No other book has been sitting on my shelves unread for so long as this one. But I had no idea what to expect of this story, this is an author-buy for me.

It turns out, I really like the idea of this story. It has a whole lot of character development, which I love in books.

It also has a wild range of other cultures and religions, the authors mind has spun wildly to think this all up. I really like that as well.

There were some gruesome parts in this. But it is a Darren Shan book, so I did not expect anything less :)

But somehow, overall, the story did not spark for me as other books by this author did. I had no vibe with this one, sadly enough.

But I still quite enjoyed reading this. I also enjoyed buddyreading this with Natalja, because I really like to talk about books with people, to discuss certain events in the book and to exchange opinions.