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MY SHELF
- reviewed by
Beverly J. Rowe |
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Nobody does
mayhem quite
like Darren Shan
in his latest
masterpiece of
gruesome demons
and
terror. This is
the third book
in the Demonata
series and picks
up where The
Demon Thief
left us. Dervish
is almost back
to normal and he
and Grubbs and
Bill-E are
trying to live a
normal life
without demons.
Now the Lambs
want to take
Bill-E to their
lab and observe
and test him to
see if he is
really cured of
lycanthropy.
Dervish and
Grubbs are
certainly not
going to allow
that. Then
Dervish is
approached
by acclaimed
horror movie
producer, David
A. Haym or
"Davida,".
Davida, who
wants Dervish to
be a consultant
on her new film,
has resurrected
a ghost town and
re-named it
Slawter. Her
masterpiece will
have a demon
theme, and
Dervish is
considered a
demon expert.
Strange
incidents
disrupt the set,
and the demons
seem all too
real to Grubbs
as he begins to
wonder whether
more than
filming is
afoot. He can't
seem to convince
Uncle Dervish
that real demons
are on the set,
and are not just
ingenious
costumes. People
begin to
disappear. Is
Lord Loss back
in business?
Darren Shan
broke new ground
with his
bestselling Cirque
Du Freak
series, and now
his Demonata
series promises
to be as great a
hit with the
kids. Shan is a
master at
characterization
and plotting,
and the fear
factor raises
your goose-bumps
to a new
height. I would
not recommend
this series for
children 10 and
under, but for
older kids who
love scary
stories with
lots of gruesome
gore, this book
fits that
category.
The end pages
of Slawter
give a teaser
for number four
in the series.
Bec will
be published in
May 2007. I hate
to wait that
long!
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