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A review by obsidian_blue
Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney
4.0
I finally got back to "The Last Apprentice" series. Yes, I am just drowning myself in fantasy novels right now because the United States has become a hellscape.
This is the third book in the series, and Tom Ward has been with the Spook for about a year at this point. Tom, the Spook, and Alice have grown comfortable together (or slightly) until the Spook tells him that they need to travel to his winter home in Anglezarke and that Alice needs to stay with a couple at a farm he knows. The threesome are broken up while Tom learns more about the Spook and his relationship with a mysterious woman named Meg.
We get to see Tom grow stronger in this one. And also have him pushing for the Spook to trust Alice more. That said, Tom is naïve as anything at times and you want to yell at him since some of his actions did cause things to get worse.
We also get introduced to a new character, Morgan, who has a connection to the Spook. I thought Morgan was an interesting antagonist and liked the reveals about him throughout the book.
We also get to learn more about the Spook, the women he has loved, and what possible ending awaits him.
This was a very long book though (over 500 pages) and honestly gave this book 4 stars because it does drag a bit here and there.
The new setting of Anglezarke was welcome though and I am just wondering if the Spook has any other houses he is just going to surprise Tom with.
This book does have a gut punch of an ending though.
This is the third book in the series, and Tom Ward has been with the Spook for about a year at this point. Tom, the Spook, and Alice have grown comfortable together (or slightly) until the Spook tells him that they need to travel to his winter home in Anglezarke and that Alice needs to stay with a couple at a farm he knows. The threesome are broken up while Tom learns more about the Spook and his relationship with a mysterious woman named Meg.
We get to see Tom grow stronger in this one. And also have him pushing for the Spook to trust Alice more. That said, Tom is naïve as anything at times and you want to yell at him since some of his actions did cause things to get worse.
We also get introduced to a new character, Morgan, who has a connection to the Spook. I thought Morgan was an interesting antagonist and liked the reveals about him throughout the book.
We also get to learn more about the Spook, the women he has loved, and what possible ending awaits him.
This was a very long book though (over 500 pages) and honestly gave this book 4 stars because it does drag a bit here and there.
The new setting of Anglezarke was welcome though and I am just wondering if the Spook has any other houses he is just going to surprise Tom with.
This book does have a gut punch of an ending though.