So my first critical note, I’m afraid, is going to be a complaint: This book simply is not a complete story, even at the level of “Book 1 of a trilogy.” The whole book does little more than build up to whatever happens in Book 2. I’m miffed, mostly at myself for not having the entire trilogy ready at hand before I started it, but also partly at the publishing genius which chopped Vampire Rites into three books. As I write this, I am getting ready to run down to the public library to pick up books 2 and 3 of the trilogy (or books 5 and 6 of the overall series), which I requested immediately after finishing this book. Of course, I base this only on my impression of reading Vampire Mountain. I put this in italics, rather than in quotation marks, because (in my opinion) a single-volume edition of this trilogy would be less an omnibus than a single, complete novel. Since the 12 books in this saga are also divided into four trilogies, this book is also Book 1 of the second trilogy, titled Vampire Rites. Darren Shan is both the name of the narrator and main character in this 12-book series, and the pen-name of Anglo-Irish author Darren O’Shaughnessy, who in real life most likely isn’t a half-vampire like his in-book namesake. This is Book 4 of the Saga of Darren Shan, also known (at least in the U.S.) as Cirque du Freak-which happens to be the title of Book 1. Purchase hereįirst, let’s get the confusing part out of the way.
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