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SCHOOL
LIBRARY JOURNAL
- reviewed by
Hillias J Martin |
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When sneaky
teenaged Grubbs
Grady finds
himself
mysteriously
dumped on his
aunt's doorstep,
he can't help
but steal back
home to figure
out what's going
on.
Unfortunately,
when he arrives,
his parents and
sister have been
horrifically
killed in true
Shan form: their
bodies ripped to
shreds by an
evil demon named
Lord Loss and
his vile
henchmen. Grubbs
somehow manages
to escape the
fiends and goes
to live with his
Uncle Dervish, a
peculiar dandy
who lives in a
creepy country
mansion whose
secrets may hold
the key to the
murders.
Chock-full of
family curses,
werewolf lore,
and
stomach-turning
gore, Lord
Loss is
exactly the kind
of horror that
Cirque Du Freak
(Little, Brown)
fans will love.
Characterizations
may take a
backseat to fast
pacing, but this
first
installment in a
new series is
still guaranteed
to gross out
anyone aged 12
to 20. |
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