For, not only is there the funeral to attend, but there is also some unfinished business that he needs to attend to in that place. And yet, despite the danger, the Spook still goes to Priestown. Indeed the Quisitor rides around the countryside rounding up people, accusing them of witchcraft and putting them to death. Priestown is not a safe place for the Spook for the local Quisitor is a diligent and vicious man who would love to burn the Spook if he could. Unfortunately the boggart’s victim, the Spook’s brother, did not survive and the Spook and Tom are going to go to his funeral in Priestown. The Spook himself could not have done better. He has managed to bind his first boggart, a ripper at that, and the whole process went perfectly. We know that Thomas and the Spook are about to move somewhere else, but we have to wait to see what if anything will come knocking next.The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane Joseph Delaney Illustrations by Patrick Arrasmith Fiction (Series) Ages 12 and up HarperCollins, 2006, 0-06-076621-2 Tom Ward, the Spook’s apprentice, is feeling very pleased with himself. The ending leaves things on an uncertain note.
The overall story about The Bane was good I thought, but the Quisitor and all that came with it just weighed things down too much. Alice though seems to be drifting more towards something dark that may have implications for Thomas and the Spook. Delaney provides us more clues about Thomas’s mother (I feel like that could be a whole separate book honestly). I really do love the characters in this book. But with a Quisitor out to burn people like the Spook as well as witches too, it’s up to Thomas and Alice to help save the day. “The Curse of the Bane” follows Thomas Ward and the Spook, as they return to a place that the Spook once left after he was unable to defeat something that was a great evil. I also have to say that some parts started to bore me a bit while I was reading. I wish that Delaney had broken them up into two separate books. I think having the Quisitor and then The Bane in this one was just a lot.
The main reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars was that this book felt a bit muddled at times. I enjoyed the second book in “The Last Apprentice” series.
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