The Royal Ranger (Ranger's Apprentice)

5 STARS

I love this series. They say this is the last book, but I won't mind if more come out at all. I would read them.

The plot is years after the last book and things have changed a lot. Will is in a depression state. He has refused Ranger assignments. Horace and Cassandra are frustrated parents

at wits end. plus Cassandra is running the country. Halt has a plan.

The main characters are back but most of them have a small part except Will and his new apprentice.
I love these characters. They are so likable so real to me.

Even Tugs are back.

The setting is at least 16 years since we have seen them. Araluen is still ruled by King Duncan but he is ill so Princess Cassandra is running the country.

Once I started the book I did not want to put it down till I had finished reading it.

I hope this book will bridge a new series starting from the old one.

Fans of the series will love it. It is aimed at boys but all ages can enjoy. My daughter was in High school when she started reading the series. So I love it. My friend and her family a mix of ages girls and boys have all read the series too.

November 5th 2013 by Philomel 464 pages ISBN: 0399163603

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LibraryThing member ThePageturners

With this book being the last one in the "Ranger's Apprentice" series, I had high expectations, and I definitely wasn't disappointed. Flanagan brings the series full circle with Will, probably in his forties at this point, taking on his own apprentice to train. This book has all the characteristics

that I've come to expect from Flanagan: nail-biting suspense, lovable characters, quirky humor, page-turning action, nasty bad guys, and a few surprising twists. However, I was a bit nostalgic for the feel that came from Will being an apprentice with Halt as his mentor that came from the earlier books; but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed "The Royal Ranger." It's been a long time since I've been so sad to finish a book series. I'll definitely be looking for more books by John Flanagan!

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LibraryThing member bookwren

Filled with Flanagan's trademark dry humor, well-paced plot twists, and stirring adventure, this is a worthy conclusion to an epic series, thought I hate to see the end! I do hope Flanagan relents and writes more about the Rangers.

LibraryThing member Librabookworm

An epic end to a great series, really enjoyed this book.

LibraryThing member TheMadHatters

Will Treaty is out for revenge for the death of his wife, and his friends, including Halt, Horace, and Cassandra, are worried about him. Horace and Cassandra have other worries too. Their daughter, Princess Maddie is headstrong and stubborn, and may not be fit to rule. The solution is for Maddie to

be apprenticed to Will, the first girl ever apprenticed as a Ranger, and bringing the sling as a weapon to the Corp. But Maddie isn't ready for life as a Ranger's apprenctice, and it may just cost her her life, or Will his.

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LibraryThing member williamf.b4

This book is amazing. The plot is about a rebellious young princess to the kingdom of Alorian who sneaks out in the night to hunt in the rolling forest outside of castle Alorian has gone one too many times. Her parents on their wits end final give in to an ex ranger who had suggested she become

part of the Ranger Corps an elite group of independent soldiers who specialize in certain forest, horsemanship, and weapon skills. She proves to be the perfect candidate with one drawback., her time in the castle has left her with an attitude that will take time for the Ranger who she will be apprenticing with to fix. That ranger is Will Treaty. Now Will was having some problems of his own. He had just recently lost his wife to a gang of kidnappers who to escape had set an inn on fire. There was a girl trapped inside so Alyss(for that was her name)rushed in to save her. She died in doing so. So Will had his own vendetta that the rebellious princess had practically threw from his mind until their first mission. In that mission he came face to face with his wife's killer and in the end successfully killed him. In the end the princess is offered to go back home, but takes the option to stay on and finish her training.
This is book twelve of the series. It is also going to be the last. The most recent one of these books other than this one I read two years ago. The last one of John Flanagan's books I read one year ago and that was the brother band series which took up the time between the old Ranger's Apprentice and this new one. So this turned out to be a pleasant surprise. It made you wonder what Halt Will's mentor was thinking when Will was in training all of those books ago. The introducing of the characters as having aged between books 11 and 12 more than any other because of the actual two year gap between the books made it interesting.

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LibraryThing member ConnorE.b4

This book picks up on were Alys ( probably spelled that wrong) dies in a fire saving a young girl. Will then goes on a murderous rampage to catch the bandates who started the fire. In castle Aruleun Cassandras duaghter is driving her craxy with her adventures in the forest. Halt then decindes it

would be a googd idea for Will to take on a apprentice and who better than Maddie ( the Daughter). They then wind up fighting a band of slave traders.
This book was awesome. It left at a cliff hanger a little so im hoping for a next book. I could read this book again and again. Also it follows the plot triangle very well. I would say it was a very googd ending to Wills story and had a lot of real life problems in this book.

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LibraryThing member JacksonG-C

this book is very action packed the main characters are the stealer, will and his apprentice maddie they set out after the stealer and his gang to save 10 children from being turned into slaves. if you read this book expect a lot of action

LibraryThing member carolvanbrocklin

Oh how I love this series! Not only do my 4th grade boys on up through high school adore it, but it really does teach some lessons without coming across as preachy. Lets face it, there is only so much of "wimpy Kid" and it's ilk that you can handle and this is such a great alternative.

I did find

it a bit depressing at times and some boys may want more action and less talking but still a great way to end the series and yes, I can see another series dealing with "girl rangers" in the future.

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LibraryThing member TeamDewey

Great Series! Many reluctant readers will read the entire series and ask for other books that are similar. I have yet to find any that matches the Ranger's Apprentice.
Thank goodness this book seems to be more of a beginning then an end.

LibraryThing member lilibrarian

The twelfth book in the Ranger's Apprentice series. Will takes on an apprentice - the first girl in the ranger corps, and together they go on a mission that could kill both of them.

LibraryThing member jmoncton

A few years ago, with the publication of The Emperor of Nihon-ja, it seemed like the Ranger's Apprentice series was over. Well, he's baaack and the books are just as good as before. This is a young adult series, but it can easily be enjoyed by adults also. Flanagan has created an vibrant world and

a believable cast of characters. Great series!

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LibraryThing member JenW1

If you enjoyed the rest of this series, you will enjoy this book. It was a fitting end. Although, I do have to say I missed some of the regular characters, the only one to play a big role in this book is Will. I started reading this series because my (then) 9 year old wanted to read them. But, I

have enjoyed it and highly recommend it if you enjoy YA books and good, clean adventure stories.

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LibraryThing member Sonya.Contreras

Although our family has followed this series from book #1, we were disappointed at the emphasis that it has started to take to give girls the same desire to protect and to defend the "kingdom" as the boys who apprenticed. The author did not over-extend here abilities to make her super-woman, as

some fiction writers are want to do. He did allow for her strength being less than a man's and therefore she had to compensate in other ways, but the role was still protect and defend. It lessened the "realness" of the book.

My family still enjoyed it.

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LibraryThing member shadrachanki

So I might have stayed up really late last night finishing this book. Devouring it whole is probably a fairly apt descriptor. And now I want to read it again. Reread the whole series, really.

The marketing of this series fascinates me. I know I need to check the children's section of my local

bookshops if I want to find them. They are classified as juvenile fiction, or maybe sometimes as YA (I can't say as I have ever found them shelved in the YA/teen section, however). When the series starts, Will and his friends are fifteen years old, but by this last book they are, at an absolute minimum, in their mid-30s. That's a huge range of ages for a series of books aimed at children, but somehow it works.

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LibraryThing member amandabock

As wonderfully enjoyable as the rest of the series. I liked getting back to the smaller tasks of a Ranger's life instead of the epic international missions. However, I think the story is over now. If I want more of this world, I'll start rereading.

I was never bothered by the relative lack of female

characters in these stories. In fact, one thing that I love about them is the complex male characters and the relationships between the men and boys. I found myself missing that a bit. I loved the attention to weapons and technique and that Flanagan corrected some of the shoddy techniques of earlier characters.

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LibraryThing member Ralphd00d

I never would have thought the Flanagan would bring this series to an end, choosing to instead let it just sort of hang out there. This book wraps up the series, in my opinion as it has been quite a few years since the previous book. It is great to see Will back in action, even as an adult.

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Storyline: Will is torn up by the unfortunate death of his wife, and is on a spree to kill the man./men responsible. To bring him out of this dark side, Halt and Galin propose to give him an apprentice to train. Turns out that Horace and Cassandra's daughter is of an age, and they are currently exasperated with her teenage rebelliousness. Long story short, she is assigned as an apprentice to Will, bringing about the acceptance of females into the Ranger's, as well as a new weapon they can use.

Though much of the story was somewhat predictable, and the writing set obviously for a more YA crowd, I thoroughly enjoyed returning to the tale of the Rangers again.

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LibraryThing member AMKitty

A transitional story from the original apprentice series to the next generation (and series) of rangers. Halt has retired; Will has matured. He’s also taken on an apprentice. She is not just the first female trainee, she’s also his goddaughter and the only child of his two best childhood

friends Queen Cassandra and The Oak Leaf Knight Horace.

I like that the story acknowledges physical differences in strength and finds ways for Maddie to still be a ranger without making her into Wonder Woman or some kind of super freak. This makes me look forward to this new series as the author tackles a heroine as the central character.

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