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tome avec plusieurs rebondissements, Vivement la suite ! I could tell the author 'wanted to finish the plot and move on, ' Mainly, it the plotfelt rushed, The details, were written so sloppily, honestly, I'm left with more questions and confusion than answers,
what the heck is Grimalkin gonna do now that the series is "wrapped up!!!" I'm sure that Grimalkin has some epic shit planned on freeing the enslaved females from the Kobalos.
And I wanna read that in more detail, Mr. Delaney!!!!
what the heck is the status on the ship with Talice Tom Ward amp Alice Dean, Are they together Are they mutual partners in defeating the dark Do they eventually settle down together!! Heck, hypothetically, considering what the hell is going on with Tom his mam being the first Lamian witch and all is it possible that if they desire to have offspring.
Yes, I'm gonna use that terminology, 'Children' just doesn't cut it for me it sound too cute for this series, neither one if them arehuman, Anyway, So since Alice is a child of the Fiend, And Tom's mam is What is she Good Bad She's definitely powerful, What is Tom's and Alice's Offspring gonna be Hmm!!! Answer me that!
correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't heard of anything with Tom's five other siblings.
The ones after Jack. Does that mean Tom's brothers also have the same powers as Tom
what the even heck with Jenny, She didn't deserve being killed off from something dumb as an ifection, Has anyone considered that the tulpa in charge of her may have purposely sped up her death!!!
Tom's future apprentices.
Whom are they Is the future of their civilzation, as with any semihistorical plot, progress to where we are now, with all of these gizmos and eventuallty the world won't need spooks anymore!!!!!
ARGH!!!!!! I'm about ready to eat the rest of the carton of ice cream in the house with ANGER in my soul!!!! I have mixed feelings about this, certainly I never imagined that this will happen to Tom, I mean it IS unexpected twist but i don't know if it was a good one, one thing for sure Old Gregory won't like this at alllllll.


things I liked about this novel
Grimalkin is back, she did NOT deserve how she was killed off in the previous book, she is too cool to die.

the ending ,the closure was sweet , for Tom to find Alice back, I was so sad for Tom, I didn't want him to turn into a lonely spook.


things I don't approve of in this one:
Jeeny's death am truly upset about that, she was lovely though I was annoyed by her at first and her death was too simple and a little dull.
. . I don't know how, but so far each death was for a purpose, Tom and Grimalkin did return from their death, and I was waiting for Jenny's, or is she playing the vital role o toughening Tom up "shrug" I didn't like it.


Tom's last torture scene, it made me wince not for the torture itself , but I hated to see Tom humiliated like that ,and for him to be a Lamia in the end, well.
. . glad he survived but not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing

the Talkus death was really fast, well planned but rushed in the last scene, it was building up slowly and tumbled all at once, hmmmmm

I still cant digest that this is the last thing am going to read for Tomas Ward , it is been years , and even I enjoyed every single book of this world.


but maybe another chronicle will begin especially with this last shocking surprise, or even one more conclusive book.
. anything ,to many things left unanswered,and Tom still has a lot to learn about and see, . . The end. Wait What That could not possibly be the last page,

What a disappointment, The story felt rushed, each unfolding minicrisis resolved within a few pages or even a few sentences, Well known characters died and disappeared like popped party balloons while others who should have been front and center faded to the background.
The story rushed on threads spinning off into the dark and left unresolved, Then something major about Tom is revealed and oh, by the way THE END,

I admit I flipped back and forth on my Kindle a few times thinking that surely I had missed a chapter but.
. . no. That was it. How does it really all end Apparently, I will never know, When I was a kid the first book that opened me up to the wonders of reading was the Spook's Apprentice.
It's been overyears since that first book and now I finally say goodbye to the Spook's world, I loved this book. I do feel like some characters could have been developed further and stories could have been progressed but I have no complaints about the overall quality of this book.
It's hard to say goodbye but I am grateful I got to experience Tom's journey from the very beginning, The third chilling installment in the new Spook's legend, . . An assassin lurks in the darkness between earth and oblivion but who are they, and what is their mission The people of the County live in fear of the beasts bent on bringing the war to their home.
How can they possibly hope to survive when their fearsome enemies are fortified with the power of a god Could the creature that moves in the darkness be the savior the County seeks So this book took me quite a while to read! It definitely didn't grip me as much as I thought it would! Even Jenny dying, which I'm pleased happened, didn't shock me as much as expected, I suppose just because it was such a boring way to die, and that it's fantasy, so I just assumed she'd be resurrected.
Maybe next book, as no one in this series dies apart from the Spook, Tom came back, Grimalkin basically came back, Delaney can also really calm down with the 'chill that means the dark was nearby', Like I swear he said this as leasttimes in this one book, If we're up to this point in the series we already know what the chill means, There were no epic battles in this book, You'd think that the defeat of Talkus would at least be exciting.
Nope. And the fact that Tom forgot about Balkai so easily, Silly Tom. But one thing I do like about Tom is how he's always honest with himself, particularly about Alice, and how he knew he doubted her a little, and he thought about that.
And he knows he can't do everything by himself, hence why he was begging for his mum while being tortured by the Kobalos before realising his new state, and also how he always tried to stay close to the ley line to summon Kratch.
I enjoyed the characters in this book, and actually didn't even realise that Jenny didn't have a POV,
There has to be more to this world, That ending was more like a cliffhanger lol, I'm guessing new series
Also, I did not expect that to happen to Jenny, I mean I didn't really like her but come on, I was kind of expecting the series to end all dark and gloom, Which is where it was headed then it had that cliffhanger ending Absolutely shocking that this is the last book in the series.

Not a fan. Not at all. Powiem tyle: nie spodziewałam się tego zakończenia The Starblade Chronicles Book
The Dark Assassin
Finally, it is done.
My reaction after reading the final line of the book was "Unbelievable", truly, this book

surprised me, It's the shortest of the Starblade Chronicles, justpages, I could easily finish it in a day and a half, This book seemed more like a 'Grimalkin' book rather than Thomas Ward book, but nonetheless the contribution of both these characters as a protagonist is undeniable and remarkable.
Grimalkin seems benign now, not that she doesn't like blood and Gore but just that she's always willing to lend a helping hand to her alliances, is trustworthy and compassionate towards humans.
And she's Dead. There's one thing in the book that surprsied me the most, The characters I thought were alive are Dead, The the characters I thought were Dead, seemingly are revealed to be alive but just within a few chapters are revealed Dead.
The characters I didn't think would die, have died terribly, . . What can I say This is more complex that GRRM! Anyways, the book is delivered to the readers in a bright fashion with a strong and bold first person narrative.
It enchants you and let's you dive deep into the story, Moreever, this book felt much more fun a 'Spook's' universe than other books in the Trilogy, We even got to visit the Dark Dimension as Grimalkin is now Dead, her journey and Godkilling adventures in the dark portal are something to look out for.
The book is rather impressive with eh culmination of character development and almost everybody achieves a skill that they didin't posses earlier.
eg. Tom, Alice, Grimalkin. The book is melancholy at times, we see the deaths of many primary characters such as Jenny, Bill Arkwright he was Dead, anyway, Grimalkin, Lukrasta, etc.
The first half of the book was more intense and took place in the County itself, The Spooky band went on to adventure and deal with the creatures of the darkness, it was a lot of fun to have Arkwright back, the whole skelt and 'imposter' thing was surprising, at least to me it was.
I'm glad that the author hasn't put it another army battle, I just can't tolerate another one, But alliances within the dark domain, the Godkilling part, Grimalkins terrifying dark Assassin form, Thomas Ward's love for Alice, Jenny's death, Talkus' and Lukrasta's death were some other important highlights throughout the book.
Truthfully, the story is steady, the plot enchanting is enchanting and the overall premise of the book is addicting, There are many layers introduced by the author regarding a particular character, It's wonderful to see the evident change in the characters at the end of the book, I don't know why Mr, Delaney has killed off Jenny, killed by the poison of a water with Unbelievable! I just love the way how the book concluded, the finalpages went beyond my expectations and the reading experience was thriving powerfully.
The author is very creative regarding building up the story, it's fun to read and involves you a lot, There are quite a lot of plot twists, The AliceLukrasta endgame really shook me, but all's well that ends well, The Kobalos threat doesn't seem so eminent all lf a sudden, Also do check out the Kobalos Glossary along with handwritten notes by Tom, Nicholas and Grimalkin, its worth a look.
Tom's final lamia form was unexpected, As I said, the essence of the book is surprising , entertianing and thirlling, way beyond my expectations! I love the cover art.
Strongly Recommended. I still can't believe I have finishedbook in the Spooks universe, I would like to thank Mr, Joseph Delaney for writing such a delightful novels series, The man's truly wonderful!! Nice Reading! I found this book to be disappointing, In more ways than one,

Tom Ward contribute and even his performance as a Spook left me with a feeling that like John Gregory many times feared, Tom was simply not ready.


Not only do the most important events happen without Tom even being aware of them, but his whole relationship with Alice as become too much one sided for me to even support it anymore.
Tom does something that to me was unforgivable, He was for all intended purposes the one responsible for Jenny's death, His rush to go to the aid of Alice only served him to lead to Jenny's dead, The death of his apprentice, And for what! Just so Alice could again walk away and return when her moral compass is anything but reliable.


Tom, disappointed me a lot in this book, If anything the character that shined the most was Grimalkin, Even in death she did more to end the impeding threat than anyone else, And she too almost fell victim of trusting Alice,

Tom's character is becoming a little unbearable, as of now, In the Warstone Chronicles, we learn that Tom had the power to slow down or even stop time altogether, we also learn he possessed a kind of intuition sense that lead him where he was needed or where he needed to go.
None of those powers were used in the Starblade Chronicles, Making me wonder why the hell did Joseph even gave his main character those powers,
If Tom had used those powers from the start a lot of the pain and suffering he went through might have been easily avoided.

And now with the end of Dark Assassin we got a new power, So Tom is able to become something very similar to a vampire, With inhuman strengh, speed, durability, stamina, and a great thirst for blood, Maybe one more power that we'll rarely see him use if there's a continuation to the story of Thomas Ward.


And then the end with Alice simply being there waiting for him,

This book went all kinds of wrong, To Tom irresponsibility leading to the death of his apprentice, to things mostly happening without Tom even being aware of them.
He's simply thrown into the final fight, once more he and Grimalkin proving why those two would've made a better pair than he and Alice ever will.
The events just flowed with very little awe and surprise, I read one thing happening and almost immediately I already knew what was gonna happen in the chapters ahead,

So with the Starblade gone destroyed by Alice in my opinion so ends this phase in Tom's life.
I just hope that if Joseph Delaney chooses to continue with this world, then I hope to see Tom harden more and be more proactive and aware of his duties.
He can't simply drop everything on a dimme everytime Alice needs him, Sacrifice everything to get there only so he finds treachery,

Many could say that Alice had no choice allying herself with Lukastra, which I agree, but several other events clearly showed a lack of will from Alice part to even challenge him.
And her poor excuse as for why the Starblade was undone only served to confirm that if Tom is to have any sort of future as a Spook.
Alice as to go away, She can no longer be with him, And it as to be Tom's choice to get her out of his life, If nothing else a decision he makes as being the price for failing in his duties toward his apprentice,

Not the ending I was expecting, Not the book I was expecting, Of the three this one was surely the weakest, .