A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles) vs Slither: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Apprentices, Monsters, Witches, Horror stories, Supernatural, Paranormal
A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles)
Although his apprenticeship was not done when John Gregory died, Tom Ward spent years learning to fight boggarts, witches, demons, and more and feels prepared to be the new county Spook, but while his youth causes many…
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Slither
The eleventh volume in the spine-tingling, best-selling Last Apprentice series. In Slither, Joseph Delaney takes us far from the county, to a land where a spook has never set foot and where terrifying creatures of the…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Slither has the widest readership — 8218 ratings behind its score.
- Slither runs the darker storyline; A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles) stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles) | Slither | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 3.9 (8218) |
| Hardcover | — | 3.6 (31) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (110) |
Reception
| A New Darkness (Starblade Chronicles) | Slither | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1 | 8218 |
| Editions | 8 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 6530 |
| Reading it now | — | 188 |
| Written reviews | — | 451 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 253 |
| Pages | 352 | 335 |