The Last Apprentice - Book 1 - The Revenge of the Witch

This book is about a young boy called Thomas Ward. For years the Spook (who is a kind of exorcist) has been ridding the county of ghosts, but the Spook is getting old and he needs a new apprentice. He has hired 29 apprentices. Only one is left. in this book we find out if can become a true Spook's apprentice. In the book Thomas also meets a new friend named Alice, and he learns not to trust any girls wearing pointy shoes because they are witches.

I liked this book because because it is a thrilling mixture of fantasy, adventure and horror (but that much of horror). What I didn't like is that it involved witches being eaten alive by pigs. It was probably a good thing that she was eaten by the pigs, but it was still unpleasant.

I would rate this book eight out of ten. If you get nightmares when you look at the covers of horror books, you should not read this book. There are six books in this series. I plan to read them all.