Book Review: The Battle for Skandia

I actually finished this one yesterday, but I didn't do a review about it. Anyway...

The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
Book 4 of Ranger's Apprentice Series

Still in the icy mountains of Skandia, Will and Evanlyn's hopes to return to their home-country, Araluen, are brought to an end when Evanlyn suddenly disappears, captured by a Temajai warrior. Even though he is still weakened, Will tracks her and her captors down and is outnumbered in a desperate fight--until his old friends, Halt and Horace, appear just in time to rescue him. But then they find out something shocking: the entire Temujai army is in the middle of invading Skandia, and are planning to conquer Araluen next. But can Skandia and Araluen unite in time to fight off the Temajai?

The book was really exiting and I liked the complex battle strategies. Will, Horace, and Halt are very concerned for Evanlyn's safety and do a good job of protecting her (or try to). The only bad thing is that sometimes they take the Lord's name in vain, which is the problem with all the books so far (at least, I think they do. I read part of the book in one day, and then I didn't pick it up again for several days, and I didn't catch any in the second part, but I do remember thinking that I should probably put the language warning in this review too. But if there isn't any and my memory is failing me, then that's pretty good:D)

Izori