Sarwat Chadda
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.05 | 393 Users | 53 Reviews
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| Title | : | Ash Mistry and the City of Death (Ash Mistry Chronicles #2) |
| Author | : | Sarwat Chadda |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | February 28th 2013 by HarperCollins Children's Books (first published January 1st 2012) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Mythology. Childrens. Middle Grade. Adventure. Young Adult. Fiction. Action |
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Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There’s school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma… and then there’s the fact that he’s the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Rama, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death.So when the demon servants of the evil Lord Savage come after Gemma in order to get to Ash, you’d think he’d be ready to take them on.
But Lord Savage still has some tricks up his sleeve. And with Gemma out of the picture, the English villain is closer than ever to finding a magical aastra of his own, and the power to rule the world. It’s time for Ash to go up against his enemy once again. Luckily, as the human embodiment of the kali-aastra, Ash can find the weak points in any living thing and kill it. But the key word there is ‘living’. And little does Ash know that Lord Savage has mastered another branch of magic – one which allows him to create whole armies out of un-living stone…
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| ISBN: | 000744737X (ISBN13: 9780007447374) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.ashmistry.com |
| Series: | Ash Mistry Chronicles #2 |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 393 Users | 53 ReviewsEvaluate Containing Books Ash Mistry and the City of Death (Ash Mistry Chronicles #2)
Full of action, but my 11 year old and I both felt that the author let us down.Ash's decision to help Savage just didn't seem believable and Ash's focus on getting Gemma back was too much for both of us. Ash knew getting Gemma back would not turn out well! And he knew how evil Savage has been, why all of a sudden work with him? Overall, Ash's decisions in this book were a little unreasonable and we had a hard time getting past them.Ash Mistry is back in his second book. He is now the Kali-aastra, a servant of Kali, the Goddess of Death. His power has been growing. His dreams are becoming more vivid, and he learns from Parvati, the rakshasa daughter of Ravanna, the demon. She is an immortal, and is Ash's friend....or not. When Lord Savage, the bad guy from the last book, kills Gemma to reach Ash, Ash goes into Kali-aastra mode, where he can kill. The more he kills, the more powerful he becomes. Ash is desperate to get to
More than a three but just shy of a 4. I have to say, I loved the ending. And I like how most of the characters are a realistic blend of good and bad - heroes and villains aren't always black and white, in this series and in life. Ash's inner turmoil got a little boring through the middle of the book, which was what brought down my rating.
I really enjoyed this second installment despite the somewhat repetitive moaning about Gemma and attacking/ insulting Parvati. Twisty, violent, compelling. And no date for the release of the third! Cruel and unusual punishment for fans. My students recommended this series to me and I was sorry to disappoint them with the news. I may have to order in from the UK.
This sequel to THE SAVAGE FORTRESS is even better than the first, I think, in its mix of kickass elements of South Asian myth (the Jagannath!), awesome fight scenes, and Ash's coming of age adventure.
Heres what I like in a book: action, humour, a cool setting, great characters, and a plot that doesnt let up. Not to mention hidden compartments containing little dark chocolate liqueurs.So, how does Ash Mistry and the City of Death stack up?Well, it doesnt have any chocolate liqueurs, so thats a black mark for a start. But it does have the rest of it, and hooray for that!This is the second Ash Mistry book. Ash is now the Kali-aastra, the weapon of the goddess of death and destruction. Which
This sequel had more of everything than the first book in the series, and I ended up liking it less.There was more graphic violence, more convoluted plot twists, more misunderstandings between Parvati and Ash that drove the plot, and more evilness from Lord Savage. I guess I just felt that it was too much, and that I couldn't really relate to the characters anymore.I still enjoyed the fact that I wasn't being handed another Greco-Roman mythology mashup, but I would have preferred a treatment
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