Title: The Vampire's Assistant
Author: Darren Shan
Series: Cirque Du Freak #2
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Middle Grade
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Reason Read: Just Because
Rating:

My Thoughts

When I read A LIVING NIGHTMARE, I thought The Vampire’s Assistant movie was an adaptation of the first two books in the series. I was wrong. It looks like the movie was actually an adaptation of the first three books so I wasn’t expecting anything that happened in this book at all.

The first book was almost exactly like the first half of the movie adaptation. However, the only thing this book had in common with its movie adaptation was that Darren and Mr. Crepsley joined the Cirque du Freak. Everything else was completely different and completely new to me. That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. It was just unexpected.

I liked this book a lot better than the first one. The first one was slow because it was building up the characters and the layout of the story. This book was much faster paced and I read it in two days. As a whole, I’ve liked the story enough so the books held my interest, but I’m not sure I want to keep reading.