They were all males and were basically zombies. Someone stole a bow and arrows and created “the heartless”.

I think I might have liked it even more than book one! Together they’ll battle demons, travel through a glittering and dangerous serpent realm, and discover that their enemy isn’t at all who they expected. For good.īut, for better or worse, she won’t be going it alone.Īlong with her soul-sister, Mini, Aru will team up with Brynne, an ultra-strong girl who knows more than she lets on, and Aiden, the boy who lives across the street and is also hiding plenty of secrets. If she doesn’t find the arrow by the next full moon, she’ll be kicked out of the Otherworld.

If that weren’t bad enough, somehow Aru gets framed as the thief. Instead, they’re turning people into heartless fighting-machine zombies. The god of love’s bow and arrow have gone missing, and the thief isn’t playing Cupid. Pair this with DasGupta's The Serpent's Secret (BCCB 2/18) for an engaging romp through South Asian mythology.Aru Shah and the Song of Death by Roshani ChokshiĪru is only just getting the hang of this whole Pandava thing when the Otherworld goes into full panic mode. This time she focuses on a younger audience and a theme of sisterhood, leavened with plenty of humor, as Aru and Mini face down a beauty-obsessed flesh-eating demon, bargain with the rivaling Seasons, and get help from a feminist god. Much as in her YA books The Star-Touched Queen (BCCB 4/16) and A Crown of Wishes (BCCB 2/17), Chokshi weaves together elements of Hindu religion and Indian folklore to create an engrossing fantasy. Joined by Mini, her friend, and Boo, a snarky bird/possibly fallen god as a guide, Aru must collect three celestial weapons and travel to the Kingdom of Death to destroy the Sleeper. It turns out, though, the curse is real, and she's unleashed a hellish demon and started a chain of events that could lead to world destruction. Now they've showed up to call her bluff, and out of panic, she lights the cursed Lamp of Bharata, thinking she'll pretend to be ensorcelled until the kids leave. Seventh-grader Aru Shah enjoys living above the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, where her mother is the curator, but she may have exaggerated some of the exhibits' supposedly magical elements when talking to classmates.

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