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Heavenly Bodies

The Sunday Times bestselling celestial, enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance and Tik-Tok sensation

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Heavenly Bodies

By: Imani Erriu
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
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You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing left to lose.

In a world ruled by the Stars, cruel and merciless gods, Elara has been cursed by fate.

A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both.

Yet when the Star of Wrath and War descends to hunt Elara, the neighbouring kingdom sees an opportunity to take her from her home, the Kingdom of Night, to Helios, Kingdom of Light. Where she strides straight into the arms of an enemy prince.

There, Elara is forced to either let Prince Lorenzo train her into a weapon worthy of battling against the tyrannical reign of the Stars, or to accept her fate.

But there are shadows even within the Kingdom of Light – and they threaten to reveal the darkness in Lorenzo’s past and the ancient magic that slumbers in Elara’s veins.

And with it all, the undeniable, star-crossed pull between them…

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'This book will leave you begging for more from this unique world and scorching romance' Olivia Rose Darling, Fear the Flames

'There are books that lodge themselves into your subconscious, and become a part of you. Heavenly Bodies has joined this list, irrefutably. This is the best debut novel I’ve ever read' Molly Tullis, Consort of Darkness

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A debut romantasy novel from a TikTok phenomenon, it wouldn’t be a surprise if this follows in the hallowed halls of Sarah J Maas and others who have made this genre so popular
A scorching romance (Olivia Rose Darling, author of Fear the Flames)
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I enjoyed the premise of this book and I kept listening for it to get better. There were some clever little twists, but ultimately it felt like romantasy by numbers as we formulaically went from plot point to plot point with very little to distract you from the quick shift between events and stilted writing. It was very “and Enzo did x and then Isra did y” and felt like it could have used more of a show not tell approach. Not yet convinced I’ll read book two as I’m honestly not invested in their story.

Great premise

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I loved this book so much. The story was wonderful, the characters are well written and the writing is lovely. If you're a fan of romantasy then you can't go wrong here. Brilliant! Can't wait for book two!

A fantastically engaging story!

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Surprisingly I did not expect to enjoy this book however I did and will be reading the rest of the series. The audio book version was also very well narrated which made me enjoy it even more. I Have not heard any books read by Jane Collingwood before however I hope to here more in the future.

“You know the most dangerous kind of villain? A woman with nothing left to lose.”

In a world ruled by the cruel and merciless Stars, Elara has been cursed by fate. A prophecy promises she will fall for a Star, but that it will kill them both.

So when Ariete, Star of Wrath, War and Chaos, descends to wreak havoc on Elara’s kingdom, she flees her home—the Kingdom of Night—for the neighbouring Helios, Kingdom of Light.

And strides straight into the arms of an enemy prince.

Fearing that Ariete might turn his sights to Helios next, Prince Lorenzo is forced to train Elara as a weapon—one worthy of battling against the tyrannical reign of the Stars. But there are shadows even within the Kingdom of Light—and they threaten to reveal the darkness in Lorenzo’s past and the ancient magic that slumbers in Elara’s veins.

And with it all comes an undeniable, star-crossed pull between Elara and Lorenzo that neither can seem to resist...

This is the description for heavenly bodies, I’ve included this as I feel it explains the basic idea of the book better than I could write myself. Elara is a very well developed character as is Enzo. If you are not a fan of heavy romance then you may not be a fan of this book.

The world building and magic system is very interesting. Each character has gifts linked to which ever side they are on the dark or the light. I will probably need to do another reread in the future to really grasp the magic system fully as there was a lot to take in however it’s different than any other I’ve read before even with my limited experience of reading fantacy.

I suspect we’ll learn more about the gifts in the other books, I am still quite a beginner to fantacy however I do feel that all readers of fantacy would be able to read and enjoy this book. I will be trying the other books in this series as I’m keen to know how Elara and Enzo’s story continues.

Looking forward to the rest of the series.

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I enjoyed the story, which is a romance set in a fantasy universe. The book was very good at hooking the reader in and I wanted to know the fate of the main characters, but at times there were several cringey moments, like when the author uses the F word a bit too much or tries to stretch out the point when the two main characters kiss. There was some interesting world building going on, and I like the foreshadowing in the storyline. Although at times the dialogue and interaction of the characters seemed like something from a book written for teenagers. At one point towards the end of the book, one of the main characters does a terrible act and then is congratulated by the other main character, which left me wondering whether this was an intentional breaking bad moment for both characters or just an over simplification by the author.

Good world building

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I had really enjoyed this book by the end but I had to push on through by about mid-point. The story between the two main characters wasn’t always believable and they are the crux of the plot. The narrative misses backstory at various points and you’re left unbelieving how they got there, like when Elara goes to ‘rescue’ Susannah. It’s just wasn’t believable. The ending was good. Hopefully book 2 brings it together better

Bit slow at times

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