benefitted from a little more added into it! The beginning of the story suffered from ‘first book’ issues a bit, but in a different way than I’m used to. The beginning is so action packed that- while definitely not boring- I felt as though I didn’t get much time to sit with Zarya and thus connect with her character. The pacing is just a bit off in the beginning, but I can happily say that the rest of it has much better pacing and I did get to understand the characters better later on.
This book is clearly a lot of set up for what promises to be a great series. That being said, if you’re looking for enemies to lovers romance you’re going to have to wait for book 2. If it’s with the character it seems like it will be with, it sounds fun but as of right now I’m not entirely certain who Zarya’s enemy is supposed to be. There is some romance in here, but it’s more forbidden than enemies, and I have no doubt that we’ll get a lot more of that in book 2.
I hope that we get to see Zarya’s character evolve as well. For being 20 she is pretty naive and love-starved, seeming to cling to anyone who will show her any kindness. I suppose that makes sense for her character given that she’s been cut off from any contact with the outside world her whole life, but it’s still a bit off-putting to read and prevented me from really connecting with her during the beginning of the book.
But despite these issues Heart of Night and Fire was a fun read, and I look forward to continuing the series and seeing these characters evolve and the story unfold!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
Heart of Night and Fire is the beginning of a series following Zarya, a 20 year old woman who has been kept secret and hidden from the world, and living on the outskirts of the kingdom with her captor/caregiver Row.
What I loved:
Indian-inspired Fantasy Setting
Cool and unique magic system
Found Family
Interesting Characters
Overall review: Fun premise, lots of promise for an interesting world and action-packed plot line, an FMC who can take care of herself, thank you!, and some slight pacing issues early on that improve a lot over the course of the book.
I don’t think I’ve ever said this about a book before, but I think there should have been more of this one. Most authors seem to struggle to edit out unnecessary filler that bogs a story down but this book could have benefitted from a little more added into it! The beginning of the story suffered from ‘first book’ issues a bit, but in a different way than I’m used to. The beginning is so action packed that- while definitely not boring- I felt as though I didn’t get much time to sit with Zarya and thus connect with her character. The pacing is just a bit off in the beginning, but I can happily say that the rest of it has much better pacing and I did get to understand the characters better later on.
This book is clearly a lot of set up for what promises to be a great series. That being said, if you’re looking for enemies to lovers romance you’re going to have to wait for book 2. If it’s with the character it seems like it will be with, it sounds fun but as of right now I’m not entirely certain who Zarya’s enemy is supposed to be. There is some romance in here, but it’s more forbidden than enemies, and I have no doubt that we’ll get a lot more of that in book 2.
I hope that we get to see Zarya’s character evolve as well. For being 20 she is pretty naive and love-starved, seeming to cling to anyone who will show her any kindness. I suppose that makes sense for her character given that she’s been cut off from any contact with the outside world her whole life, but it’s still a bit off-putting to read and prevented me from really connecting with her during the beginning of the book.
But despite these issues Heart of Night and Fire was a fun read, and I look forward to continuing the series and seeing these characters evolve and the story unfold!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!