I am a fan of history, a great action-packed story, and a well thought out story that makes me care about what happens.Īs a forty-year-old reviewer traveling through the wonder of middle grade literature, I can’t help but be jealous of the quantity and quality of literature available today. Having read the first Aru Shah in 2018, I have loved her journey, and following the course that Chokshi has set for her heroine has been pure joy. World ending terror is a common plot line to a lot of middle grade novels, and that’s what makes it so fun to read. It seems like the time of destruction is at hand, and Aru and her friends have failed. The citizens of the Otherworld, and the Hindu gods have lost confidence in the Pandavas. News of the world’s imminent destruction is rampant. Can they be heroes without weapons? What good can they do without their magical abilities? How would a group of teenagers defeat a god of mythology? These are just some of the main questions that Aru and her friends are trying to answer as they plunge into their latest adventure. End times are on the horizon.įaced with a lack of a divine arsenal, the Pandavas are forced to confront their own shortcomings. Manipulating Kara, the Sleeper was able to destroy the Pandava’s godly weapons, and he and Kara disappeared to find the Nectar of Immortality. Though they found another Pandava sibling in the form of Kara, who also happened to be Aru’s half-sister, hope for success against the Sleeper (Aru’s father) was dim.

When last left off, Aru and her friends Brynne, Mini, Aiden, Nikita, and Sheela were on the edge of despair. Mythical monsters and gods are deadly, but the most powerful enemy of all is a lack of faith in yourself. In the final battle with the Sleeper, Aru and her friends must overcome the most lethal of enemies of all, doubt. Roshani Chokshi delivers a brilliant coming of age action fest with her final Pandava book, Aru Shah and the Nectar of Immortality.

Aru shah and the nectar of immortality