Review of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) by Ketutar J — 11 Jul 2011

Entertaining and clever. I would love to see this as a series.

This review of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) was written by Ketutar J on 11 Jul 2011.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant has generally received mixed reviews.

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