For my second reviews, I read Scott Westerfeld's Peeps. This was Scott Westerfeld's new, fresh taste on the Vampire. In his version, Vampirism is a disease, a parasite. The parasite causes the "vampire," or peep, to hate everything they used to love. They trash all their stuff, they hate the sun so live underground, and they eat people. The parasite causes, yes, cannibalism. It also causes black fingernails, super strength, an intense craving for meat, advanced night vision, and overall insanity.Luckily for our main character, 19-year-old New Yorker Cal Thompson, he is only a carrier. This basically means he still has all the side effects minus the hating stuff, cannibalism, and insanity. But it's not all peachy keen. The parasite withing him makes him extremely horny, and whoever Cal kisses (or bites, as if he would want to do that) gets the parasite.
Our story begins with Cal catching his eighth and final girlfriend that he had kissed/infected after he had been infected with The Parasite. When this is accomplished, Cal is set with the mission of finding the girl who infected him. Unfortunately, the bar Cal met her in doesn't exist, he was drunk the whole time, and he only remembers one thing about the girl who'd infected him: her first name is Morgan. That's it. In his hunt, Cal meets Lace who now lives in Morgan's old apartment. The previous inhabitants of Lace's whole floor have mysteriously disappeared and strange things have been written on the walls in blood. With the help of Lace, Cal is launched into an eerie expeditions, full of rat infestations, possessed peep cats, strange monsters rumbling in the Underworld and smelling of death. But if Cal doesn't act fast, the whole world might be infected...
I REALLY liked this book. It was full of action, mystery, voice, creepiness, and, of course, romance. Also, every other chapter, Scott/Cal describes a real life parasite, which added so much substance to the book. With all the amazing science, he almost had me thinking the parasite was real. It's not. Or at least, I REALLY hope it's not... Anyway, I rate this a whopping 8 kinds of fawesome!
Science pondering, vampire loving, parasite infecting-ly yours,
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i loved peeps! that book was totally 8 types of fawesome. i have a friend that claims she is a carrier.
whoa creeeeepy... it would be kinda fun to be a carrier don't you think? With all the night vision and the strength and stuff? ya. :)
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