This book was received as an ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide - Rick Riordan Presents in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.This book is what our young readers have been craving. If you are a fan of Storm Runner, Aru Shah or Paola, you will love this book. Our community has been looking for a book like this and I can just tell from reading some of the stories featured that they would want to talk about them all day long. School...

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The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities, Rick Riordan, editor, 2021, 451pp. 10 stories: one by Riordan, nine by his "Rick Riordan Presents" authors.*** Rick Riordan: "My Life as a Child Outlaw," 382-445. Ancient Ireland. Short story without resolution, like a chapter from a longer story. Has a useful name-pronunciation and location guide at the end. Riordan is a great storyteller. Start with /The Lightning Thief/. /The Kane Chronicles/ are particularly good, for the relation between the brother...

My favorites were the ones by Roshani Chokshi, J.C. Cervantes, Graci Kim, and of course Rick Riordan. Is he going to write more Celtic mythology?!

When I first saw the blog tour and cover of Cursed Carnival, I was instantly intrigued. I think I imagined that each author would be writing a story centralized around the theme of a Carnival, or something like that. Which would've worked for me because the only series I've completed is Roshani Chokshi 's Aruh Shah series and I'm familiar with Sarwat Chadda's writing having read his Shadow Magic trilogy (as Joshua Khan). Instead, it was a pleasant surprise to find that this collection of short s...

So this book was not good. I didn't know it was a compilation of all the RR Presents author. I thought this was like a new series by RR, I have only read a couple of these authors, and the ones I didn't read took place in that book's world.

Step right up and enjoy this incredible collection from Rick Riordan Presents favorites! What we loved about this one was that it gave glimpses to characters from books we've already read and loved, or have on our TBR! I would highly recommend this for anyone who has read these books or wants to, but know that some of them contain spoilers for their feature titles. These ten short stories pack a lot of action, a fun return to the worlds created by each author that gave the perfect glimpse of eac...

If you have enjoyed any of the titles from Disney's Rick Riordan Presents imprint, you will enjoy this book. It's a collection of short stories featuring the beloved characters readers have come to know in the original stories: Sal & Gabi, Paola & Dante, Aru Shah, Sikander Aziz, and lots more! As with every short story compilation by different authors, there's varying degrees of quality among the stories. I have read most, but not all, of the original books these characters come from and I must

I will be amending this review in the future, as I only read 6 of the 10 stories included. I'll read the remainder after I read their respective series. My star rating reflects the average of my read short stories (3.9).The stand-out by far is the story following Sikander Aziz by Sarwat Chadda, following the events of City of the Plague God. His story was exactly what I expected from the entire collection- one that both expanded the world of the character by adding a new mythological element, as...

i had the best time reading the cursed carnival and other calamities. what’s interesting is that each short story features the main character of their own series written by the respective authors. familiar characters to me were aru shah [roshani chokshi], min [yoon ha lee], nizhoni [rebecca roanhorse], sikander [sarwat chadda], and riley [graci kim]. since the stories are based on characters that were already taken form in their own series, it took me a little to get into the settings for those

Just so you know, I'm an unabashed fan of all things Rick Riordan and Rick Riordan (RR) Presents. As a tutor who searches for books that appeal to kids who aren't crazy about reading, I turn to these books to for stories that have action and humor on every page. Kids and adults will dive into fascinating mythology from around the world and clamor for more..I have read all of the published first books in all of the RR Presents series so I was familiar with the characters and story lines in this a...

All of the stories do contain spoilers of books published under the Rick Riordan Presents imprint except Rick Riordan's story.

Riordan’s THE CURSED CARNIVAL AND OTHER CALAMITIES: NEW STORIES ABOUT MYTHIC HEROES is a collection of stories from previously published Rick Riordan Presents authors. For any readers clamoring to read more about their favorite characters and mythologies, this is the book for you. In addition to revisiting those older characters, Riordan included new ones in his short story focusing on Irish Mythology. I’ve read full-length novels by all of the authors with the exception of one, and it was fun t...

This is a perfect book to give for the holidays for young people who like Percy Jackson, and are looking to branch (or be nudged) into the literal wider world of the Rick Riordan presents imprint. Here you have a short story featuring the characters from different series under that imprint, but none of the stories spoil the books! So many short stories with established characters require you to know the characters already. Instead, here the characters are usually introduced well and sufficiently...

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia and City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda!“Imagine a multiverse mansion in which all the heroes of Rick Riordan Presents exist together.”It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the Rick Riordan Presents imprint. Learning about different cultures’ mythologies and folk tales while joining kids and teens on kick-butt adventures? Yes please! So when I heard that the fabulous authors of this imprint—including Rick

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVE READ THE BOOKS FROM RR PRESENTS. These short stories contained spoilers, and might be overwhelming if you're not familiar with the universe and creatures there.You could pick one random title. They don't engage one another (some mentions were found, tho😂)My personal review for THE BOOKS I HAVE READ:- The Initiation has huge major spoiler from the Dragon Pearl. PLS READ AFTER THE DRAGON PEARL. - My Night at the Gifted Carnival is reccomended to read BEFORE...

4.5 starsLet me start by saying that I personally loved this collection of stories and that if you've read the full novels written by the authors, you will likely fall in the same category. This collection contains 10 shorts stories from 10 different authors including Rick Riordan, who writes the last one, although his contribution is the only one that is not based on his previous books. Instead, he continues with the theme of mythology that is not as common as his usual Greek, Roman, and Norse

I loved getting new stories from all of the Rick Riordian Presents stories. I have read at least one book in most of the series, but not all. Stories I knew were easy to jump back into the characters and action, like with Gum Baby, or Sal. For stories I had not read yet like Storm Runner and Dragon Pearl, it was easy enough to grasp what was going on, and exciting enough to make you want to get back to those unread series. Plus the new Irish story from Riordian himself. Loved it. Plus, since th

I quite enjoyed The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities!As someone who’s read each book in the imprint so far as each came out, these short stories brought me back to worlds and characters I haven’t seen in a while.All the short stories were entertaining, but three in particular stood out to me as extraordinarily well done: The Loneliest Demon (Sarwat Chadda), My Night at the Gifted Carnival (Graci Kim), and My Life as a Child Outlaw (Rick Riordan).I’ve noticed that there isn’t a ton of informa...