![]() Last year I reviewed Aru Shah and the End of Time, the first title to be published by this imprint, and, while I found it well written and entertaining, and I loved learning about Hindu mythology, I also found it very similar to Riordan's writing with the fast paced action and black and white, good and evil themes. While the number of middle grade novels featuring people of color is slowly rising, I find most of the titles fall into the genre of realistic fiction and historical fiction and it's great to see people of color in all genres. To this I want to add that I especially value this imprint's focus on the genres of fantasy and science fiction. Despite this, I have great appreciation for his Rick Riordan Presents imprint - for his willingness to lend his name to a series of books that he does not benefit from financially and his recognition that these are stories (and authors) from underrepresented cultures and backgrounds that need to be told. ![]() I am not a fan of Rick Riordan's style of writing, which I would categorize (somewhat unfairly and too briskly) as big on action and light on reflection. I have to confess, I was predisposed not to like it. ![]() ![]() I absolutely LOVE and cannot stop thinking about this beautiful, rich, warm, generous gift of a book Carlos Hernandez has written. ![]()
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