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Synopsis:
Escaping to the dazzling city of Dharati, Zarya discovers a new world of enchantment and intrigue. With the help of seductive, blood-drinking rakshasa and magic-weaving Aazheri sorcerers, she searches for answers.
But the city is under siege. Every night, dark creatures attack. And since Zarya’s arrival they are growing stronger. To protect her new home, Zarya joins the fight.
As she battles on the walls and hunts through libraries for clues about her gifts, Zarya’s dreams are haunted by a mysterious stranger. Powerful, arrogant and handsome, Rabin sees through her secrets and ignites a desire she cannot resist. But can he be trusted?
When darkness threatens to overwhelm Dharati, Zarya is faced with a deadly choice. Will revealing her magic save the city? Or destroy everything she loves?
Review & thoughts:
Heart of Night and Fire is the first book in Nisha J. Tuli’s newest Fantasy Romance series inspired by Indian mythology. It has so many of my favorite tropes and I enjoyed reading it a lot.
After spending all her life hidden for unknown reasons, all Zarya dreams about is escaping her warden and venturing beyond his lands. When she gets that opportunity, Zarya escapes and is escorted by two soldiers she met in the forest into a beautiful city, quickly manages to find friends and thinks her life will change for the better. But when each day brings her more informations and secrets she never knew and a handsome stranger starts appearing in her dreams, Zarya will have to continue keeping her magic hidden and decide if remaining hidden in the forest wasn’t the better decision after all.
I must admit it took me a while to get fully into this book but the second half more than made up for the confusion I felt reading the beginning. I loved the world building, the author described the Indian culture in such vivid details I felt like I was watching it all instead of reading and the mythology elements were so interesting, I loved reading about them and hope we will get to explore them even more in the next book.
Our main character, Zarya, was really well-written. She was sheltered and annoyed me a lot in the first few chapters with her naivety, but it was amazing to explore this fascinating world alongside her and she grew a lot throughout the book becoming a strong and interesting FMC that I’m sure I’m going to love reading about in the next books in this series. When it comes to romance, I wish there was a bit more of it. It was a really slow slow burn with only a few scenes between Zarya and her love interest, but I loved the tension between them and can’t wait to get more of them in the sequel, having read Nisha’s other books I just know we are getting an amazing enemies to lovers romance in the next book. I also loved the found family trope here, with Zarya spending most of her life without any friends and in hiding, it was great to see her welcomed into a group of friends who became her family, their scenes were so amazing to read.
Heart of Night and Fire is a really great start to a Fantasy Romance series that I really enjoyed and already can’t wait for the next book. If you’ve read Nisha’s other books, I’m sure you’re going to enjoy this one too, and if you’re new to this author, this one is a great place to start, I definitely recommend it!
Rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
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