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The Spook's Mistake (The Last Apprentice / Wardstone Chronicles #5)
As danger increases in the County, Tom is sent far north by his master to be trained by Bill Arkwright, another Spook. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh and his training methods prove to be harsh and sometimes cruel. But he has toughened up many previous apprentices and now he must do the same for Tom and prepare him for the gravest dange...more
Hardcover, 480 pages
Published
June 5th 2008
by Bodley Head
(first published January 1st 2008)
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Jun 27, 2011
Mike (the Paladin)
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
ya-fantasy
Okay...I think I've reached my saturation point on this series. As I started it I was favorably impressed and I suppose it is a good series. When I gave a 4 star to the first book and recommended it a friend here on Goodreads (Coleen black rose I believe...sorry if I mis-attributed that) noted that the problem she had was the Tom never seems to change. I can see what she means now.
Tom is the Spook's apprentice (see book 1 for the explanation of what a "Spook" is) his Last apprentice. This appare...more
Tom is the Spook's apprentice (see book 1 for the explanation of what a "Spook" is) his Last apprentice. This appare...more
This is the fifth book in the Spook's Apprentice series and it is just as fantastic as the previous books have been. I am impressed that these books have continued on with such great story telling over this series.
In this book Tom Ward leaves Gregory to serve 6 months under a different spook; the new spook is harsh in his methods but endeavors to teach Tom more fighting to toughen him up. During the stay though Tom finds himself again being hunted by the Fiend and his children. Most notably Morw...more
In this book Tom Ward leaves Gregory to serve 6 months under a different spook; the new spook is harsh in his methods but endeavors to teach Tom more fighting to toughen him up. During the stay though Tom finds himself again being hunted by the Fiend and his children. Most notably Morw...more
Holy. Cow. I read the entire series in just over a week and now I cannot wait for the next one to come out, because book 5 ends with a big ol' cliffhanger...and as far as I can tell, no word on when book 6 comes out. Dang! Joseph Delaney is a very skilled author, and his level of horror is just right for me, the ultimate horror wimp. In this book, I came to really enjoy the character of Grimalkin, the witch assassin. The illustrations at the beginning of each chapter really add to the books, and...more
Mon avis : J'avais un peu laissé tomber cette saga mais il faut bien se dire à un moment que l'on ne peut pas tout commencer et ne rien finir. J'ai donc décidé de continuer les aventures de Tom Ward : l'apprenti épouvanteur, d' Alice sa complice sorcière et John Grégory qui lui apprend son métier d'épouvanteur.
Dans le tome précédent, les sorcières de Pendle ont réveillé le malin et la montée de l'obscure est de plus en plus palpable. John Grégory décide d'envoyer Tom chez son ancien apprenti Bil...more
Dans le tome précédent, les sorcières de Pendle ont réveillé le malin et la montée de l'obscure est de plus en plus palpable. John Grégory décide d'envoyer Tom chez son ancien apprenti Bil...more
Also titled Wrath of the Bloodeye. In the last installment of the Tom’s adventures with the Spook, the Fiend (or Satan) was unleashed by three witch clans. Since that time, the Spook and Alice have tried to shelter Tom and protect him just in case the Fiend is still on his trail. However, enough is enough and the Spook realizes he must get on with Tom’s training. He sends Tom to the north to be trained by one of his former apprentices, Bill Arkwright. He knows Arkwright is a difficult task maste...more
Dec 21, 2011
Mason H
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
scary-exiting-action
Dear Mrs. Schuelke,
I am reading the Last Apprentice Wrath of the Blood Eye written by Joseph Delaney. I am on page 191. It is a Gothic fiction book.
People who don’t like witches and other scary things shouldn’t read this. Other wise it’s an awesome book. It seems that a lot of students are reading about mythical stuff like witches and apprentices. I would recommend this book to people that like gore, witches, apprentices and all that fun stuff. One scary part is when the witch pierces her nail...more
I am reading the Last Apprentice Wrath of the Blood Eye written by Joseph Delaney. I am on page 191. It is a Gothic fiction book.
People who don’t like witches and other scary things shouldn’t read this. Other wise it’s an awesome book. It seems that a lot of students are reading about mythical stuff like witches and apprentices. I would recommend this book to people that like gore, witches, apprentices and all that fun stuff. One scary part is when the witch pierces her nail...more
I discovered Joseph Delaney's young adult dark fantasy/horror series The Last Apprentice this past summer. Over the last few months I've barreled through each installment of the series and have yet to be disappointed. Delaney gets better with every book, and the series' fifth novel, Wrath of the Bloodeye, is no exception.
Bloodeye picks up where Attack of the Fiend leaves off. The witch clans have brought the Fiend (the "Devil himself") into the world and he's after Tom. In order to protect Tom f...more
Bloodeye picks up where Attack of the Fiend leaves off. The witch clans have brought the Fiend (the "Devil himself") into the world and he's after Tom. In order to protect Tom f...more
This book is a sheep in wolf's clothing. It's dressed up and plotted like a lot of popular children's fantasy series, with its young male protagonist thrown headfirst into an epic struggle of good against evil. There's a prophecy of some kind, and the future of the world hinges on young Tom Ward's choices. But most fantasy series open up an alternate reality where the impossible becomes possible, and children escape their authority figures to sally forth into the world on their own. In THE LAST...more
With many series, it's fairly easy to map the course of events for every book before even cracking the spine. You know the hero will follow her or his patterns from previous books. The books become almost formulaic. I thought I had figured out the formula to The Last Apprentice: Tom and his master would go someplace to rid the area of evil, Tom would allow either his emotions or his devotion to his master to get in his way, trouble would ensue, the Spook would be detained and Tom would have to f...more
This series is consistently good, and I like the way it is developing, with a slow but sure feel about where it is going. This installment takes us outside the County for the first time, and it develops two new characters. Tom goes north for to study with Bill Arkwright for six months. Bill was also an apprentice to the Spook, and now is a spook in his own right in an area where there are lots of water monsters and witches. I liked Bill's character quite a bit. He tries to be a good mentor, but...more
Yet again, another installment in this series does not fail to impress with an intelligent, spooky story for a chillingly fun read. This particular story presents new manifestations of evil that are novel challenges, moving the setting into a swampy area and distinguishing water witches from the regular sorts, but yet fitting with the previous encounters. I'm normally not a fan of series books, especially seemingly unending series, but these books have some nice points to them including a unique...more
The Fiend is now in the world and the dark is increasing. John Gregory thinks it is time to send Tom to Bill Arkwright for more training, who was once his apprentice.
When Tom meets Bill and lives with him for a few days, he's not sure about much more he can take. Bill is not like his master, but Tom realizes that if he wants to survive in a world that has the Fiend, he must continue his training with Bill. He also needs this training to defeat the Bloodeye, who seems to want him dead.
Bill Arkwri...more
When Tom meets Bill and lives with him for a few days, he's not sure about much more he can take. Bill is not like his master, but Tom realizes that if he wants to survive in a world that has the Fiend, he must continue his training with Bill. He also needs this training to defeat the Bloodeye, who seems to want him dead.
Bill Arkwri...more
Feb 22, 2010
Colleen
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
middle-grade,
horror-esque
3.75
This IR series is a bit formulaic in the way that such things are - apprentice disobeys something, and gets in a bit of trouble. Later on, he gets into a lot of trouble and survives through the skin of his teeth by luck or the fortuitous arrival of help. But, despite that, it's just a fun, and slightly spooky, series to read.
Told in first person narrative, the author manages to mostly convey the tone of an old world fourteen-year-old boy - with the exception of a few "big" words that seem s...more
This IR series is a bit formulaic in the way that such things are - apprentice disobeys something, and gets in a bit of trouble. Later on, he gets into a lot of trouble and survives through the skin of his teeth by luck or the fortuitous arrival of help. But, despite that, it's just a fun, and slightly spooky, series to read.
Told in first person narrative, the author manages to mostly convey the tone of an old world fourteen-year-old boy - with the exception of a few "big" words that seem s...more
OMG, I seriously hate the Spook/John Greggory! what he did was unfair for Alice! sure, maybe I like tragedy, but for all the unfairness? that's so uncool.
and Tom was pretty much different, more impulsive than earlier books. maybe because he was in teen-rebellious mood, like Harry Potter in Order of The Phoenix.
and hey, I didn't blame him of what he did. just disappointed he let Alice's messages because the Spook said so. it sucks.
still, great series I'm dreading to read the rest. if only I wasn'...more
and Tom was pretty much different, more impulsive than earlier books. maybe because he was in teen-rebellious mood, like Harry Potter in Order of The Phoenix.
and hey, I didn't blame him of what he did. just disappointed he let Alice's messages because the Spook said so. it sucks.
still, great series I'm dreading to read the rest. if only I wasn'...more
Tom has spent two years training with the spook and now, he’s being sent to the far north to train with another spook, Bill Arkwright. Arkwright turns out to be somehow tormented and occasionally cruel, but Tom trusts he’s been sent there for a good reason, so he accompanies Arkwright on a mission to defeat a powerful, local witch Morwena (or Bloodeye). Chilling circumstances intervene and Tom finds himself battling Morwena alone, uncertain that his training has prepared him enough.
These remain...more
These remain...more
Well, I just finished Wrath of the Bloodeye, and I have to say, I really enjoy this series, although I wonder if it's really good for me to be readig such dark material.
The Fiend (Satan) is roaming the land and has plans to kill young Tom Ward. The Spook generally sends his apprentices to train with another Spook for six months to expand their knowledge, and with Tom's situation becoming more and more dangerous, he decides to go ahead and send Tom off to study under Awkright for a while. Awkrigh...more
The Fiend (Satan) is roaming the land and has plans to kill young Tom Ward. The Spook generally sends his apprentices to train with another Spook for six months to expand their knowledge, and with Tom's situation becoming more and more dangerous, he decides to go ahead and send Tom off to study under Awkright for a while. Awkrigh...more
As I started to read this series, Starting with the Spooks Apperance, this series amazes me due to the fact that some things are true in the book and english history. The Pendle Witches on down to the places. I was able to relate to where and how he was going all over the country. I have tried to keep up with the series but it seems I am a few books behind. But The last 7 of this seires is fantastic. This book with Tom and Alice's destiny, gets a bit more intense as the story goes on. Just keep...more
This is the 5th installment in The Last Apprentice series. Tom Ward has been sent to study under another Spook named Bill Arkwright. John Gregory, Toms master, always send his apprentice point to train for 6 months under another Spook. That way the apprentice can learn from another point of view. It also was a way for Tom to avoid being drafted in the war. Tom definetly doesnt want to go because he likes his master and he will miss Alice.
Bill Arkwright is an abrasive Spook that likes the red wi...more
Bill Arkwright is an abrasive Spook that likes the red wi...more
Tom is sent to apprentice with Bill Arkwright, a spook in the north, for 6 months. When sober, he is abrupt and rude. When drunk, he is downright beligerent. But Tom has little choice but to stay, espeically after the water witch Morwena enters the story. With the help of Bill and the Spook and Alice, Tom is able to battle the forces of evil again. This time he also gets help from a former foe, despite the fact he knows it may be the wrong choice. Most of the book is good and a compelling read,...more
the spooks mistake is the 5th instalment in the wardstone chronicles written by Joseph Delaney, it is a great book that follows the lines of the 4 books before it but with a different twist and like every other book a new character is introduced in this book. The Spook and Tom return to save the day but Tom is annoyed that the spook will not let him out of the house as he is afraid the fiend is out to find Tom, so for his protection Tom is sent to one of the spooks other apprentices who had fini...more
This book was really good. It is the 5th book in the series of the Last apprentice/ wardstone Chronicicles. It is about water witches. Tom has been the Sppoks apprentice for almost 2 years. But now there is one problem that is bothering everyone in the county. The Devil himself has been released into the world. Nowhere is safe for the young Apprentice Thomas Ward. This book is 511 pages. The main characters are Alice, Bill Arkwright, Tom, The spook, and the Devils daughter Morwena. The plot of...more
Wow. Have I really read five books in this series just this year?! This is the series that I've been reading aloud to Luke (age 9). Tom Ward is the young -- almost 14 years old -- man apprenticed to the Spook. As such they fight the good fight against the Dark whether that's boggarts, skelts, witches, or other nasties. On a couple occasions my wife listened in a bit as I read some passages to Luke. She'd say that the story was a little too creepy or scary but Luke and I would just roll our eyes...more
I really enjoyed the first Spook's/Wardstone Chronicles book—and the second. And while the third and fourth were still great stories, somewhere in the process of reading them, i began to feel that Delaney's writing was lacking emotion—it started to seem too matter-of-fact. This fifth book still had some evidence of that, mainly in the first half, but thereafter proved to become probably the strongest of all the books in the series so far! I really liked some of the locational creativity and grip...more
Spooky, scary--and I'm not talking about the Werewolf Bar Mitzvah! With book five, Delaney hasn't escaped his rut--young Tom Ward, the apprentice to the Spook, must fight witches and the Fiend and meanwhile, can he trust Alice? While all the books are similar in plot, the atmosphere is dark and creepy as Tom learns to fight the Dark on his way to becoming a Spook.
Here, he is sent to a younger Spook for combat training, Arkwright--who has his own demons within. The Fiend--the devil himself, by...more
Here, he is sent to a younger Spook for combat training, Arkwright--who has his own demons within. The Fiend--the devil himself, by...more
I noticed that as the series continues, the difficulty of the challenges that Tom has to face increases as well. This fact keeps me hooked on to the series.
In this book, the danger in the County has increased dramatically. As a result, Tom is sent up North to Bill Arkwright, another spook to train Tom.Tom notices that the methods are tough but his master sent him here because Bill has toughened up and prepared many apprentices. But, one day, Tom is left alone with the ancient powerful water wit...more
In this book, the danger in the County has increased dramatically. As a result, Tom is sent up North to Bill Arkwright, another spook to train Tom.Tom notices that the methods are tough but his master sent him here because Bill has toughened up and prepared many apprentices. But, one day, Tom is left alone with the ancient powerful water wit...more
Aug 10, 2010
e.c.h.a
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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*******
Sempat turun naik saat mau kasih rating buku ini dari 3 lalu naik lagi ke 4 saat mencapai akhir.
Jelas, cerita di buku ke 5 ini jauh lebih menyeramkan daripada buku-buku sebelumnya. Water Witch-nya jauh bikin merinding, plus sukses bikin dag dig dug. Masih suka kesel dengan sikap Tom, bawaannya kadang mau jitak.
Ingin tahu apa rahasia terbesar Alice? Silakan baca sendiri hahahahaha
Oia..ada satu kalimat yang paling gue suka di buku ini, yaitu : Believe that you c...more
*******
Sempat turun naik saat mau kasih rating buku ini dari 3 lalu naik lagi ke 4 saat mencapai akhir.
Jelas, cerita di buku ke 5 ini jauh lebih menyeramkan daripada buku-buku sebelumnya. Water Witch-nya jauh bikin merinding, plus sukses bikin dag dig dug. Masih suka kesel dengan sikap Tom, bawaannya kadang mau jitak.
Ingin tahu apa rahasia terbesar Alice? Silakan baca sendiri hahahahaha
Oia..ada satu kalimat yang paling gue suka di buku ini, yaitu : Believe that you c...more
I really liked how Tom had to go to another master for a while. I thought that the Spooks reasons were sound, and that Tom should listen to him more often. If "Master Ward" doesn't learn to curb his curiosity, follow the rules layed out for him, and listen to his master(s), he could get into some serious trouble. With the dark rising and the fiend in the world, he needs to watch his back more than ever.
Delaney did an amazing job tieing alcohol into Bill Arwright's life. I think it shows readers...more
Delaney did an amazing job tieing alcohol into Bill Arwright's life. I think it shows readers...more
Nov 15, 2010
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As Tom is becoming used to the supernatural, and better at his trade, the books are beginning to feel less "horror" and more "action".
This is probably my favourite book of the series so far. Possibly a bit heavy handed at points, though. The main themes of the book seem to be: "co-operation is good," "assassins are cool," and "enjoy alcohol responsibly". Those are the points I felt I was being beaten over the head with, anyway.
In this book, we are treated to a rather surprising revelation about...more
This is probably my favourite book of the series so far. Possibly a bit heavy handed at points, though. The main themes of the book seem to be: "co-operation is good," "assassins are cool," and "enjoy alcohol responsibly". Those are the points I felt I was being beaten over the head with, anyway.
In this book, we are treated to a rather surprising revelation about...more
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Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire. He has three children and seven grandchildren and is a wonderful public speaker available for conference, library and bookshop events. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church.
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