Allies of the Night (Cirque Du Freak, Book 8)

by Darren Shan

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May 1st 2006 (first published 2005) by Little, Brown Young Readers

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Mass Market Paperback, 224 pages

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0316106534 (isbn13: 9780316106535)

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Darren Shan, Vampire Prince and vampaneze killer, is obliged to attend school! But homework is the least of Darren's problems. Bodies are piling up. T...more

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07/19/08

bookshelves: cirque-du-freak, summer-reading

When it seems that the vampaneze are focusing on Mr. Crepsley's hometown, Darren, Harkat, and Mr. Crepsley investigate. After fruitless searching, they meet up with a wholly unexpected guest: a school administrator who wonders why Darren isn't in school. Nobody knows what to say, and the administrator presents Darren with his birth certificate, enrollment papers, and other official materials, all of which are signed by Darren's hand - or upon closer examination, simply a very good forgery.

W...more When it seems that the vampaneze are focusing on Mr. Crepsley's hometown, Darren, Harkat, and Mr. Crepsley investigate. After fruitless searching, they meet up with a wholly unexpected guest: a school administrator who wonders why Darren isn't in school. Nobody knows what to say, and the administrator presents Darren with his birth certificate, enrollment papers, and other official materials, all of which are signed by Darren's hand - or upon closer examination, simply a very good forgery.

When I read on the inside flap that Darren was going back to school I groaned. I thought to myself: the author is really running out of ideas here, and is reaching. But I found that I was wrong. Darren being in school set up a string of intriguing events - some of them horrific - and one very interesting surprise. The surprise was that one his teachers was none other than...Debbie, the girl that he dated the last time he and Mr. Crepsley visited his town some twenty-five years ago, if I remember correctly. Some uncomfortable moments between the two of them pass, as Darren still finds himself interested in him (after all, they're still the same age, even if Darren only looks 15). Darren tries to kiss her, and Debbie withdraws - but the tension is obvious. I have to give props to the author for doing this. He's already offended every conservative on the planet with his books, and this didn't make it any easier. Good for him.

Darren meets up with another unexpected friend: Steve. He is overjoyed to see him, and happy that Steve appears to have forgiven him, even though in the first book Steve said that he would dedicate his entire life to hunting and killing all vampires.

Darren finds himself in a particularly sticky situation. The closer he gets to Debbie, and the closer the vampaneze get to her, he finds it necessary to confess that he is a vampire. Surprisingly, Debbie takes this rather well, and when their quest is explained to her, she insists on joining - even holding their own.

The ending once again is a decent cliffhanger, and as I'm writing this review, I realized that I liked this better than I thought I did while reading it. There were enough twists to make his previous books proud, and I'm anxious to read Killers of the Dawn....less

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