«How wonderful and terrifying it was to have someone so close to your heart.»

This was an enjoyable read. We follow Enid the current reincarnation of the goddess Eos who has been hunted by an immortal men for over two hundred years, Enid has known all her life that her destiny is to die at the hands of this man but what she didn’t know was that she was gonna be brought back to life with the mission of finally killing the immortal men and that to ensure her survival she was going to be assigned a bodyguard whose name is Locke.

I found the worldbuilding interesting and I really liked the idea of the hunters and magicians and their different types of magic, we even had necromancers. We also had an ample cast of characters with different points of view which helped to have a better understanding of the world.

The relationship between Enid and Locke was one of my favorite things their dynamic and how their feelings developed from a one night stand to forever felt natural. In short I definitely recommend this book and look forward to the next book since this was the author debut and I think she’ll only get better from here.

Huge thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for this book.

I have to open this review by saying I did not finish this book. I got a little over 20% in before I DNF'd. I stopped reading this book because I was having trouble following the storyline. It felt very choppy and like we were RUSHING through the story, which was confusing given that I was only 20% through the book. I at first chalked this up to the main character having just been resurrected (that's gotta do something to you brain), but as it continued in this herky jerky fashion, I found it too much to keep up with. I felt like that first 20% could've been its own story, not crammed into the beginning of this one. I was initially really hooked with the way it started, I was intrigued by Enid's position as a reincarnated god and how we began with her murder (how often does a story start with the main character's murder?? that's NEAT). But from there its just felt like a bunch of loosley connected scenes strung together without much reason. The introduction of Carta felt dropped in and unexplained.

The writing style and pacing just isn't for me. I think the concept of this story is really interesting and I hope people as loving the sapphic knight energy. However, it isn't enough to get me past the disjointed structure.

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A Body Not Her Own is a sweet and simple romantasy set in a modern-ish world with magic, where gods are real and they can be killed and reincarnated. The focus is of course on the romance between the main character Enid and her bodyguard Locke, but there's some attempts at a bigger worldbuilding. The world feels like a generic fantasy world, not very developed, but the premise of the book is intriguing enough.

The relationship between Enid and Locke grows organically, from a heated one-night-stand to a love that defies all. The two of them have an easy banter that's fun to witness, but there's also drama and more serious moments. I love the bodyguard trope, and the book does not disappoint in that regard, with many istances where Enid has to be protected. But she's not a helpless damsel in distress, on the contrary she can defend herself. Locke on the other hand is the typical grizzled warrior who thinks she cannot have what she wants, and it's fun to see her lower her walls.

The supporting cast is big and varied, and from a specific moment forward we also have a few new povs, which was unexpected and a welcome change. A good number of characters are necromancers, which brings some novelty to the narration.

A Body Not Her Own is a nice debut.

I only read a couple pages of this book. The formatting is weird. The plot isn’t the plot you’d expect, as in “reincarnation.” It’s already a disconnected, confusing jumble in the beginning. Not reading more to see if everything evens out.