My very first Indonesian romantasy book!!!! And it's actually well written and very enjoyable. Idc what you're thinking about Wattpad author, but this one is good.

The story followed a family of Indonesian shaman, dukun supernatural, who acts as protectors from darkness. They resided in secluded, sacred, and hidden Griya Inggil. The brothers, an alternate universe of Pandawa brothers, Yudhistira, Bima and Arjuna were assigned to keep their supernatural power strong while working among the society.

Now, our main character, Arjuna, decided that he had enough of supernatural world and made his way out of the house to become a professional archer. Unfortunately, you couldn't escape destiny that easily. 

Arjuna and Aura are childhood friends before Aura had to move out of the Griya Inggil. Arjuna and Aura made promises to be together forever using the magical red string bracelet. (Why is this sounds cheesy 😭😂)

Now, here comes the villain, Aura's own cousin. Ken Mahisa never knew love. He was a sacrifice after all. But Aura's existence in his life might save him from unavoidable terrible destiny.

My two cents:
- ARJUNA JAMET. You can't convince me otherwise.
- Yudhistira and Bima is giving Nanami and Toji vibes iykyk👀
- Despite everything, Aura is loveable.
- You can't convince me to like Ken Mahisa ever:))) even without the "monster" he consciously crossing the border of sexual harassment:))) giving in even he knew the consequence. But if you're into morally grey villain who had no choice but a merely victim, he's the one.

What I like:
- Core ceritanya sebagai Karma. Kun fayakun.
- IT HAS LOTS OF CONCERN ABOUT ENVIRONMENT!!!!! +++++POINTS
- Writing style-nya. Ngalir, with appropriate amount of humor. Jadinya lucu.
- World building-nya juga oke. Atmospheric I can see the action folding out clearly.
- The romance. It got me giggling at some parts (walaupun ada cringe2nya juga wkwkwk issokey. Again who doesn't get cringey love at 16).
- The lore is loring.
- It actually has everything a YA has. Far too young characters shouldering the end of the world. The parents not parenting. One true love mengalahkan segalanya. Which I don't mind at all and enjoy reading them in novel supernatural bahasa Indonesia. 

What I think could be better written:
- The inappropriate amount of innuendoes borderline sexist (?) but probably that's how 16yos act??? I'm not going to be a moral police, tapi I think untuk age rating 13+ kyknya terlalu dewasa. I means there are MANY KISSES. And the way Aura forgave the SA she received as if it's not affecting her... Bagian akhir2 itu ngeri bgt loh....(Ken deserved the punches tbh) The way it didn't get addressed properly in a book aimed for teenagers I think is not wise. Atau age ratingnya bisa dinaikin siii. Atau umur karakternya bisa yg lebih dewasa (?) bcs till the end of the book...
- Ini tuh masuknya smut bukan sih bukunya???
- The ending was a bit anticlimax. I want power and action from Aura. Kyk gampang banget.

Other than that, I have no complaints.

If you enjoy YA ROMANTASY, ala kearifan lokal dan budaya Jawa yang kenthel, gas baca buku ini!!!!

I highlighted so many lines karena emg quotable juga isi2 bukunyaaa. Don't miss it. It's criminally underrated smh