#BookReview Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu @doubledayca @PenguinRandomCA #HeavenlyBodies #ImaniErriu #PenguinReads Title: Heavenly Bodies

Author: Imani Erriu

Series: Heavenly Bodies #1

Published by: Random House Canada on Jan. 14, 2025

Genres: Fantasy

Pages: 496

Format: ARC, Paperback

Source: Penguin Random House Canada

Book Rating: 8.5/10

A runaway TikTok sensation, Heavenly Bodies is the first book in a dazzling new romantasy series that blends mythology and shadow magic with a tantalizing enemies-to-lovers romance that will rewrite the stars.

“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…


Review:

Fantastical, suspenseful, and action-packed!

Heavenly Bodies is a fierce, gripping tale that takes us to both the Kingdoms of Night and Light and into the lives of the powerful, fiery Elara and her nemesis the ruthless, handsome Prince Lorenzo as they reluctantly join forces to battle the King of Stars all while trying to resist the ever-growing attraction quickly building between them.

The prose is intense and passionate. The characters are complex, gifted, and unique. And the plot is a riveting tale of twists, turns, passion, angst, betrayal, wrath, loyalty, heartbreak, duty, sizzling tension, violence, secrets, prophecies, fate, mysterious pasts, and supernatural abilities.

Overall, Heavenly Bodies is an imaginative, seductive, highly entertaining tale by Erriu that’s brimming with bloody battles, grit, determination, heat, sexual chemistry, gods, stars, and other magical elements. It kept me invested and engaged from the very first page and has undoubtedly left me counting down the days until I have the opportunity to read the next novel in the Heavenly Bodies series, Fallen Stars, to find out how this epic adventure will continue.

 

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Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada for gifting me a copy in exchange for an honest review.

 

About Imani Erriu

IMANI ERRIU is the author of the romance fantasy series Heavenly Bodies. She is a graduate from the Manchester Metropolitan University where she received a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. She spent most of her childhood in the forests of the English countryside, which definitely gifted her an overactive imagination. When she isn't crying over her own fictional characters or daydreaming up her next plot twist, she can be found eating pasta and watching "The Office" on repeat.

Photo by Alessia Erriu