Lord Loss: It’s In the Blood
Darren Shan
Dear Mr. Shan.
Your book “Lord Loss: It’s In the Blood” was a fantastic read and kept me turning the pages and I couldn’t stop reading. Your idea of using such a sophisticated game, chess, and incorporating that with another dimension and magic was a phenomenal idea. The fact that these monsters with snakes coming out of their heart and maggot filling their heads playing chess against humans was a great idea. When the final chess match with the 5 chess boards and Lord Loss playing Dervish and then Grubbs taking on the two demons was exhilarating to read.
At the start of the book when Grubbs family was obsessed with chess and their whole family played and they were very intense about it I started to wonder what was going on. As the book continued and when Grubbs parents and Gret, his sister challenged Lord Loss and lost that really caught my attention and glued me to the book. The detail that you went into for when Grubbs first saw his destroyed house and dead family members was incredible and it painted a very vivid picture in my head. When he moved in with Dervish I thought the excitement of the book was over and it was just going to be a dull book from there on out. Once chess was brought back into my view I was excited to see if Grubbs was going to avenge his fallen family members with Dervish. Once the final fight got set up and underway I couldn’t stop reading until the book was over. Even after I finished the book I was itching to see what was going to happen in the next book.
The amount of detail and originality that went into writing this book was amazing and I really enjoyed reading this book and I would definitely recommend it to all of my friends.
Sincerely Aaron Carr
