Review: "Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare" by Darren Shan

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A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan is the first book in the Cirque Du Freak series. The second book, The Vampires Assistant, was recently adapted into a popular movie.

Darren is a regular kid that gets tickets to go to a freak show with his best friend Steve. At the show Steve discovers that one of the performers, Mr. Crepsley, is a real live vampire. After the show Darren happens to witnesses something that changes his life forever.

A Living Nightmare is a good book, it's short and is a fast read. It is more suited for younger readers, but some teenagers and adult may enjoy it as well.

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Review: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief is the first book in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. After a field trip gone wrong, Percy Jackson finds out that he is a demigod. He now has to go to Camp Half-Blood and be trained on how to stay alive while facing monsters from the darkest myths. Things take a turn for the worse when Zeus' lightning bolt is stolen all the evidence points to Percy, starting him on a quest to get it back.

I loved this book, and it has also been adapted to a movie, so bonus points. It's a fast read and it's kind of short, so pre-teens would like it as well as teenagers. If you are interested in Greek gods and mythology this book is one you should check out. If you saw the movie and like it you should definitely give the book a shot.

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Review: Kaimira, Sky Village, Book One by Monk Ashland

Mei's mother has been kidnapped by machines, so her father takes her to the Sky village, an intricate web of interconnected hot-air balloons that floats above China, while he tries to rescue her.

In Las Vegas, Rom must save his sister, who has been taken by a pair of terrifying demonic creatures. He has to go underground and become engaged in arena fighting  where mechanical-beast demons fight for the entertainment of gamblers.

Even though they are half a world away from each other, they communicate with the Tree Book. It reveals that they both have the Kaimira gene, entwining beast and machine qualities in their DNA.

This book was really well written. I think it would be a great read for people who like futuristic fantasy/sci-fi books.

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