The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice #6)

1. This is the second part to book 5, and follows Flanagan's trusted / usual formula of doing things in pairs.
2. There are interesting dynamics at play here and the story is fun - this time Will and friends try to raid a castle to save his childhood friend- the tactics involved for castle raids being very different to any situation previously encountered by Will especially since it's his first major mission in charge and without Halt's guidance
3. Some of the dialogue or small talk is a bit cringeworthy or it feels like it belongs to the wrong era
4. One aspect of the story regarding Will's allies for this mission also seems a bit too convenient and unbelievable
5. But I can ignore those two points which are relatively minor and kind of excusable for a kid's book
6. The ending is satisfying but a bit too conventional. I still liked it though
7. While I wanted to see more of Halt it was nice for a change to see Will acting independently 
8. The battle tactics were also done well, as usual - and the secret messages of the Couriers was neat to see.
9. The villains of this book were quite weak though and a bit of a let down- I didn't like how it was too easy to beat them. 
10. Would probably give it a similar score to book 5, say 4.1-4.2. I feel it's just part of the same story as book 5 and all it does is provide a resolution