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Parasite Positive by Scott Westerfeld
Aug. 13th, 2009 01:17 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending class. Then he met a girl called Morgan, they had a fun night together and she passed on a parasite that turns people into ravenous vampires. You know how it goes.
Cal himself is only a carrier, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since Morgan, and it's now his job to hunt them down before they can create even more of their kind.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It's entertaining enough and the take on vampirisim is an original one and the scientific interludes are fascinating, but the flaws in this novel (notably the failure to show any infected character unable to control their actions) prevent this from being a great book.
One year ago, Cal Thompson was a college freshman more interested in meeting girls and partying in New York City than in attending class. Then he met a girl called Morgan, they had a fun night together and she passed on a parasite that turns people into ravenous vampires. You know how it goes.
Cal himself is only a carrier, but he's infected the girlfriends he's had since Morgan, and it's now his job to hunt them down before they can create even more of their kind.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
It's entertaining enough and the take on vampirisim is an original one and the scientific interludes are fascinating, but the flaws in this novel (notably the failure to show any infected character unable to control their actions) prevent this from being a great book.
