• Watch Read. See.

    Watch. Read. See. | 19 October 2012

    Oh. My. God.

     

    Yet again, Darren Shan has concocted a fantastic first book to what promises to be a compelling series.

     

    Zom-B is the first of a twelve-book series. It begins with a...

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  • Kings River Life

    Kings River Life | 19 October 2012

    Zom-B is something unusual for it’s genre, it’s different. Zombie stories are almost always the same song and dance with little to show for it in the end. It’s one of the many reasons why I stay...

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  • Every Book Has A Soul

    Every Book Has A Soul | 18 October 2012

    Darren Shan is perhaps one of my favourite authors, his books never seem to fail me. They are always addictive and extremely fast paced. I heard him read extracts of this book ahead of its...

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  • The Fake Steph Dot Com

    The Fake Steph Dot Com | 18 October 2012

    Characters: The protagonist, B, is not a good person. B is rude, vulgar, aggressive, and often racist. Racism is a HUGE theme in this book to the point where I would go so far as to say that the...

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  • young Adult Literature

    Young Adult Literature | 17 October 2012

    Zom-B is a new series from author Darren Shan. I have been a big fan of Shan’s work since his Cirque Du Freak Series (The Vampire’s Assisstant) and so far Zom-B does not disappoint. At first I...

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  • My Best Friends Are Books

    My Best Friends Are Books | 16 October 2012

    Darren Shan is the master of horror stories for children and teens. His vampire series, The Saga of Darren Shan, and the Demonata series have been hugely popular. Now Darren has turned to another...

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  • Townsville Eye (Australia)

    Townsville Eye | 13 October 2012

    Lady of the Shades begins with horror writer Ed travelling to London from America to source inspiration for a new book. A stranger in a strange city, Ed is haunted (literally) by a supernatural...

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  • Queensland Life (Australia)

    Queensland Life | 13 October 2012

    FIRST, the admission: I had never heard of Darren Shan before I picked up Lady of the Shades. Considering he has written 31 books and managed to sell 15 million worldwide, that’s possibly more an...

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  • Teenreads

    Teenreads | 13 October 2012

    Reports keep appearing over the TV and on the internet, concerning some zombie attacks in a little Irish town known as Pallaskenry. B Smith watches the TV in horror thinking this can’t possibly...

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  • Elizziebooks

    Elizziebooks | 12 October 2012

    Can we talk about how misleading the prologue is? Man, I thought this book was going to be chock FULL of zombie beheadings. Double tap! But no, it was more about this teenage boy, B, and his own...

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  • What A Review!

    What A Review! | 12 October 2012

    So I have never actually reviewed a book on my blog but this book by Darren Shan is truly amazing. The book is called Zom-B and it is set in first person following a young character only known as...

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  • Fiction State Of Mind

    Fiction State Of Mind | 11 October 2012

    ZOM-B is a new horror series by Darren Shan. This is a tight, twisted little read that shows the amazing ability of Horror to focus on the human condition. I tweeted a lot about this book because...

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