Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Awakening of Roku (Chronicles of the Avatar Book 6) (Volume 6)

It’s been long, hard work, but Roku has finally mastered airbending, meaning it’s time for him to leave the air temples behind to go North. He hopes to find a waterbending teacher in the capital and continue his journey to becoming the Avatar the world needs him to be. On his way, Roku finds out not all is well in the North, far from it; a sickness is spreading through the animals, turning them into vicious beasts, and the Northern leaders are attempting to expand trade, possibly at the expense of the small tribes that wander the frost-covered lands. It’s up to Roku to find out what’s going on before it’s too late.

If you haven’t read the first book about Roku, this one won’t make much sense; many things are referenced from the first, and many relationships are expanded on. The characters are interesting and bring the world to life with their motives and emotions. The villain is hidden in plain sight, or is she? The clues are there, but they had me guessing from the beginning, and rely on trust issues built in the first to really make me question who the villain is. The plot was interesting, with high, unpredictable stakes. Multiple stories are happening, but they are all intertwined.