I hate Debbie. She’s so freaking annoying. And Darren being so caught up with her is also extremely annoying. It’s so frustrating to read about this.

This book contains the reappearance of many past characters, all of whom develop much more. Some of which you will fall in love with and others who you will grow to hate or at least dislike for their motives (yet I am not going to say which characters).

Continuing on with their mission against the Vampaneze, more twists occur which leave you wanting more. Another action packed book in the series, leaving you on the edge of your seat and unable to put the book down.

• I finally found out what Steve Leopard has been up too as well as finding he’s been turned into a half-vampaneze.

• I feel as though Darren is making rash decisions for a girl he dated so many years ago and is now aged more than him.

• I also feel as though Darren is going to end up losing the trust of those around him..

-Hopefully, the next book proves me wrong!!

هیجان داستان و پیچیدگی‌ها و رمزورازش بیشتر شده بود.
با فیلمش فرق می‌کنه انگار خیلی و این خوش‌حال‌کننده‌ست که تکراری نیست برام.
آخ و راجع به تصویر روی جلدش؟ خیلی زشت و ناجالبه.

Kut Steve, ik kom je halen

The name of this book should be Deja vu'.

Darren Shan, Mr. Crepsley, and Harket Mulds travel to Crepsely's home town where they hope to find the Lord of the Vampaneze. To their surprise, they learn that Darren has been enrolled at some prep school. Sensing a trap, they decide to spring it by having Darren attend. While there, he discovers that his teacher is none other than Debbie Hemlock, his girlfriend from the third book, who is all grown up now. This isn't the only blast from the past, however, a brutal string of killings occur that has vampaneze written all over it. They are perpetrated by a vampaneze with hooks instead of hands. Finally, Darren is saved from the hooked vampaneze by none other than Steve "Leopard" Leonard, his former best friend, who vowed to one day become a vampire hunter and kill him...

I love how everything from the first trilogy was tied in here. I loved that he had to go back to school; I love that Steve; Debbie; and R.V. (yes he's back too) returned.

All in all, this was just as good as the first two if not better.

This was the book that made me stop adding middle grade tags and just add young adult. The series, like many, changes a bit as the character ages. I spent this whole book yelling internally at Darren for being so gullible. And the crush he has on his "teacher" is a little weird, though I know they are the same age. Darren just doesn't act like an adult and doesn't seem to think or look like one, so it's still weird. And poor Darren just can't catch a break. Every person he's ever met seems to blame him for their life and plot to kill him.

Empieza de nuevo con bastante suspenso y da pistas confusas para hacer mejores las revelaciones

I distinctly remember this one too! So none of the twists were particularly twisty; but even without having read this I think some of the stuff would have been fairly obvious. These aren't spectacularly written, they are intended for a YA audience but there is something that is rather addicting with these. The plot of this one though was Darren having to go back to school because someone signed him up and with everything else that has and is happening in the story thus far, Darren being a fish out of water in a high school was so lame in comparison. Also, Darren remains a doofus no matter how old he is.


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Original Review 2014: It's been awhile since I read the previous Cirque Du Freak, so I was a little rusty on the story thus far. I was surprised to learn 13 years had passed in the story already! Darren is now a man trapped in a boys body. Perhaps it was because I spent such long intervals in-between the series, but a lot of old faces cropped back up in this one that I just don't remember. I still stand by what I said in a review of an earlier book, that these books are too short and 3 could be made into one novel. Same for this one, it doesn't have an end...it just stops in the middle of a dispute which was confusing. Oh well, not the most exciting in the series as it was more of a set-up for a big confrontation.

The adventure continues and little by little we get closer to its outcome. The books are getting more and more interesting, especially given that the odds are getting against them with each instalment. What I really liked about this book is the return of many old characters and the plot twists regarding them. I have to say that I’m not a big fan of the “romance” going on, but it serves a purpose for the plot so I’m letting that slide. I can’t wait to read the next book since I have so many theories about the identity of the main enemy.

You can't bring back every character from the past and smash them all into the story. It doesn't work that way :(

Allies of the Night (Cirque du Freak #8), Darren Shan

Darren, Harkat, and Mr. Crepsley (Vancha going back to Vampire Mountain to inform the other Princes and Generals of their encounter with the Vampaneze Lord) go to Mr. Crepsley's hometown once again to investigate if the Vampaneze had set up territories there.

But soon after their arrival Darren is discovered by the police and forced to attend school. He has trouble with most of his subjects as he only has a middle school education, but luckily his English teacher is Debbie, his old girlfriend from his first visit to this city. ...

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه جولای سال 2006 میلادی

عنوان: همدستان شب کتاب هشتم از قصه های سرزمین اشباح؛ نویسنده: دارن شان؛ مترجم: فرزانه کریمی؛ تهران، قدیانی؛ 1382؛ موضوع: داستانهای نویسندگان انگلیسی - سده 21م

بازگشت به مدرسه، پیدا کردن جنایتکاران خون آشامی که در تاریکی شب انسانهای بیگناه را میکشند، یافتن ارباب «شبح وارهها و ...؛ «دارن شان» در ادامه ی جستجوی رهبر شبح واره، وارد شهر خودش می‌شود، و با رویدادهایی ناگوار روبرو می‌شود، و «استیو» دوست قدیمی خویش را میبیند؛ در پایان داستان میفهمد که «استیو» نیمه شبح واره است، و تمام نقشه‌ های اذیت کردن «دارن شان» نیز زیر سر او بوده است

الریخ بهنگام رسانی 19/06/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی