

A badass female protagonist striking a hero pose with a bow and arrow? Check. A goofy demon eating the barcode on the back cover? Check. Fearsome (yet intriguing) snake monsters? Check. What’s not to love? Beautifully illustrated? Check. The cover to The Serpent’s Secret had me at hello. Yes, it’s true that we often judge books by their covers, but I don’t usually fall head over heels about a book until I’ve at least read it.


It’s not often that the cover of a book totally and completely sells me on it. “I guess every kid whose family is from somewhere else thinks their parents are weird.” Next Installment: The Game of Stars, February 2019.The Serpent’s Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, Book 1).
