A review by vimcenzo
Trials of Death by Darren Shan

4.0

Really takes you through the individual trials that Darren has to face on the way to becoming a vampire. The book follows a very solid pace--training montage, trial, recovery, training montage, trial, recovery. (Then sequel hook, of course.) Very Hunger Games, before it ever existed. There's good character building in between all this, and everything just flows together naturally. Darren Shan really hits his stride with this one and for all the books moving forward, by finally not shying away from character death.