![]() British author Darren Shan promises more adventures in 2002. Along the way, we come to really like Darren, who will do absolutely anything for a friend. Deadly pythons, a snake boy, Cormac Limbs (bite off his finger and it grows back!), and an entire cast of dreadfully creepy characters offer excitement beyond expectation. ![]() ![]() In fact, the plot is much better paced than the first and the dialogue far more natural. Readers won't be disappointed by this fast-paced, gory, but strangely amiable sequel. Drawn to the magical world of the Cirque, a 16-year-old boy trades in his ordinary life to become an immortal vampire. Some of the hardest lessons of all come when he joins the traveling freak show Cirque Du Freak, the show that got him and Steve in trouble in the first place. He doesn't grow fangs, for instance, like he thought he might. Darren has much to learn about his freshly supernatural state. The Vampire's Assistant chronicles his new lonely life as a half-vampire, pumped with the cursed blood of his vampire guardian, Mr. In order to do so, he has to fake his death, get buried alive, and head out-half-human, homeless, and friendless-into the world. In the first book, Darren becomes a vampire's assistant to save the life of his friend Steve. Thus is the dilemma of the young narrator-protagonist, Darren Shan, in this tremendously suspenseful, oft-sickening sequel to Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan. ![]() ![]() What if you were an unwilling vampire? You needed to drink human blood to stay alive, but you weren't some horror-flick villain you were you, born human-a nice person, even. ![]()
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