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Peeps

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In Peeps, vampirism is caused by a parasite spread through bodily fluids. The main character, Cal, is a carrier immune to developing full-blown symptoms. Recruited by an ancient organization responsible for rounding up those exhibiting full-blown blood sucking behavior, Cal is charged with capturing the girl responsible for his contraction of the parasite. His quest leads him around, and under New York City, where he observes bizarre behavior from vampires and associated creatures that seems to be connected to some sort of rumbling deep in the earth......

This book is engaging while reading, but wasn't the type that occupied my mind every second of the day when I wasn't able to read. (This disinterest may have been because I knew Cal wasn't the main character in the sequel.) However, I did love Cal's "voice" and the multitude of "discoveries" throughout the plot was captivating. I also enjoyed being educated on various disgusting parasites (which is sure to be a hook for reluctant readers that may lead to some out-of-text internet research), as the author wrote about a different critter in every other chapter.

Peeps" is about a parasite that causes vampirism in humans. The parasite can be sexually transmitted and usually the victim is left incapable of a normal life thereafter. There are a few who catch the parasite who are able to function normally and they become the hunters of those infected with the parasite and wreck havoc on society in a vampire like fashion.

Cal is a carrier of the parasite and he has infected all his girlfriends, who have become peeps due to the parasite or in other words vampires. Cal's duty is to find them before they create more peeps. The problem is that Cal is infected with the parasite, but not out of control, but he still has an heightened awareness of all his senses and the parasite makes him want to eat constantly and the parasite also heightens his desire to replicate and transmit the parasite to others. Chilling was the part when Cal found the writing on the wall in blood, while hunting for the female who originally gave him the parasite. The appearance of the worm was too soon and its destruction seemed out of place.

I thought this book started of strongly, but then it seemed to lose momentum. I enjoyed reading the chapters on different parasites and how they survive. The last half of the book seemed to want to wrap things up too quickly; a few more chapters with more details on the origins and workings of the parasite would have made the book a more satisfying read.

This book is marketed for teenagers, but I would only recommend to older teens, it is definitely an adult book. There are a lot of references to sexual activity; there is nothing explicit in the book, just lots of suggestions.

When I finished reading I was a bit dissapointed with the character development. I felt that there was something left out or missing during the editing process. I really liked the character but I wanted more.

This book was amazing! The whole thing was really interesting and really funny. The characters are great, especially the main character, and the story is suspenseful and interesting the whole way through. It's one of those books that make you think and that you can't put down.

The story is about a 19 year old guy named Cal. Unfortunatley he has a disease that turns most people in what are called peeps, though a normal person would call them a vampire. Cal is lucky so he missed out on most of the unpleasant symptoms and is just a carrier, but before he knew he had this disease he gave it to all his former girlfriends.

This book was great, I highly reccomend it! Even if you didn't like it much I gaurantee you will learn a lot about parasites on the way, even though most of what you learn you probably didn't want to know!

i love this book! its about this guy named cal, he gets horny when hes around girls and he fights off peeps (parasite postives) he's kind of a geek, which makes him more likeable, not so self righous.. plus it has the love story element with Lace. i like the way it is written. i may leave you wondering if there really is such thing as a parasite that turns people into canniblistic zombies or at least insominiac, always hungry for meat, always horny creatures of the night..

This story was so awsome!! It is about a guy named cal who goes and hunts after a vampire has gone bad. He also is a Vampire but a different kind who only carries the virous without the side effects, except that he cant share saliva or anything else with another person(namely a women)wich makes the disease go all crazy and when hes around a women makes him go a little crazy with lust.It isn't until later that he finds out something horrible that might just change the world into vampires aswell, and sometimes the things that he normaly shouldn't do may end up being the right thing to do.