A review by lazygal
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda

4.0

I admit, books set in NYC that get small things wrong make me cranky: the location for this deli was one such oops. Beyond that, however, this is a great way to introduce readers to the Gilgamesh story - taking the mythology, gods and goddesses of Mesopotamia and bringing them into our day and age via Sik, the remaining son of the deli owners. Sik's older brother was a botanist, killed in Iran a few years before the story; Sik, sadly, hasn't taken over the community garden and tended the seeds sent back from abroad. Then the deli is destroyed... and Sik, self-adopted brother Daoud and Belet, a girl that insists on getting involved have to save the world from a plague.

The mingling of Islam, older beliefs and American culture is done so well, a trademark of the Rick Riordan imprint. This isn't the start of a series, but it certainly could be.

eARC provided by publisher via Netgalley.