The Inquisitor's Apprentice by MS Chris Moriarty

The Inquisitor's Apprentice (Inquisitor's Apprentice (Quality)) (Inquisitor's Apprentice (Hardcover), #1)

by MS Chris Moriarty

In early twentieth-century New York, Sacha Kessler's ability to see witches earns him an apprenticeship to the police department's star Inquisitor, Maximillian Wolf, to help stop magical crime and, with fellow apprentice Lily Astral, Sacha investigates who is trying to kill Thomas Edison, whose mechanical witch detector that could unleash the worst witch-hunt in American history.

Reviewed by Briana @ Pages Unbound on

3 of 5 stars

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The Inquisitor’s Apprentice is a story heavily built on atmosphere, taking full advantage of its setting in an alternate NYC in the early 1900s to mesmerize readers. Author Chris Moriarty clearly revels in guiding her audience through the streets of New York, explaining the history and population of each neighborhood that protagonist Sacha visits. Sacha, a “nice Jewish boy,” clearly has a heart for the city and its people as big as Moriarty’s, as he takes numerous opportunities to reflect on the ethnic tensions he encounters. Yet the stakes for danger are even higher in Sacha’s world than in ours because magic is running rampant—and each immigrant population has a different means of using it.

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