Have I mentioned before how much I love sibling bonds? This book goes above and beyond that. There’s a lot of adventure in this book, but underlying it all is the journey one sister will take for another. Basically, if you fall asleep in the presence of one, it will step into your dreams and make you experience your worst horrors so it can eat them. They feed off human despair (also literally), becoming more powerful each time they consume our deepest fears. The dokkaebi are goblins that live in our nightmares. Many thanks to Rick Riordan Presents and Rockstar Book Tours for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

A thoughtful discussion on adoption, family, and belonging.

Except, you know, with Korean mythology and characters!.

Adventure and mythology along the lines of Percy Jackson.

Witches Diversity Korean Sibling Bonds Adoption Rating:Ĭontent Tags: Middle Grade Fantasy Mythology

And when she uncovers secrets that challenge everything she has been taught to believe, Riley must decide what it means to be a witch, what it means to be family, and what it really means to belong. But what even is the star, and how can she find it?Īs Riley embarks on her search, she finds herself meeting fantastic creatures and collaborating with her worst enemies. When the sisters attempt to violate the laws of the Godrealm, Hattie's life ends up hanging in the balance, and to save her Riley has to fulfill an impossible task: find the last fallen star. If it works, no one will ever treat Riley as an outsider again. Then Hattie gets an idea: what if the two of them could cast a spell that would allow Riley to share Hattie's magic? Their sleuthing reveals a promising incantation in the family's old spell book, and the sisters decide to perform it at Hattie's initiation ceremony. Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns thirteen, she's a saram-a person without magic. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Published by: Rick Riordan Presents on May 4, 2021īest-selling author Rick Riordan presents Graci Kim's thrilling debut about an adopted Korean-American girl who discovers her heritage and her magic on a perilous journey to save her witch clan family. The Last Fallen Star (Gifted Clans #1) by Graci KimĪlso by this author: The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes, The Last Fallen Moon (Gifted Clans, #2)

The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim