Amari and the Night Brothers by B B Alston

Amari and the Night Brothers (Supernatural Investigations, #1)

by B.B. Alston

"Sharp, funny and brightly imaginative - a big adventure filled with magic and heart"
Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of the Nevermoor series

An epic middle grade supernatural adventure series, soon to be a major movie starring Marsai Martin. Perfect for readers aged 8+ and fans of Percy Jackson, Nevermoor and Men in Black!

Amari Peters knows three things.

Her big brother Quinton has gone missing.
No one will talk about it.
His mysterious job holds the secret ...

So when Amari gets an invitation to the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, she's certain this is her chance to find Quinton. But first she has to get her head around the new world of the Bureau, where mermaids, aliens and magicians are real, and her roommate is a weredragon.

Amari must compete against kids who've known about the supernatural world their whole lives, and when each trainee is awarded a special supernatural talent, Amari is given an illegal talent one that the Bureau views as dangerous.

With an evil magician threatening the whole supernatural world, and her own classmates thinking she is the enemy, Amari has never felt more alone. But if she doesn't pass the three tryouts, she may never find out what happened to Quinton ...

Cover artwork by Brittany Jackson

B. B. Alston lives in Lexington, SC. Amari and the Night Brothers is his debut middle grade novel. When not writing, he can be found eating too many sweets and exploring country roads to see where they lead.

Cover illustrations from rising star artist Brittany Jackson.

Reviewed by alindstadtcorbeax on

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Okay; I was absolutely ENCHANTED BY/ ENTHRALLED WITH THIS BOOK!
Fast paced, action packed, & thrilling? Check!
Magical, fantastical, whimsical, & a little dark? Check!
Such an amazing MC, a Black girl named Amari, who is underprivileged & thrown into the competitive world of the supernatural by way of The Bureau of Supernatural Affairs with no prior knowledge of its existence. She is nominated for a tryout for the Bureau's summer junior agent training program by her missing brother & she says yes without hesitation so that she can find out what happened to her brother, but she ends up finding out a WHOLE LOT about herself, before anything else, & then this fantastical adventure REALLY begins. It is full of humor & wit, and I just couldn't get enough of all of the magical creatures & such ! I couldn't get enough of ALL of it! Amari's first friend she makes at the school is a WERE-DRAGON, MMMMKKKK?! This book is amazing in every way! Such a fun time!

(GR decided to delete my review agggghhh! That's what you get for not backing your review up somewhere else, Ashley! *Sighs* now i'm talking to myself? *facepalms*

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