SOLVED. YA Fantasy. Young apprentice with unknown powers trained by man who has a black cat & lives in house in middle of a fast flowing river for protection. Read around 15-20 years ago. I seem to remember a slight Dante levels of hell vibe about it. [s]

[Chris]

possibly YA: young apprentice with unknown powers trained by man who has a black cat and lives in a house in the middle of a fast flowing river for protection
I read it maybe 15-20 years ago
I seem to remember a slight Dante levels of hell vibe about it.

[Mir]

Have you checked the "Magical Apprenticeship" book list?
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Cupcakedoll]

Has a vivid description of the house in the middle of the river and does feature a cat and levels of death. But it's popular enough you'd probably know about it and the apprentice part doesn't match. So possible but unlikely.

[Chris]

Well done Cupcakedoll, that is the book!
I don't know how I forgot about it but the Abhorsen and the dead not crossing the river, I remember now!
Amazing thank you so much.