Older fans of Shan's gory, gripping Cirque du Freak series will welcome this first book in the Demonata series, which features a similar horrific spin, dark humor, and graphic detail. Grubitsch...

On first appearance, Grubitsch “Grubbs” Grady seems like your typical teenager; he rebels against his parents, fights with his sister, and succumbs to peer pressure. But things are a little odd...

I made the mistake of telling my kids (fans of Shan) the plot of this novel on a long boring car journey and it freaked them out so much they had nightmares. This is defintely for teenagers, and...

Grubbs Grady is your typical teenage boy. He loves garbage dumps where he finds the most awesomely disgusting things and dislikes his older sister who constantly gets him into trouble. He likes...

IT’S HARD NOT TO HAVE PRECONCEIVED IDEAS about the books one is asked to review. Sometimes the imminent arrival of that month’s offering fills you with eager anticipation, whereas on other...

The summary of this book is going to be very hard to understand if you haven’t read the first book. You can read my review of Procession of the Dead for a fuller understanding of the story without...

Last year Harper Collins blessed me with an advance edition of “Procession of the Dead”, the first in “The City” series, which ended up being one of my fave books of 08. I eagerly picked up the...

Book 2 in The City Trilogy, a gritty urban fantasy series for adults by the author also known as Darren Shan. Based in an unnamed city run by the enigmatic, all-powerful Cardinal, Hell’s Horizon...

‘Crime with a difference’ would perhaps be an appropriate genre classification for D.B. Shan’s second adult novel, Hell’s Horizon. What begins as a fairly standard (albeit noirish) whodunnit soon...

This is the final part of the Saga of Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant. In the previous instalment Darren met again his nemesis, Steve Leonard, and has discovered that Steve's son, Darius, is...

[i'm not sure what magazine/newspaper this review comes from. if anyone can help me out, i'd appreciate it!]SAGA CONCLUDES WITH A BITE AT THE ENDTeenage tales of circus freaks, vampires and...

With this book, we come to the end of the CIRQUE DU FREAK series by Darren Shan, the one we have been waiting for and dreading. Now the Vampire Prince must face his archenemy, Steve Leopard. It is...