An entrancing childhood friends to lovers romance, that is quite original. I fell in love with Tuck and Emily, Tuck and his family story captured my heart and I understand his possessiveness. The body guard trope does it for me everytime! I loved that Emily grew up to be a pop star and hired Tuck as her body guard. I did not see the solar flare coming, it made this love story so original and while I won’t spoil anymore of the story - you need to make this a must read!

Thank you NetGalley for this arc! This book was so different than any other romance book I’ve read! The childhood friends to lovers is always one of my favorites.

She can write characters that you can love and empathize with even if they pissed you off. I loved this no doubt

3.5 rounded up!

I definitely don’t think I have ever read a book that combines the romance and dystopian genre, but I’m a fan of both so I was excited to read this book. It definitely worked in a lot of ways, but not in every way.

I have not read anything by Mia Sheridan previously but as an author, I feel like I would probably expect her books to write with me between a three and a four. I felt like some of the dialogue just wasn’t natural, and some characters were more like caricatures. However , I really did enjoy this book for the most part. The one thing I think people might end up having a problem with is getting more interested in either the romance plotline or the dystopian plot line, and growing board with the other. It’s almost like you have to have different parts of your brain activated for different things going on. One minute it’s action and deaf and the next minute it’s romance angst and lots of sexual tension. I found it a little difficult to go back-and-forth, and honestly found myself more drawn to the romantic storyline, which is shocking for me because man, I love the end of the world for some reason.

I do not think this book will be for everyone, but I will be checking out more by Mis Sheridan for future mind-escape reads even though I know it won’t be like this one.

To say this book is a journey is an understatement. In the world today, too many of us are oblivious to what can happen if there is a disaster. "When the world is plunged into darkness, who would you turn to?" This book follows the story of Emily and Tuck, two childhood friends who grew up and took very different paths but now they are reunited - if only begrudgingly. When a solar flair disrupts the grid and downs their plane, they have to figure out how to not only survive but come to terms with the loss of life as the knew it. And then, how do they get home? With an interesting concept like the last of us from HBO, we are brought on the road with them trying to take the next step in a long journey. This book was absolutely incredible and by far, one of my favorite reads of the year so far. It also gave me a lot to think about and talk to my family about. What would we do? Would we be part of the 90%? Or could we overcome the challenges and be part of the 10%?

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC

I have read many of Mia Sheridan books and have loved them. This one I picked from Netgalley just because she was the author and I saw it was a Romance and those tend to be my go to genres. With that being said it thought the first 1/4 of the book was great and really peaked my interest but once the sola flare happened and they started making their journey back to California the story kinda got a little crazy and unbelievable. I once again got intrigued and invested in what was going to happen after the 1/2 way point but with the last chapters I just wanted it over with.
2.5⭐️

Again, I’m not big on fantasy or crazy world happenings so those may be your thing and you will devour this book but for me it was too up and down.

An intense, wild ride. Definitely more on the serious side, with less romance. Overall a fun book with a unique plot.

I feel like this story started out strong, but by the middle of it, it just wasn’t hitting for me. It seemed to be a bit underwhelming especially for a dystopian world. Cute love story, but I think there needed to be a lot more character development overall.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Anything Mia Sheridan is an instant read for me so when I got the ok for an ARC for her book I jumped in head first. I didn't even read the synopsis of the story and it kind of took me by surprise when I realized it was a dystopian story. The characters were great like always and had me rooting for them right away. The movie star boyfriend got on my nerves and the outcome of that made me happy haha. But like always I enjoyed this story from start to finish (especially the epilogue)

Thank you NetGalley and Mia for this copy in exchange for a review. This one was unfortunately not for me, I think the story absolutely could have been interesting but it just didn’t land. Tuck was the only bearable character, and although Emily seemed to redeem herself, I only liked how she was viewed through Tuck’s eyes. Disappointed 💔

It’s not the usual romance we are used to, from Mia Sheridan. The love story is a sub plot. The main focus in on the doomsday apocalyptic situation the characters find themselves in , and how they deal with it

I can with 1000% certainty say that I have never read a story like this before! Mia's writing always captivates me and I find her storytelling so easy to escape into and even though this wasn't my absolute favorite of hers, I did really enjoy how unique this book was.

Emily and Tuck have known each other since birth and have spent decades in each other's orbit until their lives go in veryyyy opposite directions. After years of not speaking, Emily has become an extremely popular musician under the stage name "Nova", where Tuck is freshly released from prison and is working to get his life back on track. When Emily's mom convinces her to hire Tuck as part of her security team, the two are back to spending most of their time together and are on their way to an event across the country with Emily's boyfriend, Charlie, when their plan suddenly drops from the sky. For a reason unknown to them, the entire electrical grid has collapsed and all technology has stopped working. The world as they know it has turned into survival of the fittest and the three of them must hike across the United States back to safety.

I enjoyed this! This story definitely kept me entertained and was action packed from the beginning. Again, this isn't my favorite Mia Sheridan book by any means, but I think if you are interested in dystopian stories full of adventure- this book is for you!

- childhood friends to lovers
- second chance (ish)
- enemies to lovers
- bodyguard romance
- famous singer FMC
- dystopian world

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for the advance read!

Heart of the Sun focuses on Emily and Tuck, childhood friends, who meet again when life has taken them on two very different paths. Tuck is an ex-con while Emily is on her way to stardom. When their worlds are plunged into darkness, everything changes. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance reader copy of this title in exchange for my honest review.

Let me just say, I have loved every other book that I have read by Mia Sheridan and this book was no different! I was captured by the characters right from the start. The main male character could make a girl swoon and give Archer a run for his money. The main female character was bold and made me laugh at times. The banter between them was fantastic. It was gut wrenching, pulled at your heart strings, exciting, but also very thought provoking. I love how the book told a realistic story of how things could be if a major catastrophe hit the nation.

I loved this the second it started, but then it shifted. I knew from description that it would become about survival, but I didn’t realize how extreme it would get. The love story aspect I liked so much BUT the rest, just wasn’t for me. I finished it by skipping a lot of the storyline once it got further along. I could have skipped to the epilogue and just had it all summed up. This wasn’t my cup of tea, but it was interesting so I’m giving it 3 stars. Thank you NetGalley for ththe ARC.

3.5 stars.
This is my first Mia Sheridan book and I had no idea what I was in for. First, I don't really think "a love story" should be on the cover as this is a slllllooooow burn. It is way more of an end of the world/dystopian setting book for me. I'd love more of the before: the tension building in their childhood, Emily thinking about her unrequited love for Tuck as she becomes a star or how Tuck inspired her music career.

I read some dark stuff, but I could have used trigger warnings for this one as I started reading it on Inauguration day as a 40 year old mom... do not recommend that as my anxiety was booming.

Ultimately I enjoyed this book, but I still think marketing it as a love story is misleading. It is a survival story. They aren't just sharing a bed/sleeping bag to keep warm like I was expecting.

Thank you to Net Galley and Harlequin Trade Publishing | Canary Street Press for the ARC.

Childhood friends Tuck Mattice and Emily Swanson are now adults. After being separated for 13 years later, they are now back in each others lives. Emily is now a rising pop star and needs to hire security. She hires Tuck an ex con who is trying to start over. As they are traveling together , the solar flare hits and life as we know it has changed. Emily and Tuck has to learn to work together to survive. They find themselves falling in love and protecting each other at all costs. This childhood friends to lovers and second chances has it all. I couldn’t put this book down until I knew if they were safe and sound. I highly recommend this book.

I liked the tropes that this book had like celebrity
+ bodyguard, childhood friends and the end of the world plot. But the follow through on these were not great in my opinion. The MMC Tuck was only Emily’s bodyguard for like 2 chapters. They were childhood friends but lost touch after his mom died while he was teenager. There’s tension when he becomes her bodyguard but I’m not really understanding why she’s upset with him for being distant after such a traumatic life event like his mom’s death. The end of the world plot was more of the main focus over the romance. Emily is literally in another relationship for half the book but even when her and Tuck start to fall for each other the world ending stuff overshadowed it. Like the details about all the death/destruction or the parts about someone they encountered tryna steal resources were much more fleshed out than the romantic parts. I usually like this trope because there’s not much else to do at the end of the world besides survive and fall in love but this book focused too much on survival for me and was kind of depressing.

Thank you Netgallery for the ARC. I loved this book. I kept wanting to pick this book up and dive back into this world. So different from any romance I’ve read before. I really enjoyed the dystopian aspects that this book brought and it was so fun watching Tuck and Emily navigate this world.

This book was more than a little unnerving, with the fires still raging in the Palisades and climate change becoming increasingly destructive. The plot centers around the premise of a solar flare that knocks all power grids offline and the resulting chaos and mayhem that our hero and heroine, Tuck and Emily, are forced to confront as they travel across the country to their childhood homes. It's a little bit of a second chance romance, but I wish there had been more history laid out in the beginning, to help bolster the emotions on the back end. The middle of the book is a tad slow, but Ms. Sheridan picks up the pace toward the end in a satisfying way. It was good and I liked it, but it had potential for even more. Hopefully, someone in editing catches the errors that are still remaining, including the copied and pasted paragraphs I found a few chapters apart.
Thank you for NetGalley and Harlequin Trade for the eARC! All opinions are my own.