Lord Loss - Darren Shan

As the first of the demonata series, Lord Loss is a great opening story by Darren Shan. The Grady's had a family curse which would result in Grubbs' sister turning into a werewolf. Grubbs' parents wanted to solve the problem by making a deal with Lord Loss. Grubbs was oblivious to this until he decided to sneak out of his aunt's house and go back home. He finds his family all dead, killed by a demon master, Lord Loss and his sidekicks Artery and Vein (quite shocking I know). Grubbs tries to fight the demons but ends up worse off and in hospital. His uncle, Dervish comes and collects him, believing his story about the demons. Grubbs meets his cousin Bill-E ...

Darren Shan has been writing teen horror books for a long time now, lets just say he knows what he is doing. After reading the darren shan saga (his first series of books) I was looking forward to his new "demonta" series. In Darren Shan it was certain Darren would get through any hardships that may come his way as he wwas the only main character and would be needed for the next book. In the demonata series however the author (also called Darren Shan) informed us that there would be 3 different characters. Each book would be from the perspective of a different person. Each character however would be living in a different time through histroy but they ...

A fantastic fast paced, gory book with clever wit. Having read (and reread) all of Darrens previous books i had to purchase this one...i wasnt disapointed! This is the 1st of a series of books called the demonata, probably not that great for kids under the age of 11, but for any other age (including adults) its brilliant, it really gets the reader involved with all the characters and mysterious world of the demonata, keeps you guessing throughout the series and if you are already a fan of Darren you have GOT to read this book. It has Darrens usual style of writing but is slightly edgier than the vampire series as it has a slight modern twist). If you have read ...