Review of The Inquisitor's Mark by Dianne K Salerni

Advance Review of Dianne K Salerni's The Inquisitor's Mark

Release Date: January 27th, 2015

Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:

After the all-out Eighth Day war in Mexico, Jax, Riley, and Evangeline have gone into hiding. There are still rogue Transitioners and evil Kin lords who want to use Riley, a descendant of King Arthur, and Evangeline, a powerful wizard with bloodlines to Merlin, to get control over the Eighth Day.

So when Finn Ambrose, a mysterious stranger, contacts Jax claiming to be his uncle, Jax’s defenses go up—especially when Finn tells Jax that he’s holding Jax’s best friend, Billy, hostage. To rescue Billy and keep Riley and Evangeline out of the fray, Jax sneaks off to New York City on his own. But once there, he discovers a surprising truth: Finn is his uncle and Jax is closely related to the Dulacs—a notoriously corrupt and dangerous Transitioner clan who have been dying to get their hands on Riley and Evangeline. And family or not, these people will stop at nothing to get what they want.

With suspense, action, and intrigue lurking around every corner, this fast-paced fantasy series will be a welcome addition for fans of Percy Jackson and Harry Potter.

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The sequel to Salerni's freshman novel, The Eighth Day, was just as exciting and action-packed as it's predecessor. The Inquisitor's Mark picks up right where we left off. Jax, Riley, Evangeline, & the Crandall's are on the run, moving from place to place so that they wont be found by any Kin families who are after them. With the reality that Evangeline's younger brother had been killed without her knowing it, they decide to seek out her only remaining relative, her sister Adeline.

This book also gives up a look into the lives of another Transistioner clan, the Dulacs. When Jax's friend Billy is kidnapped, he finds out that the ones holding him hostage are non-other than the family he didn't know he had. Jax's father had actually ran away from home & changed his name from Ambrose to Aubrey. The Ambrose clan is related closely to the Dulacs. Where the Dulac women are the most powerful, it is the opposite for the Ambrose's.

I found myself enjoying the sequel almost more than the first. I already understood the back story, so I didn't have to rush to keep up. There are evil people out to destroy the world, but they are not at the forefront of this story.

If you are a fan of Arthurian Legends, you will definitely enjoy this series.

(Sorry if my review is a little short, but I am under the weather. I took a day off from work because I have been running a fever & got some reading in. Thanks for a great book year!! Happy New Year to all my readers!)