Do you ever wonder what its like to be a Vampires assistant and learn how they live as creatures of the night then this book series is for you. It starts when a normal kid named Darren Shan he had a perfect life up until his best friend named Steve Leoparn got a flier about a freak show that is in town but they can only get two tickets per flier. Steve got the tickets but there are four friends and only two tickets so Steve had to go but the rest fought for it but Darren got the ticket. When the show was over Steve knew who the owner was and it was surprising what Steve wanted from the owner and Darren stayed behind to see what Steve was up to. after a while Darren took the owners wonderful spider. The plan back fired because the spider was highly venimous and bit Steve. Darren went to find Mr. Crepsley (the owner of the freak show) but in return he must become his assistant in return for the poison to heal Steve. The deal also meant he had to leave his life and home forever. [SPOILER ALERT!!!] Darren agreed to be his assistant to learn the way of the vampire. In every book there are twist and turns that keep you reading up until the very end of every book because I can't stop reading until the very end of the books of this series can you handle this interesting book series.
Reviewed by Oscar ~ 7th Grade
Lexile 650
