Blog Tour: THE CURSED CARNIVAL Review and Giveaway

I am so excited to be part of this multiverse tour for THE CURSED CARNIVAL AND OTHER CALAMITIES by Roshani Chokshi, J.C. Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Carlos Hernandez, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, and Rick Riordan Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. I've always been drawn to mythology and that inevitably led me to Rick Riordan and Rick Riordan Presents. Take a look at my thoughts of this book and enter the giveaway at the bottom.

 

    

About The Book:

Title: THE CURSED CARNIVAL AND OTHER CALAMITIES : New Stories About Mythic Heroes

Author: Roshani Chokshi, J.C. Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Carlos Hernandez, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, and Rick Riordan

Pub. Date: September 28, 2021

Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 496

Find it:  Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents ten new stories--including one of his own--about beloved heroes that sprang from the imaginations of some of the best middle grade authors working today.

A cave monster . . . an abandoned demon . . . a ghost who wants to erase history . . . a killer commandant . . . These are just some of the challenges confronting the young heroes in this highly entertaining anthology.

All but one of the heroes previously starred in a popular book from Rick Riordan Presents. You''ll be reunited with Aru Shah, Zane Obispo, Min the fox spirit, Sal and Gabi, Tristan Strong, Nizhoni Begay, Paola Santiago, Sikander Aziz, and Riley Oh. Who is the new hero? Read Rick Riordan''s short story to find out!

Ten bestselling and award-winning middle grade authors contributed to this collection: Roshani Chokshi, J.C. Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Carlos Hernandez, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, and Rick Riordan, who also served as the editor.

The cultures represented by these own-voices stories are: Indian, Mesoamerican, Korean, Cuban, Black American, African, Navajo, Mexican, Mesopotamian, and Celtic.

There’s something for everyone in this collection of fast-paced and funny adventure stories that show what it takes to be a hero in any time, setting, and universe.

 

This book was absolutely amazing. It’s a multiverse of the various Rick Riordan Presents characters with 10 individual stories based around these characters. The stories aren’t overly long usually around 50-80 pages it seems. A good length to allow the conflict to build up while also not feeling dragged out.

These stories were amazing! Each story featured a different character who had a different problem to solve, but each of them had a hero’s journey to go on. It was amazing to read about the various myths and creatures that were featured in these stories. No two stories dealt with their problem in the exact same way, and I especially loved the creativity that the various heroes employed in order to solve the problem.

This is an anthology which means that I did like some stories more than others. I will admit that my favorites were probably The Cave of Doom by J.C. Cervantes and The Loneliest Demon by Sarwat Chadda. One of my favorite things will reading this is that you don’t necessarily have to have read the connected books to understand what’s going on. There might be a couple points where you are confused, but I found that it was minimal, and I was easily able to figure out the characters and their story.

These stories and heroes were so amazing that my desire to read these books has been shoved up. I’m going to have to find the time to drown myself in these books and worlds.

 

About the Authors: 

Click on the links to be taken to their websites!

Roshani Chokshi

J.C. Cervantes

Yoon Ha Lee

Carlos Hernandez

Kwame Mbalia

Rebecca Roanhorse

Tehlor Kay Mejia

Sarwat Chadda

Graci Kim

Rick Riordan

 

Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a finished copy of THE CURSED CARNIVAL AND OTHER CALAMITIES, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

9/1/2021	YA Books Central	Excerpt
9/2/2021	Kait Plus Books	Excerpt
9/3/2021	Rajiv's Reviews	Review
9/4/2021	@Curlygrannylovestoread	Review

Week Two:

9/5/2021	#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog	Review
9/6/2021	A Dream Within A Dream	Review
9/7/2021	Nonbinary Knight Reads	Review
9/8/2021	The Bookwyrm's Den	Review
9/9/2021	Log Cabin Library	Review
9/10/2021	Lifestyle of Me	Review
9/11/2021	Emelie's Books	Review

Week Three:

9/12/2021	@pagesofyellow	Review
9/13/2021	Locks, Hooks and Books	Review
9/14/2021	More Books Please blog	Review
9/15/2021	Little Red Reads	Review
9/16/2021	Don't Judge, Read	Review
9/17/2021	Fyrekatz Blog	Review
9/18/2021	booksaremagictoo	Review

Week Four:

9/19/2021	The Phantom Paragrapher	Review
9/20/2021	BookHounds YA	Excerpt
9/21/2021	Cindy's Love of Books	Review
9/22/2021	dinipandareads	Review
9/23/2021	hauntedbybooks	Review
9/24/2021	Books a Plenty Book Reviews	Review
9/25/2021	Books and Zebras @jypsylynn	Review

Week Five:

9/26/2021	The Momma Spot	Review
9/27/2021	Zainey Laney	Review
9/28/2021	@fictitious.fox	Review
9/29/2021	Two Points of Interest	Review
9/30/2021	PopTheButterfly Reads	Review