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A review by capturedinwords
How the Tiger Faced His Challenge by Sarah Brownlee
4.0
My video review: https://youtu.be/NeNSpI04G6g
This sequel to "How The Wolf Lost Her Heart" by Sarah Brownlee is a step up from what was already an excellent book. I feel that the author has grown a lot from her first book and it is evident from the very beginning of "How The Tiger Faced His Challenge".
This time around the story starts with a prologue of Lord Pearson in his gothic-style mansion; a beginning which immediately drew me in. Any book starting from the antagonists perspective always grabs my interest as it feels like you've started in a restricted zone, almost against classic storytelling.
Taking place in a futuristic dystopian London year 2217, thugs roam the streets. What appears to be a disorganized group of hooligans is really being controlled and powered by the Pearson family. The only force in London able to stand up against the Pearson family is the royal house of Lord Renzo ruling in the west. Due to an experiment taking place back in 2012 there are now people known as Morphers who can-as the title implies- "morph" into their spirit animal. One such Morpher is Skye Archer, who's animal is the wolf. While the first book focused in a lot more on Skye's story, this book brings a lot more weight to the character of Raphael Renzo; the son of Lord Renzo, who has the ability to morph into a Bengal tiger.
Now I don't want to mention too much of the story as I wouldn't want to spoil anything, but as you might know from the first book, war is imminent. This book takes everything up a notch from the previous by adding more action, suspense, and drama. The battle scenes kept you glued to the page as the story unfolded to an ultimate ending leaving the reader on edge. The third book should be heading in an interesting direction that I am excited to get to.
One of my favorite parts in this series (although it also ties in with one of my main complaints) is it's fun and innovative new technologies it brings to the world. The first book had some really neat technologies as well, but I feel like the sequel shows off some ones that are even more creative and fun. My problem with these are how they are presented. When a technology is introduced the reader is pulled out of the story to read a description of the technology and why and when it was created. I feel like this is 'telling' the reader more so than 'showing' them and it definitely takes me out of the story a bit. The world building in many parts was presented in the same way. I think it works better when these are written more like it's ordinary everyday stuff in this world, not a school lesson to the reader. Overall this wasn't something that appeared too often in this book but it is something to note.
Sarah Brownlee is bringing the series in new directions with an upcoming prequel series about the original Morphers and the scientist who created their abilities, Professor Polgas. This prequel series will be aimed more towards children/middle-grade and I am excited to see how Sarah does with this. I feel like aiming it towards children will give her even more creative freedom while still maintaining the story. I'm looking forward to reading/ reviewing book 3 as well as the prequel series!
This sequel to "How The Wolf Lost Her Heart" by Sarah Brownlee is a step up from what was already an excellent book. I feel that the author has grown a lot from her first book and it is evident from the very beginning of "How The Tiger Faced His Challenge".
This time around the story starts with a prologue of Lord Pearson in his gothic-style mansion; a beginning which immediately drew me in. Any book starting from the antagonists perspective always grabs my interest as it feels like you've started in a restricted zone, almost against classic storytelling.
Taking place in a futuristic dystopian London year 2217, thugs roam the streets. What appears to be a disorganized group of hooligans is really being controlled and powered by the Pearson family. The only force in London able to stand up against the Pearson family is the royal house of Lord Renzo ruling in the west. Due to an experiment taking place back in 2012 there are now people known as Morphers who can-as the title implies- "morph" into their spirit animal. One such Morpher is Skye Archer, who's animal is the wolf. While the first book focused in a lot more on Skye's story, this book brings a lot more weight to the character of Raphael Renzo; the son of Lord Renzo, who has the ability to morph into a Bengal tiger.
Now I don't want to mention too much of the story as I wouldn't want to spoil anything, but as you might know from the first book, war is imminent. This book takes everything up a notch from the previous by adding more action, suspense, and drama. The battle scenes kept you glued to the page as the story unfolded to an ultimate ending leaving the reader on edge. The third book should be heading in an interesting direction that I am excited to get to.
One of my favorite parts in this series (although it also ties in with one of my main complaints) is it's fun and innovative new technologies it brings to the world. The first book had some really neat technologies as well, but I feel like the sequel shows off some ones that are even more creative and fun. My problem with these are how they are presented. When a technology is introduced the reader is pulled out of the story to read a description of the technology and why and when it was created. I feel like this is 'telling' the reader more so than 'showing' them and it definitely takes me out of the story a bit. The world building in many parts was presented in the same way. I think it works better when these are written more like it's ordinary everyday stuff in this world, not a school lesson to the reader. Overall this wasn't something that appeared too often in this book but it is something to note.
Sarah Brownlee is bringing the series in new directions with an upcoming prequel series about the original Morphers and the scientist who created their abilities, Professor Polgas. This prequel series will be aimed more towards children/middle-grade and I am excited to see how Sarah does with this. I feel like aiming it towards children will give her even more creative freedom while still maintaining the story. I'm looking forward to reading/ reviewing book 3 as well as the prequel series!