Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava, #2) by Roshani
Chokshi, 381 pages. Disney Hyperion, 2019. $17.
Content: G
BUYING ADVISORY: EL,
MS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Aru and her best friend, Mini, are drawn into an Otherworld crisis when Aru is
accused of stealing the god of love’s arrow.
With the arrow, someone is turning human men into zombies and the only
way to return them to themselves is to steal the arrow and pierce the heart of
the thief. Aru works with Mini, Brynne
(another Pandava) and Aiden (Aru’s across the street neighbor) to follow the
clues to the thief and stop the thief while clearing her name.
I am torn on this review because I love Aru
and think she is hilarious. She has a
younger feel to her, maybe twelve, and her humor and banter is laugh out loud
creative and funny. I’m not sure younger
readers will be patient with the amount of names and terms constantly thrown
out about Indian mythology. It is hard
to keep track of them and some of the characters have multiple names with
multiple powers or other terms. Also,
Aru moves from adventure to adventure throughout the quest and sometimes it
feels like too much crammed into one story.
Overall, I like the Aru Shah series, but I think it will take a
determined reader to stay with the story.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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