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Title: Death’s Shadow (Demonata #7) Author: Darren Shan Published October 1st 2008 by HarperCollins It’s been ages since I last read a Demonata book, but there was enough recounting previous happenings that I had no issues getting back into the action. The narrator of Death’s Shadow is Bec, one of my favourite characters of the […]
The original review of this book was posted on 30/07/2010. Title: Lord Loss Author: Darren Shan Series: Demonata #1 Rating: 4 Stars 224 pages Published April 1st 2006 by HarperCollins Children’s Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I love Darren Shan. I loved his vampire series (although I read the last page first, […]
Title: The Thin Executioner Author: Darren Shan Series: None Rating: 1/5 Stars 410 pages Published September 2010 by HarperCollins Children’s Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Terrible. Stopped at 187 pages. You know, I love Darren Shan’s books. I fell in love with his vampire Cirque du Freak books when I was younger, […]
Title: Ocean of Blood Author: Darren Shan Series: The Saga of Larten Crepsley #2 Rating: 3/5 Stars 247 pages Published April 28th 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Reader Borrowed Goodreads | Author | Publisher | Amazon Paperback & Kindle| Book Depository I’ve been an almost life-long fan of Darren Shan’s books. The first […]
Title: Demon Apocalypse Author: Darren Shan Series: Demonata #6 Rating: 4/5 Stars 303 pages Published May 5th 2008 by HarperCollins Children’s Books Bought Goodreads | Author | Publisher | Amazon | Book Depository As the Demonata series progresses, it becomes ever more complicated and interesting. It also becomes more gross and imaginative. The story of […]
Birth of a Killer by Darren Shan (The Saga of Larten Crepsley #1) 4 out of 5 stars Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books A prequel series to his Cirque du Freak books, The Sage of Larten Crepsley follows the life of vampire Larten, who will play such an important part in the later books featuring […]
Blood Beast by Darren Shan (The Demonata #5) 3 out of 5 stars Published by Harper Collins Children’s Books This review may contain spoilers for the previous books in the series This is the first book in the Demonata series that I didn’t particularly like. Darren Shan books are usually characterized by their fast moving […]
Finally got the time to start the marathon in earnest. Still had to go to the university on Friday, making it quite impossible to read yesterday. However, I was able to finish my first book for the marathon this morning! I read Blood Beast by Darren Shan. That brings my stats to this: Books read: […]
Bec by Darren Shan (Demonata #4) 4 out of 5 stars Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books This review may contain spoilers for the previous books in the series While this book is often shelved as children’s book, it comes with a warning: this series is Seriously Scary. And it definitely deserves this label. Darren Shan […]
Slawter by Darren Shan 4 out of 5 stars This is the 3rd book of the Demonata series. May contain spoilers for previous books in this series. My literature teacher said to class once: a writer that writes countless books, writes the same story over and over again. And I think there is a core […]