A little book you should read... (Term 3 Blog 3)

As I said in my earlier blog, I had not been motivated to blog for the past several weeks and now, I shall be officially spamming it. In this post, I will be writing a book review on a little novel I read a few weeks ago. It is a horror novel, and it is part of a series of ten books, so some of you might be interested to read it.

This book has the title of "Lord Loss", who is the one of main characters of the entire series of books. He is one of the many demon masters in the Demonata, which is the imaginary universe, the setting, in the story itself. He was the one who changed Grubbs' (the main character) life. In the beginning of the story. Grubbs was originally leading a normal life, just like any ordinary schoolboy. However, during his teenage years, he learnt that his family had an ancient curse, which goes back to the Celtic times. It was the curse of Lycanthropy, which will turn young members of the family into werewolves if not taken seriously. This happened to Gretelda, Grubbs' sister. There was no cure for the Lycanthropy curse, and the only way to relieve someone of it was to take him or her to Lord Loss, and fight with the latter in a game of chess (Lord Loss' favourite game). If the person or person's family member were to win, he would be cured of the curse. If not, everyone in question dies. This happened to Gretelda, and Grubbs' parents racked their brains for an alternative solution. In the end, they were still forced to meet Lord Loss in a battle of wits and strategy on five chess boards. Unfortunately, they failed and were slaughtered by Lord Loss and his familiars. This had a huge impact on Grubbs' life, making him swear revenge on the demon master. The story goes on as Grubbs meets his uncle Dervish, who happens to be a mage, and goes on an adventure, which is too extremely long to explain in a single blog post.

I would just like to say that this series of books is definitely not for the faint-hearted, since it contains an obscene amount of violence, blood and death. However, the plot is extremely interesting and situations come out one by one, thus leaving the reader in suspense. I am still waiting for the seventh book, which I have not gotten my hands on yet.

{Lord Loss}

-Darren Shan