• Miss Cummins’s Crew of Critics

    Miss Cummins's Crew of Critics | 06 December 2011

    One of the characters are Larten Crepsley, is a Vampire and he’s crabby and serious. Alicia is the most funny and beautiful human in the world. Oh and don’t forget this cute little kid Gavner,...

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  • The Guardian

    The Guardian | 06 December 2011

    Darren Shan is an ordinary boy who lives an ordinary life. But this all changes when he takes a trip to the Cirque Du Freak with his best mate Steve. They have a great time until Steve points out...

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  • Teens Book Reviews

    Teens Book Reviews | 27 November 2011

    I’m going to start off my reviews with a review of a book that I read quite a while ago now, and never tire of re-reading.

    The Thin Executioner – by Darren Shan

    The story is based in an...

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  • Television, Tea and Moo Shu Pork

    Television, Tea and Moo Shu Pork | 14 November 2011

    First, let me say I really enjoyed the first two books of the City trilogy. Procession of the Dead is my absolute favorite of Shan’s books, and Hell’s Horizon was one of the best mystery stories...

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  • Christi The Teen Librarian

    Christi The Teen Librarian | 14 November 2011

    I had read the first two books in the Cirque du Freak series and liked them well enough. I even watched the movie (I know, I know, but I do love John C. Reilly. Sadly, even he wasn't enough to...

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  • Reading Is My Cup Of Tea

    Reading Is My Cup f Tea | 14 November 2011

    This is the third book in the Larten Crepsley saga and I personally really enjoyed it! After the rather dull and disappointing previous book, I debated on whether or not I should continue with...

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  • Inis Magazine

    Inis Magazine | 13 November 2011

    Let’s be quite clear here – as a horror author, part of me wanted to hate this. Darren Shan has been considered the master of children’s and young adult horror for over a decade now, and it’s...

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  • Fantasy Book Critic

    Fantasy Book Critic | 11 November 2011

    OVERVIEW/ANALYSIS: I was awaiting “City of the Snakes” since the moment I finished “Hell’s Horizon”. I knew that the third book would be taking a time leap and would be featuring characters from...

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  • The Life of One Random Tall Girl

    The Life of One Random Tall Girl | 30 October 2011

    Palace Of The Damned continues from where Ocean of Blood ended, with Larten somewhere in Greenland with the baby. There, Larten accidentally found the mythical tomb like a palace and coffins made...

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  • We Love This Book

    We Love This Book | 21 October 2011

    Palace of the Damned is the third and penultimate book in the Saga of Larten Crepsley series. Larten is lost in the Arctic wastelands, carrying a baby – the one human he saves after savagely...

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  • Books @ NCPL

    Books @ NCPL | 20 October 2011

    After his ill-fated voyage on a blood bathed passenger ship, the vampire Larten Crepsley has lost all will to live through his immortal life. Burdened with a young child from one of the dead...

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  • CSI Librarian

    CSI Librarian | 18 October 2011

    I could not be happier (or more relieved) to report that Palace of the Damned was vastly more enjoyable and engaging than the previous book in Larten’s Saga.

     

    Events, emotions, and...

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