[.ca] The Vampire's Assistant (ISBN 0316905720)

From Amazon.com:
What if you were an unwilling vampire? You needed to drink human blood to stay alive, but you weren't some horror-flick villain; you were you, born human--a nice person, even. Thus is the dilemma of the young narrator-protagonist, Darren Shan, in this tremendously suspenseful, oft-sickening sequel to Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan. In the first book, Darren becomes a vampire's assistant to save the life of his friend Steve. In order to do so, he has to fake his death, get buried alive, and head out--half-human, homeless, and friendless--into the world. The Vampire's Assistant chronicles his new lonely life as a half-vampire, pumped with the cursed blood of his vampire guardian, Mr. Crepsley. Darren has much to learn about his freshly supernatural state. He doesn't grow fangs, for instance, like he thought he might. And he can't change shape or fly. Garlic just gives vampires bad breath... And they eat bagels. Some of the hardest lessons of all come when he joins the traveling freak show Cirque Du Freak, the show that got him and Steve in trouble in the first place. Readers won't be disappointed by this fast-paced, gory, but strangely amiable sequel. In fact, the plot is much better paced than the first and the dialogue far more natural. Deadly pythons, a snake boy, Cormac Limbs (bite off his finger and it grows back!), and an entire cast of dreadfully creepy characters offer excitement beyond expectation. Along the way, we come to really like Darren, who will do absolutely anything for a friend. British author Darren Shan promises more adventures in 2002. (Ages 10 and older) --Karin Snelson

tawney 35:
(book 1) This book is about a kid named Darren Shan and when his freind gets bit by an extremely dangerous spider he has to make a chose to save his freind and become a vampire or let his friend die. (2) When he decides to become a vampire they start tracking a diffrent type of vampire, a vampaneze. then when he meets a girl he has to decide beetween her or catching the vampaneze, so read and see what he chooses.

This book rocks:
This book was even better than the last. They keep getting better and better. I have read five of them and I'm working on reading the sixth. They have fast pace action and keep the suspense alive. I get so caught up in them that I read them in one day. There is no way that someone could hate the book. This book rocks!!!!!!!

Speechless, better than the first:
I thought the first book was amazing, after I read this I was SPEECHLESS. JK Rowling probally learned all of her outstanding writing from the half vampire, the talented writer, Darren Shan. Well 5 stars to me isnt enough to give this book. All the readers will die for the next book, Tunnels of Blood, possibly better than the seccond. In this book Darren learns how it is to be a Vampire's Assistant; He joins the cirque and makes friends. More action with the Wolf Man, Mr. Tall, and many others. Lots of action with Darren regreting of trading his life for a vampire and thretening to kill Mr.Crepsely, not only Darren fights off the creatures is friends do to. Does Mr. Crepsley trust Darren with his life, there are many times that Darren could kill him, but does he want too, does he need Mr. Crepsely to teach him the ways of being a vampire, you will find out in the Vampire's assistant. Ps. This book is amazing better than Harry Potter and those other books that dont stand one damn chance against, THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT.

Great Book:
This book was great all who enjoy fiction will enjoy this book

Better Than The 1st!!!:
This book (and series for that matter) ROCKS! i read this book in about 3 days, once you start you can't stop. if you haven't read the 1st it doest matter, it fills you in on everything! GET THIS BOOK!!!