{"id":1773,"date":"2020-08-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kildarelibrariesblog.com\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2020-08-25T18:10:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T18:10:28","slug":"cirque-du-freak-the-saga-of-darren-shan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/cirque-du-freak-the-saga-of-darren-shan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cirque Du Freak\/ The Saga of Darren Shan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/download-2.jpg?w=182\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1808\" width=\"227\" height=\"346\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Darren Shan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genre: Teen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reviewed by: Aoife Kerr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Branch: Leixlip Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cirque Du Freak is the frightening saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires and a petrifying ending, Cirque Du Freak will chill, thrill, and leave readers begging for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is one of those series that is perfect for teens who have just started to get into horror. It is a well written series, with amazing characters and a story that makes you want to read more. Darren Shan is an amazing writer; this is one of those series that it is  always a pleasure to go back and re-read. I also love the fact that the main character has the same name as the author, which is pretty cool. It is definitely worth a read. One of my favourite things about this series is that it also a quick and easy read, which is handy if you want something light to read but dark and twisty. I cannot recommend it enough. I do hope you enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Available to  request online from your local library <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/librariesireland.iii.com\/iii\/encore\/?lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> or make an appointment to visit your library <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kildare.ie\/Library\/OnlineBookingSystem\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Darren Shan Genre: Teen Reviewed by: Aoife Kerr Branch: Leixlip Library Cirque Du Freak is the frightening saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires. Filled with grotesque creatures, murderous vampires and a petrifying ending, Cirque Du Freak will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182174489,"featured_media":299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6925997],"tags":[23161728,576231,560763,1252,40791,771541780,351849],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews-and-recommendations","tag-ages-12-17","tag-cirque-du-freak","tag-darren-shan","tag-horror","tag-vampires","tag-young-adult","tag-young-adult-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182174489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1810,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kildarelibraries.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}