Rea’s enduring faithfulness urges readers to the finish line.” “In this absorbing portal fantasy quest centering two Indian siblings. “An extravagant and rewarding fantasy novel involving floral world-building and childhood bravery. The playful Astranthian idioms and peppering of Hindi and Nepali words are a delight-but readers will connect most with Rea's growth from a loner looking out for herself into a dependable friend and sister.” “With a spunky pari and eccentric creatures like a 'cow-monkey dressed in jewels reciting poetry,'ĭoshi kicks her series off on a high note. Rea’s adventure is full of action and humor, and her development from selfish to selfless is an admirable one.Ī highly inventive, magic-filled fantasy.” Reflecting the Darjeeling setting, Hindi and Nepali terms are naturally woven throughout the text.
“This original fantasy features an Indian heroine alongside mythical creatures with origins from various cultures. Can she rescue Rohan, save Astranthia, and live to see it all? Struggling with the truth her Amma has kept hidden from her, Rea must solve clues that lead to Rohan, find a way to rescue him and save Astranthia from a potentially deadly fate. Rea also discovers that she is a princess with magic. There with the help of Xeranther, an Astranthian barrow boy, and Flula, a pari, Rea battles serpent-lilies and blood-sucking banshees, encounters a butterfly-faced woman and blue lizard-men, and learns that Rohan has been captured.
In the shade of night, they portal to an otherworldly realm and travel to Astranthia, a land full of magic and whimsy. Unwilling to give up on her brother, Rea and her friend Leela meet Mishti Daadi, a wrinkly old fortune-teller whose powers of divination set them off on a thrilling and secret quest. Her grandmother, too, is behaving strangely. It hasn’t even been a day and Amma acts like Rohan’s gone forever. It’s four in the morning and Rohan is nowhere to be found. After a big fight with her twin brother Rohan on their birthday, Rea’s life in the small village of Darjeeling, India, gets turned on its head. It all begins on the night Rea turns twelve.
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