The Wrath of the Bloodeye by Joseph Delaney - ESSENTIAL

Delaney, Joseph, Wrath of the Bloodeye(The Last Apprentice/Wardstone Chronicles, Book 5), 528 pgs. Greenwillow (Harper)

Language G, Sexual Content~G Violence~
PG-13

MS, HS - ESSENTIAL
"I've already drunk my fill of blood, so live a little longer. Breathe for a while and watch what's about to unfold."

Tom, Alice and the Spook, Mr. Gregory, have just returned to Chippendon after barely escaping the clutches of the Fiend. But they are not out of the woods yet. The Fiend who has broken free of the witches’ summoning spell is now free roaming the county looking for Tom. Mr. Gregory decides it will be best to send Tom away to spend six months with a former apprentice, now Spook, Bill Arkwright. Training with this new Spook doesn’t sit well with Tom, but he does learn much from him, especially about water demons. The Fiend tracks Tom down and sends his daughter Morwena, the bloodeye witch, to finish him off. Will Tom’s training do him any good or is all his work for naught.

Delany’s new novel in the Last Apprentice series is a perfect/horrific read for the Halloween season. This tale is the spookiest so far in this series of Dark against Light and the reader will eagerly await the next installment!

Allison Madsen~Youth Services Librarian-SJO Public Librarian