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A review by jaywhygeereads
Heart of Night and Fire by Nisha J. Tuli
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
4.5⭐️/5
1.0🌶️/5
First things first. When will the next book of Nightfire Quartet come out because I want to read it immediately! My reaction when Heart of Night and Fire ended was: “Noooooo!! It’s over already?”😭😭😭 Just as all the big secrets were revealed and we were discovering all we wanted to know about our dear Zarya book one ended. Now we have to wait for the next part of Zarya’s journey so I CANNOT WAIT to devour the series.
This is an expansive fantasy world that introduced me to new mythical beings. The world starts small while we’re with Zarya in her lonely, isolated existence. But while Zarya’s world grows outside of the magical barriers that kept her sequestered, so does the fantasy world. There are so many questions Zarya must work through. Why was she sequestered from the rest of the world her whole life? What is the blight and why is it expanding? As she encounters more people and places, who does she trust? Who does she befriend?
On an emotional level I was really able to connect to Zarya’s longing to be part of the outside world and the loneliness and uncertainty that plagued her. She was also a total badass who knew how to fight and wield weapons. I loved not knowing where the story was headed and guessing as I read along, and found myself wanting to savor each moment towards the end since I knew the ride would over soon enough. Can’t stress enough how excited I am for book two.
Read if you love epic fantasy series like ACOTAR, TOG, etc. Not a lot of steam in this one but… maybe to come? 🤗🩶
We get:
Found family
Secrets to uncover
Magical and mystical beings
Self discovery and journey to new places
Battling the big bad
The most delicious descriptions of food 😋
What touched my heart before we even got to chapter one, even before the author’s note was one line: “For every brown girl who wanted to be the chosen one too.” This totally spoke to my inner little brown girl (not a South Asian brown girl but Pacific Islander brown girl) who was always desperately wanting to see herself reflected in the lead character. 🤍
Thank you to NetGalley and Second Sky Books for the ARC. Thoughts and opinions are my own and my review is voluntarily left.
1.0🌶️/5
First things first. When will the next book of Nightfire Quartet come out because I want to read it immediately! My reaction when Heart of Night and Fire ended was: “Noooooo!! It’s over already?”😭😭😭 Just as all the big secrets were revealed and we were discovering all we wanted to know about our dear Zarya book one ended. Now we have to wait for the next part of Zarya’s journey so I CANNOT WAIT to devour the series.
This is an expansive fantasy world that introduced me to new mythical beings. The world starts small while we’re with Zarya in her lonely, isolated existence. But while Zarya’s world grows outside of the magical barriers that kept her sequestered, so does the fantasy world. There are so many questions Zarya must work through. Why was she sequestered from the rest of the world her whole life? What is the blight and why is it expanding? As she encounters more people and places, who does she trust? Who does she befriend?
On an emotional level I was really able to connect to Zarya’s longing to be part of the outside world and the loneliness and uncertainty that plagued her. She was also a total badass who knew how to fight and wield weapons. I loved not knowing where the story was headed and guessing as I read along, and found myself wanting to savor each moment towards the end since I knew the ride would over soon enough. Can’t stress enough how excited I am for book two.
Read if you love epic fantasy series like ACOTAR, TOG, etc. Not a lot of steam in this one but… maybe to come? 🤗🩶
We get:
Found family
Secrets to uncover
Magical and mystical beings
Self discovery and journey to new places
Battling the big bad
The most delicious descriptions of food 😋
What touched my heart before we even got to chapter one, even before the author’s note was one line: “For every brown girl who wanted to be the chosen one too.” This totally spoke to my inner little brown girl (not a South Asian brown girl but Pacific Islander brown girl) who was always desperately wanting to see herself reflected in the lead character. 🤍
Thank you to NetGalley and Second Sky Books for the ARC. Thoughts and opinions are my own and my review is voluntarily left.