The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram (Book Review)

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Book: The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram: Book 2 of The Kishkindha Chronicles

Author: Vamsee Juluri

Publication: Westland       

  

The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram is the second book in the Kishkindha Chronicles (trilogy). It is a sequel to Saraswati's Intelligence, authored by Vamsee Juluri. The first book showed Hanuman in a completely different light, and this book takes the story forward.  

 

The previous book dealt with Hanuman’s journey to protect the dharma and this story takes this journey further. This book deals with Mother nature’s fury, something very relevant to our times, isn’t it? The way the story is worked out in this book is not very different from what we are perhaps experiencing in our times as well. Other issues like those of migrants, missing children, endangered planet, among others are very well relevant in today’s times.

 

The story beings at a good pace, but somewhere in between it loses the same. It gets a little stretched somewhere in the middle. One of the interesting aspects is that this story portrays some strong women characters like Vaishnavi, Ruma, and Tara

 

The author holds on to his strengths which are interesting plot, comprehendible vocabulary, and flawless narration in addition to his knowledge of Indian mythology.

 

My ratings: 4 out of the 5.

I received a review copy of the book from Writers Melon in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.