Release Date: April 7, 2020Published by: Rick Riordan Presents
Read from: April 5-10, 2020Pandava Quartet, #3Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss and the Publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)TW: N/AFor fans of: Fantasy, Mytholoy (Hindu), MG, Series, Adventure, POC MC, POC on cover, Own Voices, Adventure/Quests, LOL
War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. When intelligence from the human world reveals that the Sleeper is holding a powerful clairvoyant and her sister captive, 14-year-old Aru and her friends launch a search-and-rescue mission. The captives, a pair of twins, turn out to be the newest Pandava sisters, though, according to a prophecy, one sister is not true.
During the celebration of Holi, the heavenly attendants stage a massage PR rebranding campaign to convince everyone that the Pandavas are to be trusted. As much as Aru relishes the attention, she fears that she is destined to bring destruction to her sisters, as the Sleeper has predicted. Aru believes that the only way to prove her reputation is to find the Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree that came out of the Ocean of Milk when it was churned. If she can reach it before the Sleeper, perhaps she can turn everything around with one wish.
Careful what you wish for, Aru . . .
"Dude, I'm so hyped for war," said Number Thirty-One." "Like, so hyped. This place is too peaceful and harmonious. Ugh."15%
"Pandavas, you are far more than the things you fight with." "Sure, but also celestial weapons," emphasized Aru."21%
"He told me to write each fear on a piece of paper. Then he turned them into songbirds, to remind me that the things that scare us can also give us joy. We just have to learn how to see them in a different light."22%
"She understood what it meant to wake up from a nightmare only to find you were still caught up in a real-life one."34%
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" asked Aiden. "Of course not!" said [...] cheerfully."60%
Labels: Adventure, Diversity, Fantasy, LOL, Middle Grade, Own Voices, POC MC, POC on Cover