Rangers Apprentice

 

Rangers Apprentice

By John Flanagan

In Rangers Apprentice a young boy called Will of the age of about 15 years old is accepted as an apprentice by a grumpy Craft master called Halt. When he is accepted at first he thinks being a Rangers apprentice is boring. But later when he gets items from Halt and other people like a bow, throwing knife, Saxe knife, a Rangers cloak and his pony Tug, he starts to realize that being a Ranger is not so boring after all. When Will is trained up enough he goes to meet the Ranger Corps were he might be accepted as a “second class” Ranger apprentice. When he gets there he meets Halts old apprentice Ranger called Gilan. When the Ranger Corps meeting is canceled Gilan, Will and Halt go to find the cause of the cancelation. They find a horrible, vile and nearly invincible pair of Kalkara, Will goes off to tell the Baron Arald to bring heavy chivalry to defeat the Kalkara; but Halt has already gone in for the kill, will he survive?

I am actually up to the third book in the series so I know how most things fit together; I think I will be reading this series for a while because I have seen number 11! Overall I think this is a real good book because it is another “middle ages” book and I seem to be liking that sort of category at the moment. I really really like this series at the moment so am giving it … 4 STARS THIS BOOK SHOULD BE WORTH $$$$$$ DOLLARS!!! And I really think this book deserves it, and I got a bit exited because not many books get that rating from me. Have a good day everyone!!

The Trials of Oland Born

 

by Alex Barclay

Oland Born is a humble servant who has found a letter from a long dead king and sets off to do the letter’s bidding. On the way he meets a lonely girl called Delphi who helps him in his journey. They try to find an archivist who they think wrote the letter, just as they are in place to find him a pair of murderous monster making scientists come to get them.  Why do the scientists want Oland and Delphi? In the mad men’s lair, Oland and Delphi escape their grasp, and find a mysterious hut. When the hut gets destroyed by one of the men’s horrible monsters they finally get out of the lair. Where do they go? Into more danger!

This book is set in a medieval world where there are competing kingdoms, monsters, humans with special abilities and normal humans. The reasons I like this book are that I seem to be liking books with monsters and are based in medieval times also I like the characters.

My favourite character in the book was a monster called Malben. I liked him because his shape was a monkey and he literally uses his last breath for Oland. 

This book also has a comment from Derek Landy, my favorite author, who wrote Skulduggery Pleasant. He says it  is "fiercely imaginative with razor sharp twists and a plot that moves so fast it ignites".

This is a good book, I give it 3 stars, because it could have been longer and it definitely could have included a lot more characters of importance. I will probably read the next book in the series.

Good bye!