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Reader reviewed by Casey Hurtgen


Peeps, written by Scott Westerfeld, is a tale about parasites. This parasite causes the host to avoid sunlight, thirst for blood, and grow sickly pale. Cal, a non-infected carrier, works for the Night Watch, hunting down others with the parasite, called Peeps.

The plot twists are good, but with an exception of Cal, the characters feel blank. The discriptions are well written, but Lace's incessant use of the word 'dude' is distracting.

Sandwiched between chapters of the book are fantastic descriptions of actual parasites. These mini-chapters helped build anticipation for the next installment of the story.

Overall, I enjoyed the novel, but I found the concept behind Peeps more intriguing before I read the book.