Alicia's Reviews > Heroes of the Water Monster

I wish I had known when this was a winner at the YMAs that it was a sequel. While I don't necessarily think that I wasn't entrenched in the story because I didn't read the first one (I've already checked it out to see where we were for book one), I would much rather read books in order especially since part of the relationship of a new family member when his father and father's girlfriend combine households is the crux of the story.

This combines the history of the Dine and the present by sharing the importance of the water monsters- both in protecting and using them but how to move forward too. The pacing wasn't strong. I found myself reading a few pages and then reading something else and then reading a few pages, so it didn't pull me in, however the illustrative qualities of the "adventure" into the worlds is reminiscent of any fantastic middle grade fantasy, though these ones are squarely planted in Indigenous culture.