summoner the trilogy books 1 3 taran matharu

I admit to crying when I finished book two and I’m now devastated that I have to wait a whole year for book 3. I read books one and two, straight after each other, captivated and thrilled. It’s really hard to explain but the book was almost like a DVD when I would open the book and The Summoner ‘film’ would play in my mind with no effort at all. At many points I’d forget I was even reading these books while I was actually reading. Weirdly I won’t say I’m someone who really loves reading in general, even though I love stories, so I crave books that make me feel I’m not reading, to forget the effort of reading.

It just captivated my imagination, it played like a film in my mind. It was the weirdest experience – and I’ve only ever had something close to this feeling when I’m reading fantasy when I read the Hobbit (and SF Said’s Varjak Paw when I was younger). In my head while I was reading The Summoner series I could see every single scene perfectly. I loved all the descriptions in the series actually, especially the demons. I felt the descriptions of the weapons Othello used were particularly very, very well done. The dwarves were discriminated against and didn’t have the same rights as humans. He was such a well-developed character, you really got to know him well – and understand his political situation. One of my favourite characters in the books was Othello, the dwarf. They are brilliant on matters of race and class. The books are so thrilling, so political, they make you think deeply about your own world as well as transporting you to their world and keeping you on the edge of your seat.

Everything in them (and there’s a bit of Pokemon-style stuff in there too) moves everything on into something completely new and completely and utterly brilliant.

The Summoner series is by no means an imitation of any other book. BUT I need to tell you that these books by Taran Matharu are not mash-ups. It also reminds me a bit of Christopher Paolini Eragon. I’ve already mentioned two books the Summoner series is a bit like: Lord of the Rings and Northern Lights.

Summoner the trilogy books 1 3 taran matharu