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A review by a_j_torres0
The Inquisition by Taran Matharu
4.0
This is a Young Adult Epic Fantasy novel book 2.
Book Cover: 4* - Okay the covers just got better but for some reason we are still sticking to the one shade of a color, this time it's green lol. I do like the jungle background but at least add some brown or something to break up the single color thing lol. Fletcher looks great as always with Ignatius on his back.
Summary/Tagline: 3* - Again the summary is pretty straightforward. Fletcher is in trouble as danger is right at his kingdoms doorstep. However I feel like the summary may have also shown that Fletcher will be safe from the trial part, just read the last paragraph of the summary and you'll know what I mean lol.
Characters: 4* - Although Fletcher is still my bae in this book the other characters are still about the same with not much improvement but I feel the priorities in this book have gotten worse. Orcs are kicking these peoples asses but for some reason a villain and pompous nobles need to stop to pick fights with dwarves and elves because they aren't humans and we don't like them and they all need to die and we don't need them even though fighting 3 DIFFERENT WARS WILL BE A PROBLEM! Gagh! A new villain presents himself but here is the thing, it wasn't surprising and I didn't care. This character showed up a few times when Fletcher first came to Vocan Academy in Book 1 but then he disappeared for the rest of the book, suddenly he comes back for this book feeling a little better then before but again all ways disappeared when the danger showed up so his betrayal wasn't at all surprising, just disappointing. We also get to learn a little bit about Sylva but her family issue is glossed over so fast as if it wasn't remotely important. She has an older sister, killed her mother so she can be chief of the elves but is found out and exiled by her father which makes Sylva next in line and that's it . . . oh come on you just exiled someone who really wanted that throne and you are just going to end it there!? When someone wants something they will stop at nothing to get it, I'm just saying. Also orcs are presented as pretty OP in this book but don't really give the main characters much of a problem, sort of.
World Building: 3* - Okay the world building is only a little better, just a little. We learn a bit more of the orcs in this book but, and this is a heavy but, we also learn about elves . . . BARELY! After the trial Fletcher is taken to the elves and we learn about the King's situation with his court and his greedy father, shocking . . . With the elves there are Forest Elves that live on the ground and High Elves that live atop the trees . . . really? Both elvish races are also not allowed to be together in anyway romantically, if they are caught then they are exiled which is very stupid because they live with each other as equals minus the live on the ground and live atop trees part. Nothing was ever shown any issues that these two races have to have such laws placed.
Story: 3* - As I said for the last book, the story was still very much predictable until I get to the very end, not the one with the villain but after. It has to do with Fletcher's mother which surprised the hell out of me. Speaking of which, at the end of book 1 Fletcher get's arrested. At the beginning of this book there is a trial and new info is presented to us. Again the outcome was predictable because Fletcher is the MC and I wasn't really worried for him which is sad, I should be but I wasn't. 2 things would have happened, either Fletcher get's broken out or his lineage is identified and tested, guess which one happens? I won't say because spoilers lol. However, a new issue was presented by the author, although he is fine with writing gore he is not great with killing off characters as he kills them off page and we return to them all ready dead. I'm not saying if you are going to kill a character then write it but the character was very minor so I didn't feel for them, like at all.
Over All: 4* - I think I will continue giving these books 4 stars because of Fletcher but I really, really hope for this authors next series that he gets better with story and world building, I really, really do hope for this author.
Book Cover: 4* - Okay the covers just got better but for some reason we are still sticking to the one shade of a color, this time it's green lol. I do like the jungle background but at least add some brown or something to break up the single color thing lol. Fletcher looks great as always with Ignatius on his back.
Summary/Tagline: 3* - Again the summary is pretty straightforward. Fletcher is in trouble as danger is right at his kingdoms doorstep. However I feel like the summary may have also shown that Fletcher will be safe from the trial part, just read the last paragraph of the summary and you'll know what I mean lol.
Characters: 4* - Although Fletcher is still my bae in this book the other characters are still about the same with not much improvement but I feel the priorities in this book have gotten worse. Orcs are kicking these peoples asses but for some reason a villain and pompous nobles need to stop to pick fights with dwarves and elves because they aren't humans and we don't like them and they all need to die and we don't need them even though fighting 3 DIFFERENT WARS WILL BE A PROBLEM! Gagh! A new villain presents himself but here is the thing, it wasn't surprising and I didn't care. This character showed up a few times when Fletcher first came to Vocan Academy in Book 1 but then he disappeared for the rest of the book, suddenly he comes back for this book feeling a little better then before but again all ways disappeared when the danger showed up so his betrayal wasn't at all surprising, just disappointing. We also get to learn a little bit about Sylva but her family issue is glossed over so fast as if it wasn't remotely important. She has an older sister, killed her mother so she can be chief of the elves but is found out and exiled by her father which makes Sylva next in line and that's it . . . oh come on you just exiled someone who really wanted that throne and you are just going to end it there!? When someone wants something they will stop at nothing to get it, I'm just saying. Also orcs are presented as pretty OP in this book but don't really give the main characters much of a problem, sort of.
World Building: 3* - Okay the world building is only a little better, just a little. We learn a bit more of the orcs in this book but, and this is a heavy but, we also learn about elves . . . BARELY! After the trial Fletcher is taken to the elves and we learn about the King's situation with his court and his greedy father, shocking . . . With the elves there are Forest Elves that live on the ground and High Elves that live atop the trees . . . really? Both elvish races are also not allowed to be together in anyway romantically, if they are caught then they are exiled which is very stupid because they live with each other as equals minus the live on the ground and live atop trees part. Nothing was ever shown any issues that these two races have to have such laws placed.
Story: 3* - As I said for the last book, the story was still very much predictable until I get to the very end, not the one with the villain but after. It has to do with Fletcher's mother which surprised the hell out of me. Speaking of which, at the end of book 1 Fletcher get's arrested. At the beginning of this book there is a trial and new info is presented to us. Again the outcome was predictable because Fletcher is the MC and I wasn't really worried for him which is sad, I should be but I wasn't. 2 things would have happened, either Fletcher get's broken out or his lineage is identified and tested, guess which one happens? I won't say because spoilers lol. However, a new issue was presented by the author, although he is fine with writing gore he is not great with killing off characters as he kills them off page and we return to them all ready dead. I'm not saying if you are going to kill a character then write it but the character was very minor so I didn't feel for them, like at all.
Over All: 4* - I think I will continue giving these books 4 stars because of Fletcher but I really, really hope for this authors next series that he gets better with story and world building, I really, really do hope for this author.