WARNING: Review will contain spoilers. 

The Battlemage is the third and final book in the Summoner trilogy. I really do not like writing negative reviews but since I put up reviews for the rest of the trilogy I will add in The Battlemage. 

Fletcher once again is in deep trouble and unsure how he will get himself out of this new mess. After escaping the orcs by entering the nether he now feels responsible for watching over the small party of survivors and finding a way to keep them alive while demons wish to consume them. Along with dealing with wounds both physical and emotional Fletcher knows their time is short since the nether air is toxic and they only have a small supply of the flowers that keep the poison from their body. 

My first major problem with the story was it felt like three stories crammed into one, none were fleshed out and felt rushed. The travel through the ether, the rebuilding of Fletcher's ancestral lands, and the final battle with the orcs. Since the overall theme of the story was the prophecy of a summoner with a dragon was a major theme of the story the resolution to that should not have been thrown into one small chapter. Also Fletcher went into the battle with no mana against a stronger demon and summoner yet it was an easy battle where his first and only maneuver worked. It was just highly unbelievable even for a young adult story. Really the first two parts should have been a book and the last part a book on it's own. I would like to say I will not read any more of Taran Matharu's work but my husband is eager for me to read a different series by the same author.