Cody C.
I have recently read the book called The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney. It is about a character named Tom Ward. He is an apprentice to the Spook and together they hunt creatures like witches. In this book travels back to Priestown to battle his biggest enemy, the Bane. When he is there he realizes that the Bane is not his only enemy and must also battle the Quisitor. He reaches a closer bond with John, the spook, but John always tries to appear insensitive. This is based in a medieval time but with magic, witches, and other fake creatures.
I rated this book a four out of five because I liked it but I didn't feel like i could connect with the characters. Joseph Delaney did an excellent job of thinking out his plot. He also did a great job at writing the book in a spooky sort of way, it made me apprehensive after I was reading. Most of the time I wont finish a spooky book or even pick one up, I almost rated this one badly because it isn't the type of book I usually read. Thanks to Joseph Delaney I am giving them a second chance. This book is just as much adventure as it is mystery and a thriller.
A quote i was interested by in this book was " It was a remedy taught to Alice by a witch. A remedy that worked. The ways of the world were strange. Out of evil good could come, and it wasn't just my hand. Because of Alice and her pact with the bane the spook had been saved." In this quote you can see some character development. Tom can now see that not everyone is as they seem, along with where it says "out of evil good can come" it goes hand and hand with the quote and it took me a minute to think it all through. I think that Tom may have thought about this more and I predict that in the next book he gives up hunting for odd and magical creatures. I personally would be incapable of having a job like that because I can't kill a person, even if they are a witch in cold blood. I think this book had a lot of quotes partially like this but this one stuck out a lot more than any others. The part that caught my eye was Out of evil good can come.
In conclusion I think this book was good but should not be read as a school book because some people will dislike it a lot. If you decide you have some free time I highly recommend reading it.
