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A review by arthurgdean
Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan
5.0
Review also on BookLover
Let's begin by saying I was left speechless for a few days but now, I think, I am ready to tell you about this amazing book and series finale.
In this fourth book, we follow Larten as he finds out about the Nazi danger and tries to find as many Vampires, telling them to flee Europe as fast as they can. But something terrible sends him astray, sending him again into a vengeful rampage that won't end as the Vampire expects.
I still have difficulty speaking about this book; I think that, although short, it was packed with information: I don't want to make any spoilers, but I am glad we found out how Laren got Madam Octa, along with other things...
This book is also filled with a lot of action because of the coming of the Nazi, the threat of the Vampanze and... something that happens towards the end, which I knew was bound to happen as for spoilers I got.
Overall, I really loved this book. I think it's my favorite of the four! Darren Shan really knows how to write the last book in a series. Well, all of them, but especially the final one! I was really satisfied with Brothers to the Death and I'm already tempted to read it again.
One of Darren Shan's strong suits is the characterization: for the most part, these were characters we already met in the Cirque du Freak series, but not all. I really loved how the writer made the characters evolve into the ones we knew and cherished and how we got little glimpses of the character of certain Vampires (like Gavner) that we see really little of in the main series.
In this fourth installment, I really loved Larten, Gavner, and Arra, while I came to really hate Wester and was a bit surprised about my least favorite character of all times, the only and only Kurda Smahlt. I still hate the later, but * maybe * a bit less.
In conclusion, I loved these prequels just as much as the main series. I can't wait to read more by this author and that I like it (given I already bought the whole Demonata series, the whole Zom-b series, and his book for adults Molls like it hot).
Let's begin by saying I was left speechless for a few days but now, I think, I am ready to tell you about this amazing book and series finale.
In this fourth book, we follow Larten as he finds out about the Nazi danger and tries to find as many Vampires, telling them to flee Europe as fast as they can. But something terrible sends him astray, sending him again into a vengeful rampage that won't end as the Vampire expects.
I still have difficulty speaking about this book; I think that, although short, it was packed with information: I don't want to make any spoilers, but I am glad we found out how Laren got Madam Octa, along with other things...
This book is also filled with a lot of action because of the coming of the Nazi, the threat of the Vampanze and... something that happens towards the end, which I knew was bound to happen as for spoilers I got.
Overall, I really loved this book. I think it's my favorite of the four! Darren Shan really knows how to write the last book in a series. Well, all of them, but especially the final one! I was really satisfied with Brothers to the Death and I'm already tempted to read it again.
One of Darren Shan's strong suits is the characterization: for the most part, these were characters we already met in the Cirque du Freak series, but not all. I really loved how the writer made the characters evolve into the ones we knew and cherished and how we got little glimpses of the character of certain Vampires (like Gavner) that we see really little of in the main series.
In this fourth installment, I really loved Larten, Gavner, and Arra, while I came to really hate Wester and was a bit surprised about my least favorite character of all times, the only and only Kurda Smahlt. I still hate the later, but * maybe * a bit less.
In conclusion, I loved these prequels just as much as the main series. I can't wait to read more by this author and that I like it (given I already bought the whole Demonata series, the whole Zom-b series, and his book for adults Molls like it hot).