Cirque du Freak

Are you afraid of the dark? Do you have a constant fear that something is lying in the shadows? In this book you will fear the dark like never before. Darren Shan’s Cirque Du Freak, the first out of an amazing 9 book series, was written in January 4 2000, and is a 192 page young adult horror novel. I loved this fast paced book and couldn’t put the series down; it’s a fun quick read that I think everyone could enjoy. The main plot in the story of Darren Shan is a Darren at a young age going to a freak show where they have many performers there. One of the performers is a Vampire with a unique spider that can do tricks, which Darren steals due to his fascination of spiders. At home with the stolen spider his friend gets bit and is dying slowly so Darren goes back to the freak show (Cirque Du Freak) to make a deal with the vampire. The deal is that for in exchange for his friend’s life he will have to leave his own young life and become a half vampire, also known as a Vampire’s Assistant. Darren’s writing style is much like J.k. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Readers at the age of 15 and 17 that are into horror novels would enjoy this book.

(written by Lorenzo)