Aru Shah and the City of Gold
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- Author：Roshani Chokshi
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Summary
Aru Shah and her sisters--including one who also claims to be the Sleeper's daughter--must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka， the city of gold， before war breaks out between the devas and asuras。
Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes， but she can't remember what it was。 She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister， one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter， like her。
Aru also isn't sure she still wants to fight on behalf of the devas in the war against the Sleeper and his demon army。 The gods have been too devious up to now。 Case in point: Kubera， ruler of the city of gold， promises to give the Pandavas two powerful weapons， but only if they win his trials。 If they lose， they won't stand a chance against the Sleeper's troops， which will soon march on Lanka to take over the Otherworld。
Aru's biggest question， though， is why every adult she has loved and trusted so far has failed her。 Will she come to peace with what they've done before she has to wage the battle of her life？
Aru has just made a wish on the tree of wishes， but she can't remember what it was。 She's pretty sure she didn't wish for a new sister， one who looks strangely familiar and claims to be the Sleeper's daughter， like her。
Aru also isn't sure she still wants to fight on behalf of the devas in the war against the Sleeper and his demon army。 The gods have been too devious up to now。 Case in point: Kubera， ruler of the city of gold， promises to give the Pandavas two powerful weapons， but only if they win his trials。 If they lose， they won't stand a chance against the Sleeper's troops， which will soon march on Lanka to take over the Otherworld。
Aru's biggest question， though， is why every adult she has loved and trusted so far has failed her。 Will she come to peace with what they've done before she has to wage the battle of her life？
Reviews
Pam
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I received an electronic ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide through NetGalley。Book four continues to build the excitement and connections as the Pandavas continue their battles to defeat the Sleeper。 The surprise twist at the end of book three introduced a new character who becomes part of the team in this one。 Aru's sister， Kara， was kept hidden by the Sleeper。 Her memories were wiped to erase her past so she only knows what the Sleeper has shared。 After a rocky start， the Potatoes accept her I received an electronic ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide through NetGalley。Book four continues to build the excitement and connections as the Pandavas continue their battles to defeat the Sleeper。 The surprise twist at the end of book three introduced a new character who becomes part of the team in this one。 Aru's sister， Kara， was kept hidden by the Sleeper。 Her memories were wiped to erase her past so she only knows what the Sleeper has shared。 After a rocky start， the Potatoes accept her and embrace her as part of their team。 Sadly， the book ends with one final betrayal foretold in the prophesies throughout。 Chokshi continues to spin out her created world in full detail and to reveal more about her characters as the story develops。 Readers learn more about the mythology of India as the gods and goddesses interact with the Pandavas throughout the adventures。 The Glossary at the end provides further information on these beings。Middle graders will feel they are on this journey with the Potatoes。 They will be part of the battles and part of the quiet times。 Chokshi challenges them to think along with the characters to see if they can also rise to the challenges and save the worlds。 。。。more
Deborah
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Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with this arc。Book three ends on a cliffhanger。 We find that the Sleeper has been hiding someone， but this someone is willing to travel with Aru and the Pandavas to try to gain an army to defeat the Sleeper。 Their adventures take them to many new and dangerous places， and Aru learns that no one should be defined in absolutes。 Funny， sad， and adventurous， Aru Shah and the City of Gold is another great part of the series。Middle grade
DJ
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Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 THANK YOU！ I love the whole Pandava series。 I love Aru's growth through out the series。 Shes' growing and learning but still full of wit and sass。 Are Shah and the City of Gold is SO GOOD。 Dare I say its pure gold！ Ha！ But seriously I LOVED everything about this book。 EXCEPT FOR THE CLIFFHANGER！ Like OMG WHATTTT！ Anyway no spoilers but this book is a fantastic continuation to an epic series！ I can't wait to see how it Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。 THANK YOU！ I love the whole Pandava series。 I love Aru's growth through out the series。 Shes' growing and learning but still full of wit and sass。 Are Shah and the City of Gold is SO GOOD。 Dare I say its pure gold！ Ha！ But seriously I LOVED everything about this book。 EXCEPT FOR THE CLIFFHANGER！ Like OMG WHATTTT！ Anyway no spoilers but this book is a fantastic continuation to an epic series！ I can't wait to see how it ends！ 。。。more
bhoomi ♡
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If I was on fire， and this series was just slightly patched， I would hand this series all my water。 That’s how much I love it。I adore this book。 I adore Aru with all my heart， as much as anyone can love a character。 Nobody except maybe Percy Jackson himself holds a candle to how much this character means to me。 It means the world that there’s this Indian， clumsy， loud and yet brave， clever and wonderful girl out here， one of the Pandavas and defending the world best she can。 This book remains th If I was on fire， and this series was just slightly patched， I would hand this series all my water。 That’s how much I love it。I adore this book。 I adore Aru with all my heart， as much as anyone can love a character。 Nobody except maybe Percy Jackson himself holds a candle to how much this character means to me。 It means the world that there’s this Indian， clumsy， loud and yet brave， clever and wonderful girl out here， one of the Pandavas and defending the world best she can。 This book remains the best in the series。 Honestly， my five star rating should speak for itself。 My heart would jump out of my soul if I kept talking so I’ll stop here。 Aru Shah is one of the best series I’ve ever read in my life， and this book is the best in the series。 I have no doubt that the fifth book， and the end of this series will be better than this。P。S。 I love all the parallels with this and Percy Jackson！！ Both having ✨something✨ in the fourth book that I can’t say without spoilers。 Both drooling when they sleep。 Both being clever as hell， and while none of them are any sort of book smart they’re the brains and wits of the operation。 They’re both clumsy， brave-hearted kids， with the determination that rivals God himself。 My stubborn， clumsy， awkward babies， I’ll always love them ♥️♥️♥️ 。。。more
Meghan
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This book was received as an ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide - Rick Riordan Presents in exchange for an honest review。 Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own。I am a fan of this series and a fan of mythology I knew I was in for quite a ride with Aru Shah and the City of Gold。 This one was an adventure and then some。 Aru is faced with a difficult revelation when she makes a wish of the tree of wishes but strangely does not remember her wish but here comes a new s This book was received as an ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide - Rick Riordan Presents in exchange for an honest review。 Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own。I am a fan of this series and a fan of mythology I knew I was in for quite a ride with Aru Shah and the City of Gold。 This one was an adventure and then some。 Aru is faced with a difficult revelation when she makes a wish of the tree of wishes but strangely does not remember her wish but here comes a new sister that is familiar to her but as they seek their mentors before the war with The Sleeper， more secrets are revealed that Aru questions whether or not she wants to fight on the devas behalf。 As I read along while all of this was uncovered， my heart just kept beating and my jaw kept opening wider and wider in shock。 I was along with Aru and her sisters for the journey and when we came close to the end， I was in awe of excitement and that is how the whole series was for me。 I know fans of the series will be extremely happy and I can't wait to hear the opinions of our young library community。We will consider adding this title to our JFiction collection at our library。 That is why we give this book 5 stars。 。。。more
Audrey
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The Aru Shah/Pandava series continues to be a delight！ Previously the series was advertised as a "quartet"， but by the end of this one it seems clear it will be a quintet at least。 Normally I dislike when series continue indefinitely， but I have to admit I'm looking forward to more of this one！ The Aru Shah/Pandava series continues to be a delight！ Previously the series was advertised as a "quartet"， but by the end of this one it seems clear it will be a quintet at least。 Normally I dislike when series continue indefinitely， but I have to admit I'm looking forward to more of this one！ 。。。more
Chante Marie
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~ ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion ~Roshani is the queen of cliff hangers！！！！ I love seeing the Potatoes grow into themselves。 As always the world building is phenomenal。 I can never put one of her books down！ Can't wait for book 5 ♡ ~ ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion ~Roshani is the queen of cliff hangers！！！！ I love seeing the Potatoes grow into themselves。 As always the world building is phenomenal。 I can never put one of her books down！ Can't wait for book 5 ♡ 。。。more
The Kawaii Slartibartfast
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I received a copy of this book from Rick Riordan Presents and Netgalley。The Pandava series is so much fun and the latest entry， Aru Shah and the City of Gold is a ball to read。The character developments that lead to the events in this book are a joy to explore further and the wild adventures will put a smile on your face。Also？ That cliffhanger？！
Ridhi
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I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK TO COME OUT！！！ I have been following the Aru Shah series since the first book came out and I am literally counting down the days till it is released。 As an Indian in the United States， I could not relate to my favorite characters in that way。 That changed with the Aru Shah series。 I absolutely loved everything about each book in this series。 I would recommend this series to everyone who loves adventure， fantasy， and humor。 Aru Shah and the City of Gold I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS BOOK TO COME OUT！！！ I have been following the Aru Shah series since the first book came out and I am literally counting down the days till it is released。 As an Indian in the United States， I could not relate to my favorite characters in that way。 That changed with the Aru Shah series。 I absolutely loved everything about each book in this series。 I would recommend this series to everyone who loves adventure， fantasy， and humor。 Aru Shah and the City of Gold 。。。more
Calliope
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About 3 months to go！！countdown: https://www。timeanddate。com/countdown。。。 About 3 months to go！！countdown: https://www。timeanddate。com/countdown。。。 。。。more
Rosie M。 Banks
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I didn't expect to enjoy this series so much。 Can't wait for this book to come out！ Ravana is on the front cover and it seems like it will take place in Lanka， so I am sure this book is going to take some wild turns。 With the way Chokshi wrote Surpanakha's story， it will be nice to see how she redeems Ravana as well。A lot of people want to see Karna in this book， and guess what？ I think Karna is already in the story。。。 as Kara！ It kind of makes sense， as a missing sister and that sort of thing， I didn't expect to enjoy this series so much。 Can't wait for this book to come out！ Ravana is on the front cover and it seems like it will take place in Lanka， so I am sure this book is going to take some wild turns。 With the way Chokshi wrote Surpanakha's story， it will be nice to see how she redeems Ravana as well。A lot of people want to see Karna in this book， and guess what？ I think Karna is already in the story。。。 as Kara！ It kind of makes sense， as a missing sister and that sort of thing， and I fail to see Kara's purpose elsewhere。 Of course， I could be completely wrong， but that's my guess。For that matter， forget Karna。 I want a Duryodhana in the story and not a redeemed one。 Reformed Shakuni Mama was a total let down， I want that evil， insecure， power-hungry， and misunderstood Duryodhana。 I've always felt a little bad for Duryodhana， he was under a bad influence， and always felt over-shadowed by the Pandavas。 Still， that's no excuse for what he did。 Wait。。。。 what if the Sleeper was Duryodhana？ I think he is， after all， his name is Suyodhana and he had some evil prophecy about him too！ Why did I not realize this before？ It's a little weird with the ages and stuff， but I think that's right！Hopefully， there will be a Khumbhakarna in this book too！ That would be really funny， him being one of the few people that can eat more than Brynne。 Honestly， I can't wait！ 。。。more
CityGirl22
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It isn't out yet， but。。。。THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELLI know I'm gonna love it It isn't out yet， but。。。。THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELLI know I'm gonna love it 。。。more
Maria M
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The cover is so awesome！！！ I literally CANNOT wait for the release！ Waiting a year sounds like waiting a millenium！
Editor-san （but not rly）
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 1。）Oh。 My。 Gosh。 am i litterly the only one who thinks that Kara from the epilouge is the reincarnation of Karna？ an also havent you noticed that the first letter of all of their names in the first letter of the pandavas names:Arundhati =ArjunaYamini=YudhistiraBrynne=BhimaNikki=NakulaSheela=SahadevaKara=Karnait is litterly so obvious。2。）The sisterhood between Aru and Nikki made me CRY。 Why？ Because i have a older sister of my own and i know that sometimes she wants to throw me into space and som 1。）Oh。 My。 Gosh。 am i litterly the only one who thinks that Kara from the epilouge is the reincarnation of Karna？ an also havent you noticed that the first letter of all of their names in the first letter of the pandavas names:Arundhati =ArjunaYamini=YudhistiraBrynne=BhimaNikki=NakulaSheela=SahadevaKara=Karnait is litterly so obvious。2。）The sisterhood between Aru and Nikki made me CRY。 Why？ Because i have a older sister of my own and i know that sometimes she wants to throw me into space and sometimes she wants to hug me so hard that she chokes me I'm not really sure which one is the sign that she loves me3。） That COVER！！！！ bro。 its GORGEOUS。 wow。 Rosh has some serious creativity。 And me？ No thoughts head empty 。。。more
Aarna Mishra
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I can't tell you how excited I am for this。 We get to see all the Pandava sisters again and meet Kara， who claims to be the Sleeper's daughter。 I am hoping for some awesome， sweet and shippy Shahcharya （Aru x Aiden） moments。 I want to see Aru and the main protagonists grow and mature even more。 I want to see Aiden's and Aru's face when they realize that the Pandava Draupadi loved （romantically） more than the others was Arjuna。 I am excited to see Ravana come to life （as shown in the cover）。 I'm I can't tell you how excited I am for this。 We get to see all the Pandava sisters again and meet Kara， who claims to be the Sleeper's daughter。 I am hoping for some awesome， sweet and shippy Shahcharya （Aru x Aiden） moments。 I want to see Aru and the main protagonists grow and mature even more。 I want to see Aiden's and Aru's face when they realize that the Pandava Draupadi loved （romantically） more than the others was Arjuna。 I am excited to see Ravana come to life （as shown in the cover）。 I'm excited to see which side Aru picks。 If you can't tell， I am excited for every single aspect of this book。 。。。more
Bon-z-a
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THE COVER IS。AMAZING。 this is torture naaaaaaagh whhhy this looks soo good。 I WANT TO READ THIS ALREADY！！！！
Ashley
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THIS COVER = PERFECTIONNN ！ Cannot WAIT！
Tim Ireland
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I love the Aru Shah books i realy want the third book！
Guinealover
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I cannot wait for the next book！！！What am I going to read until it comes out？？？？
Aarya Patel
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Im waiting for the book to come out and im suffering！！！！！！！！！！！！ Whhhhyyyyy I want to read it nowwww！
Enne
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this cover is so pretty im crying why isn't it 2021 yet this cover is so pretty im crying why isn't it 2021 yet 。。。more
Mrinmayi
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LOOK AT THE COVER！！！Finally！！！ Now I should probably calm down。。But there is RAAVAN on the cover！！I am losing my calm。。。Just in case you didn't know。。。Raavan is probably one of my favourite villain from the Indian mythologyExcited to see how he is reimagined in this one。。。Umm。。。maybe I shouldn't be this excited for Raavan's books because of the fact that I was named after SitaRaavan kidnapped Sita。。。and took her to Lanka（Raavan's homeland） against her willHer husband Ram declared war against Raa LOOK AT THE COVER！！！Finally！！！ Now I should probably calm down。。But there is RAAVAN on the cover！！I am losing my calm。。。Just in case you didn't know。。。Raavan is probably one of my favourite villain from the Indian mythologyExcited to see how he is reimagined in this one。。。Umm。。。maybe I shouldn't be this excited for Raavan's books because of the fact that I was named after SitaRaavan kidnapped Sita。。。and took her to Lanka（Raavan's homeland） against her willHer husband Ram declared war against Raavan That's what started RamayanaP。S。: This is just a short version of RamayanaThe war was quite epic。。If you haven't guessed by now。。。my family is obsessed with RamayanaMost of us are named after Ramayana charactersHence my name Mrinmayi。。。（Mrinmayi means Sita。。。I was named after her）Ok。。。enough of my name history 🙈BUT this book is coming out in 2021！！Just realised。。。I was talking about Ramayan like everyone knows about it😅If you have any doubts。。feel free to ask me😄 。。。more
❄︎ vaishnave ❄︎
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t-14 days: i have no other reason to update this other than the fact that i just randomly got excited for this in the middle of my gov class， because i was thinking about all the things i have to look forward to after that class was overt-22 days: i had the goodreads page for this book up and my mom walking behind me sees the cover and gasps and goes "is that ten-headed raavanan？" （except she said it in tamil） and i went YES and so naturally， she was also intrigued because Ramayana is one of her t-14 days: i have no other reason to update this other than the fact that i just randomly got excited for this in the middle of my gov class， because i was thinking about all the things i have to look forward to after that class was overt-22 days: i had the goodreads page for this book up and my mom walking behind me sees the cover and gasps and goes "is that ten-headed raavanan？" （except she said it in tamil） and i went YES and so naturally， she was also intrigued because Ramayana is one of her favorite storiest-25 days: extra excited because my mom told me that Lanka in the Ramayana （and， thus， in this book） is in Sri Lanka， and MY family is from Sri Lanka--the amount of excitement in my chest has doubledt-31 days: a month until the best middle-grade book of 2021 with the best cast of 14/15-year-olds gets released--this book has been on my mind for the past year 。。。more
I am
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The cover is very beautiful （especially the background） i am very excited for this book。 Hopefully this will be great。 😀💕By the time this will come i would have read all the three books （i have completed the 1st one recently）。 And I am ready to jump into an another cool and adventurous series✌Here i come！！！
Minou
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The cliffhanger of the last book is so EVIL， Roshani。。。。I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE ARU！！！！！！！！ The cliffhanger of the last book is so EVIL， Roshani。。。。I CAN'T WAIT FOR MORE ARU！！！！！！！！ 。。。more
ikram
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CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW GORGEOUS THE COVER IS？？？？？？
Demi Kuiper
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Can't wait to read this book！ Rick Riordan just released the cover on his fb page and it looks so good！！ Can't wait to read this book！ Rick Riordan just released the cover on his fb page and it looks so good！！ 。。。more
Fanna
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June 18， 2020: THE book I'm waiting for， like THE THE THE book I'm desperately waiting for。 Especially after this cover that has just been revealed because I can't stop staring at all the details and this demon king is OH MY， I'm so excited to see how this journey would unfold for Aru and her friends！ Aru Shah & the End of Time ★★★★★Aru Shah & the Song of Death ★★★★★Aru Shah & the Tree of Wishes ★★★★★ June 18， 2020: THE book I'm waiting for， like THE THE THE book I'm desperately waiting for。 Especially after this cover that has just been revealed because I can't stop staring at all the details and this demon king is OH MY， I'm so excited to see how this journey would unfold for Aru and her friends！ Aru Shah & the End of Time ★★★★★Aru Shah & the Song of Death ★★★★★Aru Shah & the Tree of Wishes ★★★★★ 。。。more
devanshi （your resident loud person）
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if the reincarnation of karna comes in secretly allied with the sleeper then omgwhat if she feeds the others lies about aru or how she didn't kill him in the first book or bla bla bla and everyone turns against her， like her visionomg karma would basically turn the war omgand lankaaaaaa eeeeeeeeeep if the reincarnation of karna comes in secretly allied with the sleeper then omgwhat if she feeds the others lies about aru or how she didn't kill him in the first book or bla bla bla and everyone turns against her， like her visionomg karma would basically turn the war omgand lankaaaaaa eeeeeeeeeep 。。。more
Ryan Bada
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