The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan Will, the hero of The Ruins of Gorlan, could probably have been taken in entirety from any number of authors who have written this sort of children’s/YA stuff, but for me it was like I was 13 years old and reading Magician’s Apprentice by Raymond Feist. That is high […]
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The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan This review will contain minor spoilers for the previous book, The Ruins of Gorlan. The Burning Bridge is the second book in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series for middle grade readers. In the first book, The Ruins of Gorlan, we met Will, an orphaned boy who grew up as […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 4 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Icebound Land by John Flanagan I’m surprised by how much I’m enjoying John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series for middle grade / young adult readers. The Icebound Land is the third book and it’s just as charming as the previous books, The Ruins of Gorlan and The Burning Bridge. You need to read those books […]
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The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan As usual, since The Battle for Skandia is book four in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, you should expect spoilers for the previous books: The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, and The Icebound Land. At the end of The Icebound Land, we left Will and Princess Cassandra […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 5 comments |
The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan This review will contain minor spoilers for John Flanagan’s previous RANGER’S APPRENTICE books: The Ruins of Gorlan, The Burning Bridge, The Icebound Land, and The Battle for Skandia. The Sorcerer of the North begins a new story arc and new readers could start here, but for maximum […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan This review will contain a few plot spoilers for previous books in the series. The Siege of Macindaw is book six of John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series and it’s a direct sequel to the previous book, The Sorcerer of the North. When we left Will at the end […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
Erak’s Ransom by John Flanagan Erak’s Ransom is the seventh book in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, but chronologically its story occurs after the events of book four, The Battle for Skandia. I would recommend reading Erak’s Ransom after book four and before you read books five and six (The Sorcerer of the North and […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | no comments |
The Kings of Clonmel by John Flanagan The Kings of Clonmel, the eighth book in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, begins a new story arc that occurs after the events of book six, The Siege of Macindaw. (Book seven, Erak’s Ransom, went back in time a bit.) For the best experience, you’ll want to read […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
Halt’s Peril by John Flanagan Halt’s Peril is the ninth book in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series. It’s a direct sequel to the eighth book, The Kings of Clonmel, in which we learned Halt’s backstory while he, Will and Horace attempted to save the country of Clonmel from Tennyson, a cult leader who was planning […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja by John Flanagan The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, book ten in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, was supposed to be the “final adventure” for Will Treaty and his friends. (It wasn’t, but I’ll come back to that later.) I suppose that’s why “the gang’s all here” in this installment. Flanagan has to […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 2 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Lost Stories by John Flanagan The Lost Stories, book 11 in John Flanagan’s RANGER APPRENTICE series for young readers, is a collection of short stories that fill in some gaps and give us supplemental information about Flanagan’s characters and world. The collection begins with a short frame story which takes place in July 1896 […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 2 comments |
The Royal Ranger by John Flanagan The Royal Ranger is the twelfth and final book in John Flanagan’s RANGER’S APPRENTICE series for younger readers. Originally book ten, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, was supposed to be the last book — it wrapped up everyone’s stories nicely — but Flanagan decided to give us one more novel […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 3 comments |
The Tournament at Gorlan by John Flanagan Well, I thought the RANGER’S APPRENTICE series, which I recently reviewed, was finished, but it’s not. The Tournament at Gorlan begins a prequel series which tells us what happened before we met Will on the day he became a Ranger’s apprentice. We already know some of the backstory […]
Read MoreKat Hooper´s rating: 3 | John Flanagan | Audio, Children | SFF Reviews | | 1 comment |
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