A review by aprildiamond
Maya and the Rising Dark by Rena Barron

4.0

A fun adventure based on West African mythology!

Favorite things: Maya and her two best friends Eli and Frankie have a great dynamic that was solid from the start, so I was really happy that all three of them had large parts throughout the whole book. There was also a Comic-Con scene... enough said.

I thought there were some interesting themes and the characters had more nuance than I was expecting, both of which were cool. I'm looking forward to seeing how those develop more as the series goes.

(And the cover art is so! pretty!)