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WARNING: NOT TO BE READ AFTER DARK
A collection of 5 blood-chilling witch stories from the world of the Spook's Apprentice
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For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from ghosts and boggarts, but more especially from witches.
And here are five dark and terifying witch stories from the Spook's own collection. There are child-eating witches, witch assassins, Celtic witches, dead witches, and witches so beautiful they can break a man's heart.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a must have for all the fans of the Joseph Delaney's Wardstone books.
It gives you a good background, and more depth to many of his characters. It also slots a few pieces of the jigsaw together. A nice read, and certainly NOT TO BE READ AFTER DARK!!!!
It gives you a good background, and more depth to many of his characters. It also slots a few pieces of the jigsaw together. A nice read, and certainly NOT TO BE READ AFTER DARK!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Last Apprentice series is full of witches -- good ones, bad ones, and horrifying ones. So unsurprisingly "The Last Apprentice: A Coven of Witches" is all about various witches in this series, ranging from a vampirelike dead witch to Grimalkin herself. Joseph Delaney's stories are solid, but be forewarned: one of these stories has been released in another book.
"Meg Skelton" takes us back to when Gregory was a young man: he fell in love with a beautiful young woman that he rescued from a monster -- only to find that she was a lamia witch. Though he tried to live peacefully with Meg, her feral sister Marcia and the suspicious townspeople ultimately made it impossible. "Dirty Dora" tells us of a grotesque undead witch who returns after death to visit revenge on the men who killed her.
"Grimalkin's Tale" tells how the fiery young assassin became the Witch Assassin, and why she wants to kill the Fiend. "Alice and the Brain-Guzzler" tells of the first week of Alice Dean's apprenticeship, and how she became the target of a deadly familiar who's eyeing her as his next victim. Finally, Tom encounters the "The Banshee Witch," a mysterious woman with a terrible cry who is far more than what she appears...
I'm 99% sure that "Grimalkin's Tale" was already released in another one of Joseph Delaney's short story collections, and that the big drawback to this collection. Well, that and the fact that there's no real ending to Gregory's doomed love story -- Delaney doesn't really explain what happened to Meg and Marcia after Gregory returned.
But the rest of it is pretty good stuff -- Delaney explores some of the backstories of the supporting cast, and includes a story about Tom's apprenticeship with Arkwright. His writing also varies from story to story, from the grotesque descriptions of graveyard dirt and moldy leaves to the swampy battles with a serpentine worme. As for the "brain-guzzler," that's just horrendous.
It also provides some interesting revelations about the characters. We see the horrors that drove Grimalkin to become a witch assassin, the toxic atmosphere that Alice learned witchcraft in, and some details about Gregory's naive youth. Dirty Dora is also explored in detail, but she's such a sly malicious old hag (and a sort of vampire!) that you can't really feel sorry for her.
"The Last Apprentice: A Coven of Witches" is all about the witchy horrors and some truly terrible magic -- I just wish Delaney had told us what happened to Meg and Marcia.
"Meg Skelton" takes us back to when Gregory was a young man: he fell in love with a beautiful young woman that he rescued from a monster -- only to find that she was a lamia witch. Though he tried to live peacefully with Meg, her feral sister Marcia and the suspicious townspeople ultimately made it impossible. "Dirty Dora" tells us of a grotesque undead witch who returns after death to visit revenge on the men who killed her.
"Grimalkin's Tale" tells how the fiery young assassin became the Witch Assassin, and why she wants to kill the Fiend. "Alice and the Brain-Guzzler" tells of the first week of Alice Dean's apprenticeship, and how she became the target of a deadly familiar who's eyeing her as his next victim. Finally, Tom encounters the "The Banshee Witch," a mysterious woman with a terrible cry who is far more than what she appears...
I'm 99% sure that "Grimalkin's Tale" was already released in another one of Joseph Delaney's short story collections, and that the big drawback to this collection. Well, that and the fact that there's no real ending to Gregory's doomed love story -- Delaney doesn't really explain what happened to Meg and Marcia after Gregory returned.
But the rest of it is pretty good stuff -- Delaney explores some of the backstories of the supporting cast, and includes a story about Tom's apprenticeship with Arkwright. His writing also varies from story to story, from the grotesque descriptions of graveyard dirt and moldy leaves to the swampy battles with a serpentine worme. As for the "brain-guzzler," that's just horrendous.
It also provides some interesting revelations about the characters. We see the horrors that drove Grimalkin to become a witch assassin, the toxic atmosphere that Alice learned witchcraft in, and some details about Gregory's naive youth. Dirty Dora is also explored in detail, but she's such a sly malicious old hag (and a sort of vampire!) that you can't really feel sorry for her.
"The Last Apprentice: A Coven of Witches" is all about the witchy horrors and some truly terrible magic -- I just wish Delaney had told us what happened to Meg and Marcia.
Format:Paperback
Anyone who loves an easy read with a good story and loves the Harry Potter books will probably also love this series. Although it is not about direct magic, it is about dealing with dark magic - witches, boggarts and all that. It is superbly written and the series has my whole family hooked.
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present
this is a present for Christmas, but book is in exceellent condition and my Mum likes the stories. I'm sure she would recommend it.
Published 7 months ago by Crimson_moon
Five eerie tales from the Spook's dark world
*Review contains spoilers*
Joseph Delaney delivers here five very original and entertaining tales that all relate to the dark he faces everyday and the theme of these... Read more
Joseph Delaney delivers here five very original and entertaining tales that all relate to the dark he faces everyday and the theme of these... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sam
witches
This is good because it tells how Alice,Grimalkin etc became who they are and why. Not essential to read but well worth it.I now have a bit more insight into the characters.
Published 16 months ago by google
Spooks
Now what can a say about this book to encourage you to buy it, well the only thing is that i haver got the complete collection from this author and i haver throughly enjoyed the... Read more
Published 18 months ago by actionman023
A glimpse of something bigger.
These are smaller stories that are alluded to but not fully written in the 'spooks' saga.
They are brilliant. Read more
They are brilliant. Read more
Published on 19 May 2010 by Ms. C. Whitehead
Spooks Stories
It was nice to get a little more insight to how the caracters became who they are, so a good part of the spooks collection.
Published on 28 Jan 2010 by John Sales
Spooktastic
This is a collection of stories all giving background to what has already been talked about in the spooks series. It is a must read for all spooks fans. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2010 by T. Lawes
loved this
If you love the spook books then you will love this. It tells you each chapter the story of different characters from the original book. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 2010 by Mrs. J. A. Welch
Another excellent book from the Spook series.
I bought this book as a gift and could not resist reading it too. It is a side issue to the Spook books, an aperitif for the next issue in the Series!
Published on 18 Dec 2009 by GCLima
Great seperate title to Wardstone Chronicles
Whilst not technically part of the series this short title is one that adds a lot of background and flavour to the events in the current series. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2009 by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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