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"Birth of a Killer is the first book in a series focussing on Larten Crepsley, and it functions well both as a foundational narrative upon which the following books can stand, and as a fun read for adolescents and young teens with an interest in the adventurous side of vampires, rather than their brooding dramatics. Highly Recommended." --CM Magazine
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The first of four Larten Crepsley books that will span the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Birth of a Killer features Larten as a young boy whose life is thrown into chaos when his closest friend is brutally murdered. Retreating from the world of humans, he finds refuge in the night-world of the vampire clan. But although he has the bravery, strength and skill to go far as a creature of the night, he faces a number of troubling obstacles and setbacks. He never feels totally in charge of his life, and though he always tries to do the right thing, sometimes he makes serious mistakes...for which he must later pay. Like the Cirque du Freak series, this is a coming-of-age story, but it is spread across a far wider time period, and takes us even farther into the darkness of the vampire world.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
How Larten Crepsley Became a Vampire,
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This review is from: Birth Of A Killer: The Saga Of Larten Crepsley Book One (Paperback)
Reason for Reading: I love Darren and read each new book as it comes out.Larten Crepsley is a major character in Shan's "Cirque Du Freak" series and this book, first in a proposed 4-book series, tells his life story starting briefly with his pre-vampire childhood and continuing on through the years until he becomes a fully blooded vampire and leaves his master to go out in the world by himself. Since this book happens before the "Cirque Du Freak" series it is not necessary to have read it to understand this book but the joy of meeting familiar faces and learning their past history will be missed if this book is read cold turkey. Larten is an interesting character from the first page and quickly develops the personality traits we are used to seeing in him but now we know where his silent, hardness comes from and the roots of his greatness. Somehow reading the story when you know how the whole story of his life ends in the distant future leaves out some of the tension as we already know the ultimate fate of many characters, including Larten . But there are many questions about Larten's past that need explaining and his connection with the Cirque Du Freak and Mr. Tall is covered in this volume as is his whole apprenticeship, half-blooding, full blooding and his first trip to the Council to participate in the games as a fresh blood. Lots of excitement, with much action and the introduction of Larten's role-models shape the beginning of his life and the ending leaves us with a quick glance at the introduction of an old enemy from "Cirque Du Freak" making me eager to pick up Book Two, which will be out in May of this year (2011).
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A good read,
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This review is from: Birth Of A Killer: The Saga Of Larten Crepsley Book One (Paperback)
After reading the Darren Shan saga this book is really helping to fill in the missing pieces and I really enjoyed finding out more about Larten. I found both the series and this book and interesting take on Vampires keep them coming. I look forward to the next book with bated breath.
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