Re-visiting old favourites: Darren Shan

Last night I was hanging out with my sister. For some time now I've told her that she should read The her away with thirty. 
Great Gatsby as she didn't get to see the film and is yet to read the book. I went to my room to find her my copy of the book but, despite practically tearing the room apart, I couldn't find it. I did, however, come across several books in the process that I thought she'd like and passed down to her. She, in turn, handed over some of her books to me. In this swapping of books we shall hopefully understand more about what the other person likes to read and have someone to discuss some of our favourite works with. She sent me away with seven books but I sent

One of the books I found whilst searching was a favourite of mine when I was her age and is the first book in a long saga. The book I'm referring to is Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan. I totally loved the entire Darren Shan Saga: for me it took away the glamour and the aristocracy from vampires we as an audience had become accustomed to and instead made vampires appear more rough, dirty and primal. The works of Darren Shan entertained the teenage boy in me that chuckles over details of blood and guts. My sister is now reading the first book in the Darren Shan series and I am going to go back and re-read Darren Shan's Demonata series. I started to buy myself the books as they were coming out and I loved them however there was such a gap in the release of the books that I somehow fell behind and didn't finish the series. I'm looking forward to going through the series and finally finding out how it ends. As I go along, expect reviews and discussions about the works of Darren Shan. If you haven't read any Shan then I highly recommend looking up his work - why not read along with me and let me know in the comments of each blog what you thought of his work? I'm currently on book one of the Demonata series entitled "Lord Loss" and will move through the series. In upcoming blogs we'll talk about the books and the movie adaptation - Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.

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Click here to buy a copy of the book Lord Loss.
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