Cirque Du FreakBy Darren Shan

Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan is possibly of one the greatest young adult

horror stories ever written. The story follows Darren, a young man with a

horrifying destiny.

I would give this book an eleven out of ten. It

incorporates vampires, violence and tons of blood to create the perfect book

for those who never want to sleep again. But, for those who care, the real name of the series is not Cirque du Freak. It is, The Saga of

Darren Shan.

I've always been fascinated by spiders. I used to collect them when I was younger. I'd spend hours rooting through the dusty old shed at the bottom of our garden, hunting the cobwebs for lurking eight-legged predators. When I found one, I'd bring it in and let it loose in my bedroom.

It used to drive my mom crazy!Usually, the spider would slip away after no more than a day or

two, never to be seen again, but sometimes they hung around longer. I had one who made a cobweb above my bed and stood guard for almost a month. Going to sleep, I used to imagine the spider creeping down, crawling into my mouth, sliding down my throat, and laying loads of eggs in my belly. The baby spiders would hatch after a while and eat me alive, from the inside out.

I loved being scared when I was little.-Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare

There are twelve books in total. Darren Shan is also

the author of the bestselling horror series The

Demonata. There has been one movie made after

this book:Cirque du Freak; The Vampire’s Assistant

The movie is loosely based off of the Vampire Blood trilogy of The Saga of Darren Shan.

Darren Shan lives in Limerick, Ireland, anddoes not drink blood.

Or so he claims.

Still a better love story than Twilight.