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THE
WESTMORLAND
GAZETTE
- reviewed by
Andrew Thomas |
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Darren Shan's
gruesome stories
sell by the
millions,
testifying to
the huge
appetite that
children have
for all things
scary. His big
breakthrough
came with his
first children's
book, Cirque
du Freak,
which became the
first in the
phenomenally
successful
12-part series,
The Saga of
Darren Shan.
Now Shan, who
lives in rural
Ireland, is
enjoying massive
success with his
latest, The
Demonata.
The action in
book three,
Slawter,
takes place
mainly on the
film set of a
horror movie.
Grubbs, who
featured in
Lord Loss,
gets involved
with the film
but discovers
that the
monsters of the
fictional town
of Slawter are
not quite as
fake as most of
the cast and
crew believe.
These books
are
blood-curdling
fun, which are
bound to appeal
to young people
with a taste for
horror stories.
http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/lifestyle/newauthors/kendalbookreviews/display.var.1065629.0.bloodcurdling_fun.php |
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