The Serpent's Secret
By: Sayantani Dasgupta
Review:
Demon slayer!? Wow! Kiranmala is awesome! In The Serpent’s Secret, you can follow Kiranmala, Neel, and Lal on their journey to save Kiranmala’s parents from being eaten by a demon. Sayantani Dasgupta makes the reader wait in horror while Kiranmala, Lal, and Neel go through a string of dangers. I couldn’t put the book down, because it was so suspenseful and the diverse stream of characters that were introduced slowly held my focus. If you are a fan of mythology, then this may be the book for you because you can learn about Indian folktales and mythology. I hope Sayantani Dasgupta writes another book like this one.
Review was written by Alex
This book was released on February 27, 2018
Official book description:
MEET KIRANMALA:
INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER
(Only she doesn't know it yet.)
On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey . . . until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns out there might be some truth to her parents' fantastical stories-like how Kiranmala is a real Indian princess and how she comes from a secret place, not of this world.
To complicate matters, two crush-worthy princes ring her doorbell, insisting they've come to rescue her. Suddenly, Kiran is swept into another dimension full of magic, winged horses, moving maps, and annoying, talking birds. There she must solve riddles and battle demons all while avoiding the Serpent King of the underworld and the Rakkhoshi Queen in order to find her parents and basically save New Jersey, her entire world, and everything beyond it . . .