Steve makes Darren let him have a closer look at Madam Octa but the bell rings making Steve drop the cage allowing the spider to escape. The Vampire's Assistant (Cirque du Freak, Book 2) (Cirque Du Freak (2)) Let's ignore for a moment the film they made out of this book. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.
Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After being buried, Darren is dug up by Crepsley, only for the both of them to be ambushed by Murlough.
Initially annoyed and contemptuous, Crepsley agrees only if Darren becomes a half-vampire and Crepsley's personal assistant. He'd never managed to finish an entire book before so, given the low price, I thought I'd give this a try.
The star attraction is a vampire called Larten Crepsley, who performs with a colorful yet very lethal spider.
I bought this book for my son who, like a lot of boys, would much rather be playing on his xbox than reading. Use the HTML below. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is a 2009 American fantasy film based on the Vampire Blood trilogy of the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan.
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Anyway, I'm definitely going to read the next installment I just hope it's a bit more substantial.
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece. Cirque du Freak: Vampire Mountain (Book Four) (Cirque Du Freak (4)) Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. Cirque du Freak (also known as Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare) is the first novel in The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan (real name Darren O'Shaugnessy), published in January 2000. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. I think a couple of minor changes could've made this a 4-star read for me. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations I read the frist 5 books of the series the weekend. My daughter told me about this series because it reminded her of pretty much all the stuff I’m super into. Use the HTML below. Loved it.
In seeking an antidote from Larten, Darren accepts a deal to become his half-vampire assistant.Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language
I was intrigued, but I didn't rush right out and read it.
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There was one scholar in particular who would not read any book given to them because they were not "good" at reading until they picked this one up.
Cirque Du Freak #5: Trials of Death: Book 5 in the Saga of Darren Shan
They fight, but Darren is weak from not feeding. Teenager Darren Shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middle-class family, but his best friend is the reckless Steve. Cirque Du Freak: "Fast-paced and compelling, full of satisfying macabre touches, Cirque Du Freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also, movingly, the obligations of friendship."-J.K. He loved it! Crepsley gives Darren his own coffin, and Darren accepts his new life as a member of the Cirque du Freak.
I had heard about this book about the time I heard that legendary screenwriter Brian Helgeland (look it up if the name is unknown to you) was writing the adaptation to it.