Skulduggery Pleasant – The Maleficent Seven (From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant)
Derek Landy
Subjects
- Fantasy Worlds - awesome adventures of magic and mystery
- Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
Average rating
A brilliant, hilarious one-off novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant universe, from number-one-bestselling author Derek Landy
This time, the bad guys take the stage. Tanith Low, now possessed by a remnant, recruits a gang of villains – many of whom will be familiar from previous Skulduggery adventures – in order to track down and steal the four God-Killer level weapons that could hurt Darquesse when she eventually emerges. Also on the trail of the weapons is a secret group of Sanctuary sorcerers, and doing his best to keep up and keep Tanith alive is one Mister Ghastly Bespoke. When the villains around her are lying and scheming and plotting, Tanith needs to stay two steps ahead of her teammates and her enemies. After all, she’s got her own double-crosses to plan – and she’s a villain herself…Reviews
This book has been on my TBR for ages and I'm so pleased I finally got round to reading it. It fits into the Skulduggery Pleasant world between books 7 and 8 and follows Tanith Low after what happened to her in Kingdome of the Wicked, working to prepare for events in Last Stand of Dead Men and Resurrection (trying to keep this spoiler-free). This book was just so much fun to read. The dialogue between the characters on both sides is quick-witted and hilarious (Tanith Low and Gracious O'Callahan were my favourite characters). There are many nods to characters who have appeared earlier in the series and it was interesting to see a story from the 'villains' point of view. Skulduggery and Valkyrie are mentioned but don't appear in this book and it is a testament to how good Derek Landy's writing is and how well-formed his world is that the book not only works without the two main characters, but is a fantastic read in its own right. You definitely do not have to read this book to follow the rest of the Skulduggery series but it is totally worth your while and I would highly recommend you reading it or listening to the audiobook which is also great.
Anonymous 31.08.2020
When the main book is about the bad guys you want the bad guys to win. I don't know why.
Anonymous 30.07.2018
