Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
When Amari’s older brother goes missing, there isn’t much for investigators to go on. Between no one but her and her mom taking his disappearance seriously and constantly being bullied at school, Amari feels lonelier than ever. Things only get worse when her scholarship is revoked after standing up to a bully. Amari isn’t sure how anything could get worse, but then a mysterious person appears at her door claiming Quinten left a briefcase that will only open for her. It turns out that Quinten’s secret job was far more secret than Amari could have ever imagined, and he nominated her for the summer tryouts at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs in the case of his disappearance. Now Amari finds herself with the same type of rich bullies, but in a supernatural setting, and she’s determined to ignore them and find her brother.
This book is absolutely wonderful. We follow Amari Peters shortly after her scholarship is revoked for standing up to one of her bullies. I felt so bad for her because she was never welcome at her school due to being a kid from the projects surrounded by nothing but rich kids who don’t like her not only for existing, but also for daring to attend their school. Just when she’s at her lowest, it turns out that she’s about to enter a world she never knew existed, and it’s a supernatural one at that. Along the way, we see her become best friends with her weredragon roommate, Elsie. We watch her become close friends with a kid from the Van Helsing family while the rest of his family, and most of the other kids at the summer tryouts, despise her. We watch Amari learn to trust and believe in herself despite what other people say or believe because she knows who she is and that she’s worth far more than what people who look down on her think.
The supernatural world created in this book is an interesting one. I really enjoyed learning about this whole new world that Amari has stepped into as she learns about it herself. It was so interesting to see different myths and cryptids come to life in new ways as the story continued. Plus, there is such a great cast of characters. Amari, Elsie, Agent Fiona, and Dylan are among my favorite characters. Plus, there’s so many twists and turns along the way that I truly did not see one twist coming until a few chapters before it happened. The hints were there, and I probably should’ve expected it, but I still didn’t see it coming!
All in all, this is an absolutely wonderful read and I’m glad that one of my friends had asked me if I had read it or it’d probably be a while longer before I discovered this book. I’m excited to pick up the next book and see where Amari’s story heads next!
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