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A review by youreadtoomuch
The Vampire's Assistant by Darren Shan
3.0
What is drawing me to this series? The subversion of common vampire lore? he fact that Darren's age is still a mystery except he's still a child? The way I devoured this book to know how it ends is astonishing given it's not a difficult book but still, it's doing something right.
Darren is refusing to drink human blood to preserve the half of him that is still human while attempting to starve his vampire half. Of course, this means death to all of him but it might be worth it to him. He realizes as a half-vampire he'll never truly have a friend again so Mr. Crepsley takes him to the Cirque du Freak where he meets Evra, the snake boy, and Sam a human that is just curious about them. Unfortunately, Darren learns the hard way that his life will always lead up to danger for those he cares about.
Darren is refusing to drink human blood to preserve the half of him that is still human while attempting to starve his vampire half. Of course, this means death to all of him but it might be worth it to him. He realizes as a half-vampire he'll never truly have a friend again so Mr. Crepsley takes him to the Cirque du Freak where he meets Evra, the snake boy, and Sam a human that is just curious about them. Unfortunately, Darren learns the hard way that his life will always lead up to danger for those he cares about.