The Spook's Secret by Joseph Delaney (Sequel to The Spook's Apprentice)

Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts, and boggarts. But now there's some unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the cathedral lurks a creature the Spook has never been able to defeat; a force so evil that the whole county is in danger of being corrupted by its powers. The Bane! As Thomas and the Spook prepare for the battle of their lives, it becomes clear that the Bane isn't their only enemy. The Quisitor has arrived, searching for those who meddle with the dark so he can imprison them--or worse. Can Thomas defeat the Bane on his own? Is his friend Alice guilty of witchcraft? And will the Spook be able to escape the Quisitor's clutches?

Hey everyone, its Sarah and I'm back with another book review. Today's review is on The Spook’s Curse by Joseph Delaney, which is the sequel to The Spook’s Apprentice.

I was so glad that I was able to read the sequel to The Spook’s Apprentice so quickly. I absolutely loved the first book and this book was great, but it had a few things that to me didn’t make it as great. The storyline itself and the characters are all fantastic. To me it just seemed almost identical to the first storyline. The layout or the format of the story seemed to be the exact same with no swaying differences. The circumstances and the villains were all different but the way the story was structure and unfolded seemed to be the same. I know that with most sequels this is the case but they normally have some sort of alteration to make it unique. To me though, this didn’t have that. It didn’t ruin the story for me but I did bring down the rating in my eyes.

The things I did love though, which outweigh what I didn’t, were the characters that have returned. Bigger and better in the sequel we get to learn more about the Spook, Gregory and our main boy Thomas who is slowly growing up. Also the antagonist in this book I found interesting as well and enjoyed them in the story. There is also two antagonists, each have their own part and without them the story wouldn’t be the same.

Everything was great with this book and I simply don’t have much else to say. Overall, I gave this book a four out of five, since it is great but the similarities for me don’t give it as much punch as I would like.

But that’s all for now.

I’ll write you soon.

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