We find out the big secret that Skulduggery’s been hiding from everyone ever since he returned from death and I shan’t tell you what it is!īasically it’s a very good book that follows on from the others, and again I shall warn parents to stick to the age guides on these books. We encounter a warlock for the first time, another hint at the next few books, and we learn a little more about them and their magical discipline.Įvents come to a head when the Sanctuary orders the arrest of Melancholia after she attacks Val in Haggard. We just know that he’s going to cause mayhem in both worlds given half the chance. Although he is not particularly problematic in this book, we see that the efforts of Geoffrey Scrutinous (a mage that can persuade mortals to forget the magic that they have witnessed) have been ineffectual against this particular journalist. Again.Īs this book is the last in the second trilogy of the series Landy couldn’t help dropping some hints about the next trilogy and that comes in the form of a mortal journalist named Kenny Dunne. Melancholia’s power level is not natural for her and she is unstable, add that to the fact that she’s not exactly a nice person, and Val’s in trouble. Which is a very silly thing to do, as it turns out. Instead of leaving it all to chance he carves symbols into her body to increase her power during the Surge. But Craven has other ideas about who should be the saviour of the Necromancers and Melancholia is the one that he chooses. So, we all know by this point that Valkyrie is Darquesse, and that she might also be the Death Bringer. Read my review of book one, book two, book three, book four and book five.

(Except for ‘The Maleficent Seven’, but I think we’ll give that one a miss this time round.) But I’m sure you’ll be happy to know that there’re only two more books to go. Well we’re making our way through them aren’t we? It’s not as boring for me, because I actually get to read them, and they’re very good. The sixth book in the Skulduggery Pleasant series.

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