Maya and the Lord of Shadows

De: Rena Barron

Narrado por: Soneela Nankani

In the thrilling third and final book in the acclaimed Maya and the Rising Dark trilogy that Kirkus calls "truly #BlackGirlMagic," Maya must face off with the Lord of Shadows to save the human world from impending war with the Dark.

War is coming. Despite everything Maya and her father have done, the veil that protects the human world is failing. The Lord of Shadows has raised an army powerful enough to challenge the orishas. And it’s only a matter of time before he breaks through the veil and destroys Maya’s neighborhood and the rest of the world.

Maya and her friends aren’t going down without a fight. She’s honing her guardian powers, with the help of two new allies—her long lost guardian sister and a mysterious darkbringer (who might be a double agent). But when an attack hits close to home, Maya doesn’t have any more time to prepare. She must face the Lord of Shadows or risk losing everything. With her friends—Eli, Frankie, Zeran, and Eleni—by her side, Maya leads the charge in an epic showdown that takes her across worlds and to the edge of the universe.

Will she succeed or will Darkness prevail, once and for all?

©2022 Rena Barron (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Great middle school adventure

My middle school kids love this kind of series (magical kids going on quests), if yours do to this is a winner. Soneela Nankani is a reliable narrator, I actually breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it was voiced by her. So often the wrong narrator can take you right out of the story, but as always, she did a great job.