/lit/ - Literature

So a few days back I saw someone in the thread mention the Spook's Apprentice series, so I read some of it. I read the first three books and it was surprisingly alright. A little bit on the Y side of YA for me, but it was well generally well paced and the Spook himself is a nice take on the Mentor archetype, being that he's heavily flawed and a little bit hypocritical but still sympathetic. I couldn't really say I liked Tom that much though, he flip flops between being competent and extremely lacking in initiative too much and it makes his character seem inconsistent.