The Storm Runner by J.C. CervantesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The latest in the Rick Riordan Presents lineup brings an #ownvoices look to Mayan mythology in the very style that we've come to expect from Percy Jackson and all the rest of the Camp Half-Blood multi-pantheon universe. Yes, I'm pretty sure all the Rick Riordan Presents titles are part of the same 'verse too. That's official, right? If not, why not?
While a lot of the story is familiar to anyone who's spent years and years experiencing said multi-pantheon universe - a disabled First-Person Smartass teenager discovers a blood-deep connection to a supernatural realm beyond ours, with other particular commonalities that make it all too easy for me to see some kind of crossover story where Zane Obispo swaps war stories with Percy Jackson over a couple of Cokes - it's no less enjoyable, especially for the aforementioned Smartass factor and the wide-ranging impact of all the feels Cervantes is capable of wielding. Though Día de Muertos isn't explicitly part of the story - it's much more about really going down to the underworld roots of Mayan myth - reading this book so close to that day was some pretty uncanny timing on my part. I'm almost tempted to start having some of the kids I work with read this book and watch The Book of Life and Coco just for the occasion.
It's nice to see that Cervantes has a good series planned for this one, because if her talent for inventive twists is any indication, there's no way to predict where the sequels will take us.
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