Woman Reading

I'm not sure how to process this story... it's my worst nightmare, and yet in a sense I have to root for that!

Alright, so before I dig in to the meat of this book I have to warn you that part of what I'm going to say will be about things that were revealed in Parasite, the first book in this series. If you haven't read that book, don't read further!

I seriously do not know where I stand on this book. Mira Grant is so good at development. It's not so much that I believe that these worlds could really happen as the fact that she makes it all sound so good that I buy it despite how unrealistic it arguably is. (For the life of me I can not believe anyone would opt to implant a tapeworm inside them!) However, the subject matter in this series is such a representation of my host of fears that I can't help but hate it too.

I can't even handle earthworms, let alone a tapeworm!

And the worst part is that they never let you forget about those damn tapeworms! Multiple times in each chapter they're describing their soft bodies, or reminding you that they're only functioning because a tapeworm is behind the wheel of the human body. No matter what anyone says, sex is NOT hot when you know that one character is a dang tapeworm!

It's just too much. It's too gross for me. Call me shallow but I don't know how I would feel if I found out my love one was actually a worm. It reminds me a little of that gross alien guy in Men in Black. The alien wearing the human skin. Ugh!

The best I can do is split the difference. I can't give it a high rating because of the worms and I can't underrate it because it's just so well done. I'm calling it at 3.5.

Thank you Netgalley and Orbit books for providing a copy of this book for an honest review.