But Young Rosaline would disagree with Boring Old Rosaline. I actually found the MC, Darren, to be kind of annoying and had I spent more time with him I would've hated him. The writing wasn't special and I couldn't find anything endearing about the characters. I no longer feel like the book is scary or has any nail biting, edge-of-your-seat quality. Rereading this book took me back to those years and my younger self. I don't remember much about those days, but I remember being scared and anxious reading this series. But I never finished the series due to many of my favorite characters dying. I first read The Vampire Prince years ago in middle school when I was obsessed with Darren Shan and his books. To read my review of the other books in this series, use the links below: But the plot isn't complex enough to hold the interest of someone looking for something with some meat to it.

So far, I think it's a great series for tweens and young teens. I think the 600 page book would have been a easy 5 star read. I think I would have rather read one book with 600 pages than this and the last two 200 page books in this series with cliffhangers but I don't control that.

To be honest, I find myself reading the series primarily to see where things are going to go with this main character. I really like Darren, his character is well written and I find myself very much relating to him. I have to say this installment was 200+ pages of really great reading. At last a book in this series with a conclusion!!!

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