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The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale: And Other Horrors (Hardcover)

by Joseph Delaney (Author)

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Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Greenwillow; 1 edition (April 20 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061730289
ISBN-13: 978-0061730283
Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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"This book would be perfect for pulling reluctant readers into the series." (School Library Journal )

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The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . .

The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training?

And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?

What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?

And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them.

Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows. Do you dare?

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3.0 out of 5 stars Stories from the past, Jun 6 2009

By	E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

It's a pretty necessary part of a story -- backhistories, explaining how X became what he or she is today. And "The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale and Other Horrors" is pretty much devoted to the backstories of important characters in Joseph Delaney's story about the "Last Apprentice," although the titular story has the feeling of a story set on repeat.

First there's the backstory of Thomas Ward's master: he was the seventh son of a seventh son, able to hear ghosts and see bizarre creatures. On his way to a seminary, the young boy encountered the countryside's spook, and finds himself being hunted by a malignant boggart, and a very clever witch. What's more, the witch wants the boy's bones for her own power -- leading him into a life-changing clash between

Then there are the stories about two of the supporting characters -- Alice Deane is captured by the malevolent Mouldheel witches, stinking side-clans who hate her for being a Deane. Along the way she ponders her past as the orphaned child of abusive parents, the kindly aunt who tried to shield her from her witch heritage, the ghastly Lizzie who dragged her into it against her will, and the boy who changed her life.

Then there's the backstory of the lethal witch assassin Grimalkin, who lost someone she loved to the Fiend as a teenager. Intent on revenge, she vows to become the greatest witch assassin -- but to do that, she must defeat the previous top-dog witch assassin, Kernolde -- who has killed a few dozen witches who have dared to challenge her.

"The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors" is very redolent of the atmosphere that Joseph Delaney excels at -- it's full of bones, blood, graveyard, half-seen horrors and ghastly old women who prowl around looking for thumb bones. His writing style sometimes is a bit bare-bones, especially in descriptions of the more supernatural creatures, (what? WHAT does a boggart look like?) but it's soaked in enough gory, grimy graveyard atmosphere to make your skin crawl.

Unfortunately the titular story is kind of lacking -- it feels as if Delaney dashed the backhistory of the current Spook off, and retreading the same kind of basic story and characterizations (sinister yet kindly Spook, check. Inexperienced boy in over his head, check!). And the ending just sort of sputters out -- Delaney never tells us why the Spook chose this different path in life, why it took so long, or anything else much. We just hear what he did, as if the author was too worn out to continue.

The second and third stories are much meatier and inspired, as well as more gruesome -- we get some insights into the world of the witches, their different clans, and more about the gruesome monsters spawned by the Fiend. And while the perpetually teetering Alice already has a reader's sympathy, Grimalkin becomes a much more human, understandable character as Delaney explores how she became a witch assassin. It's actually a rather tragic story.

After that, Delaney briefly outlines some of the important monsters and witches (including Grimalkin) and their backgrounds, but it's mostly snippets that tell you to read this or that book for more info.

The titular title of "The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale And Other Horrors" is a rather flaccid little read that sputters out, but the accompanying witch tales keep it from collapsing under its own weight.

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