Review: City of the Plague God

City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Publisher's Description

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents CITY OF THE PLAGUE GOD, an adventure based on ancient Mesopotamian mythology written by Sarwat Chadda, author of the Ash Mistry series. Characters from the Epic of Gilgamesh populate this high-stakes contemporary adventure in which all of Manhattan is threatened by the ancient god of plagues.

Thirteen-year-old Sik wants a simple life going to school and helping at his parents' deli in the evenings. But all that is blown to smithereens when Nergal comes looking for him, thinking that Sik holds the secret to eternal life.Turns out Sik is immortal but doesn't know it, and that's about to get him and the entire city into deep, deep trouble.

Sik's not in this alone. He's got Belet, the adopted daughter of Ishtar, the goddess of love and war, on his side, and a former hero named Gilgamesh, who has taken up gardening in Central Park. Now all they have to do is retrieve the Flower of Immortality to save Manhattan from being wiped out by disease. To succeed, they'll have to conquer sly demons, treacherous gods, and their own darkest nightmares.

My Thoughts

I received an eARC courtesy of Rick Riordan Presents/ Disney Publishing Worldwide via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Mesopotamian mythology? Gilgamesh? Yes, please!

To say I was excited to read this would be a massive understatement. And, thankfully, this book did not disappoint. If Chadda does not make this a series, I will be devastated. Everything from the story to the characters to the settings was fantastic. This was the kind of epic tale that I did not know that I was missing and I will book talk the dickens out of this book to get into the hands of kids.

For Libraries: Buy it! Read it! And love it!

Publication Date: 12 January 2021