Lord Loss

Lord Loss

By: Darren Shan

          I had heard of this book by reading Shan’s other series, Cirque Du Freak (which I recommend), and it sounded not really my style but I was done with the other series so I gave it a go, mostly because I like Shan’s way of writing. How happy I am that I did? All 10 books in the series are out, so no waiting. At first I thought these books would be straight and narrow no twists and turns. How wrong was I?

          Grubbs Grady was an ordinary kid with ordinary friends, but that all changed when his parents and sister went to the “ballet”. Grubbs wasn’t so dumb he didn’t know that something was going on in his own family; all he had to do was find out what. While his family was gone to the “ballet” he was to stay with his aunt for the night.

          Grubbs sneaks out of his aunt’s house, than sprints to his home as fast as possible to where he thinks he’ll find his family. When he gets home he sees a light on in his parent’s room. As he edgily makes his way into the house Grubbs sidetracks to waste time, more or less, by checking every other room but the one he knows he’ll have to check eventually, his parent’s room. When Darren gets to his parents room he slowly opens the door to find a bloodbath of what his parents and sister use to be.

          Lord Loss is about more than action and gore; it’s about trying to adjust to new surroundings and overcoming grief. Don’t get me wrong there’s plenty of action and gore, but not too much that it’s overwhelming. Maybe I’m wrong and just reading into everything too much. Will you join Grubbs to find out who, what, killed his family?