Review by Renee_Prior1995 -- We are Voulhire: The Fires ...

Renee_Prior1995 · Post by **Renee_Prior1995** » 08 Aug 2019, 12:58

[Following is a volunteer review of "We are Voulhire: The Fires of Virko" by Matthew Tysz.]

3 out of 4 stars

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We are Voulhire: The Fires of Virko is the second novel in the published series by Matthew Tysz. This book has under 200 pages. Thus, this book was more fast-paced than the first novel. This entire series is about magic, science, and politics. In the previous novel, Galen's unique journey had begun. He had inherited his uncle's forge business after he passed. He works closely with Rowan, who used to be his late uncle's adviser. Galen's place of operation is in Magnum Caelum, but he often has to go to other towns for supplies. They meet a mage who knows where Galen can obtain magical metals. His name is Demetrius. Galen let the mage join his team. Through their journey and mishaps, there is something lurking in the darkness.

Virko's lord, Vanden, is looking to carry out some changes to the government system. However, his son Hans considers some ideas of his own. Something evil is lurking in the heart of Virko. Something that no one knows about but Vanden. Will Galen and his team manage to make it when all hell breaks loose.

Matthew's work is generally easy to understand. His words are easy to comprehend. The author managed to keep my attention glued to this novel. So much so that I read it in a few days. However, there are several grammar errors. Most of which merely include missing commas. This can be easily resolved with some proofreading. It was unfortunate to see there were many missing commas. This is the reason I have deducted a point from my rating. There were well over 10 errors.

I have mentioned in my previous reviews of Matthew's novels that he has an uncanny ability to construct new universes. He is able to make these worlds feel like they actually exist. He describes them in details it is like I am watching a movie. The more you read, the more the author adds to the universe he created. Writing about a whole new world is hard, and Matthew seems to implement this flawlessly. The world is abstract, with so many ever-changing concepts, just like our own world. This book definitely contains more political issues than the first novel. Many people can relate to politics because it is hard to avoid in our own world. Adding this element of politics made the world he created even more realistic.

Taking everything into consideration, this was an engaging read. I could not set the book down (metaphorically speaking because I read this on my laptop.) I give this novel a rating of three out of four stars. The reason I did not give it a perfect rating is there were more than 10 trivial errors. If these errors get fixed, this is undoubtedly a superb novel. I enthusiastically recommend this novel, and the series, to all lovers of fantasy, fiction, magic, and politics.

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Post by **Sanju Lali** » 15 Mar 2020, 02:31

Thanks for your quite insightful review on the book which is a mix of politics, science and magic. Hope you enjoyed reading. I hope the author fixes those errors by the next edition.

Amaraah · Post by **Amaraah** » 21 Aug 2020, 01:06

I would really love to read this particular installment in this series. Thank you for this insightful and precise review

NDeMeer · Post by **NDeMeer** » 21 Aug 2020, 07:02

I've read the first book in this series and enjoyed it immensely. It's nice to see the author lives up to the expectations with the second one! A shame about the many errors; let's hope the author fixes them in a new version. Still looking forward to reading this. Thanks for the wonderful review!