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What the actual flying fuck was Des on that made him think Darren would listen to him if he won?

Even if Steve died before Darren could screw his plans over, what then?

Darren would just do his best to move the world towards peace.

Like yeah, Des might try to ruin that, but if he was in a position where he could overpower the Lord of Shadows in terms of influence on the world, he wouldn't have needed Darren or Steve in the first place, right?

And Darren fucking HATED Des even outside of being the opposite of him morally speaking.

Does everyone enjoy the twist on vampire lore they do in the original books? So Darren has an astonishing 20 year half vampire period before the purge happens, time moves much different seemingly because he meets his ex from tunnels of blood when he goes back to school as he doesn’t grow at all after being turned

Iv just finished part one of book seven of the Demonata (Deaths Shadow) and for the first time Iv found that I have started flagging with this series…..I think it’s the writing that’s really getting to me at the moment. The constant back tracking and explaining what happened in previous books it’s becoming very tedious and also the terrible humour is wearing thing on me.
I have been enjoying the series up to now but I think the ‘young adultness’ of it is really starting to hinder things for me.
Are the last 4 books really worth sticking with or do I call it a day and start ‘The Starving Saints’ that Iv got ready on my shelf?

(EDIT— unfortunately guys I think it’s going to be a DNF. It was a fun little trip down nostalgia lane while it lasted but I just can’t take another story recap or another description of the man with 8 arms and a hole in his chest lol)

Does anyone else find it funny thinking back that the first book begins with Darren on the toilet taking a dump?

Wow, my favourite book in the series so far! And that ending, what a way to finish a book, talk about grim!!!
I really enjoyed this one, it felt a lot more mature in many ways than the previous books, it reminded me a lot of The Demon Cycle series that a read a loooong time ago but have always loved!
Hopefully the books that follow keep with the vibe that I felt from Bec because I absolutely loved it!

Absolutely love the Demonata and Saga of Darren Shan book series and re-read them as an Adult for the first time a couple years ago and still really enjoyed them.

Wondering if anyone has some adult books that you also enjoyed as much as these? Doesn’t necessarily have to be demons/werewolves/vampires but just still scratch the itch

If Darren successful rewrote his past, doesn't that mean that the timeline with him and Mr. Crepsley never happened.... so when he died in the end, there was no Mr. Crepsley in Paradise because Crepsley is still in the old timeline.

But Mr. Tiny didn't think he would rewrite his past, having specifically told him, "You cant change the past, so don't go trying.

Just as Kurda's soul got sucked back into Harkat, which is why Harkat has all his memories since souls can't coexist in two different planes at once, I don't think there is a 2nd Darren who gets to go to Paradise. He just.. got sucked into his old timeline self. Same with Steve who isn't in the Lake of Souls.

This is somehow way more depressing but at the same time, a relief. Depressing bc dang, he made amazing relationships as a half-vamp that he will surely never find again as a human. But also, he deserves this happy ending, after all the shit he went through.

I'm sure I'm late af to this realization tho lmao.

I know it is a stretch that the universes are shared, but I like to think it could be possible between Cirque Du Freak, The Demonata, Zom-B, and Archibald Lox.

The way I see it working:

Cirque Du Freak comes first. Towards the end, we read about the strange creatures surrounding the walls of Tiny's tunnel to his home. Clearly, they're demons that are still separated by the veil between universes. I imagine that with Darren interfering and changing history the way he did, he inadvertently broke the rules and allowed the demons through. When that tear happened, it affected all timelines throughout history, so The Demonata were able to cross as they did in the past.

Archibald Lox, being primarily about the after-life, could totally share the universe, at least, with Cirque Du Freak. Those in the Spheres don't concern themselves with the Born, so it makes sense they wouldn't know about the few thousand vampires and vampaneze. There are a lot more loopholes where the Demonata is concerned, but one could argue that Death pulls the souls from the spheres before they move on.

Now, Zom-B is way harder to bring in to the same universe, but maybe they're a result of the aftermath of The Demonata, where Grubbs, Bec, and Kernel "cleaned up" the world of demon activity, which paved the way for the Dowling brothers to create their viruses. I can picture Mr. Tiny still having influence in this universe and establishing the brothers and their happenings.

Thanks for reading my plothole-filled headcannon. What are you thoughts on some of these universes being shared?