Attack of the Fiend

okkkkkk.........so again, I want to reiterate my conception of this series at the horror version of Harry Potter, both are truly wonderful coming of age stories, a lot of learning, a lot of mistakes but still in the end, we see our “kid” hero triumph over his enemies!!

So for book four, I just sat around reading it, without any intention of finishing it, maybe jump to a new one, or visit some previous unfinished ones, but the opening chapter seemed to capture my attention, and unknowingly I was half way through!!!!

If the past three books is any indication to fleshing out Mr. Delaney's world, well this one brought out some more faces to our different witches, ummmm British witches, really a mean lot and truly not to be trifled with!!!! Here we learn about the Malkins, Deanes and a new opponent Mouldheels, truly this is an interesting read...........also we learn a little bit more of Tom's relatives on the mother side......and hoooo boy!!!!

Again another interesting time ahead..........

I've been reading this aloud to Luke (age 9) for the past several weeks. We took a break here and there, but last night we had to read the final 50 pages all at once. We've been really enjoying this series (which currently numbers about 8 books). Sometimes I wonder if it's a bit too creepy for Luke but he's been digging it. After finishing this one he said, “Let's start the next book tomorrow night!” So far I think this book might be my favorite out of the series so far. In this story our three heroes, Tom (the last apprentice), the Spook (his master, John Gregory), and Alice (a young girl descended from a witch clan) face off against three covens of witches in the town of Pendle. They are trying to put aside their differences long enough to bring the Fiend over from the dark into our world. And the Fiend is no less than Old Nick himself. One of the things I like about this series is that even though there are priests in the story, the religious aspects are toned down and impartial. It's not assumed that you the reader, or a certain character is a believer. In fact, there are characters of every stripe. It's well done. And the wood-cut illustrations that begin every chapter are very cool too.