A review by gen_wolfhailstorm
The Spook's Battle: Book 4 by Joseph Delaney
3.0
The Spook's Battle, the fourth book in The Wardstone Chronicles, was action packed and fast paced, whilst still being very plot driven and fun to read. In saying that, it still fell short of the 4 star rating that I gave the other books, as I wasn't completely absorbed as I had been before. However, the 3 stars I've given it is considered a high 3.
The cover was really creepy and mirrors what the story tells within, because pretty much from the first few pages I was over come with a feeling of dread! It was an increasingly dangerous time for the County and I knew that bad things were bound to happen!
Tom's luck really seemed to turn for the worst in this installment, and I was always left wondering "WHERE THE HELL IS GREGGORY!?". Seeing Tom fending off the dark on his own though was really inspiring to see and gave him further depth and development.
I liked the introduction to another family member of Tom's and more characters in general as it put more weight on the risk of Tom failing against evil!
The contents of Mam's trunks were such a surprise!!
There was a gollum like character in this that was really creepy and some of the prophecies it spoke were really unsettling!
One thing that annoyed me about the book is that some locations seemed far away at one point and then seemingly close when it was convinent, so I lost a sence of destination length.
Finally, I really enjoyed Alice's entry at the back and all the new things Tom learned. I feel like there was so much more detail in his diary, this time around.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén
The cover was really creepy and mirrors what the story tells within, because pretty much from the first few pages I was over come with a feeling of dread! It was an increasingly dangerous time for the County and I knew that bad things were bound to happen!
Tom's luck really seemed to turn for the worst in this installment, and I was always left wondering "WHERE THE HELL IS GREGGORY!?". Seeing Tom fending off the dark on his own though was really inspiring to see and gave him further depth and development.
I liked the introduction to another family member of Tom's and more characters in general as it put more weight on the risk of Tom failing against evil!
The contents of Mam's trunks were such a surprise!!
There was a gollum like character in this that was really creepy and some of the prophecies it spoke were really unsettling!
One thing that annoyed me about the book is that some locations seemed far away at one point and then seemingly close when it was convinent, so I lost a sence of destination length.
Finally, I really enjoyed Alice's entry at the back and all the new things Tom learned. I feel like there was so much more detail in his diary, this time around.
Pick it up, give it a go and enjoy! >(^_^)<
Gén