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Mira Grant2014
THE SECOND BOOK IN MIRA GRANT'S TERRIFYING PARASITOLOGY SERIES. THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped.
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Apiecalypse Jen@chippedfang
4 stars
Oct 25, 2023

Book two. So far I like this best. Higher stakes. Like some of the new characters and the development. Appreciate anything that makes me question if I should be rooting for worms against humanity. Like the structure of this book too as it is slightly different, and doesn’t rely on a twist or reveal that was obvious to everyone but one charachter for most of the book. It’s weird for a middle book to be stronger but I think this one is, it needed the setup of book one to get to the better part of the story imo

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Maggie Gordon@maggieg
3 stars
Aug 13, 2022

I have to wait A YEAR?!?!?! I might not survive! ************************************************************ Finished! Possible review to come.

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Sasha Mann@finalgirlreads
5 stars
Apr 14, 2022

Novel seems to follow the same structure as the first in the series. Chapter are introduced with a brief passage or journal entry or some type of recording, etc that still pertains to the overall story. We pick right back up with Sal, briefly recapping the very end and shocking twist we received in book 1 and as she starts to come to terms with her revelation. I have to say, Sal and Nathan's love for their plants and their dogs is honestly the sweetest. We find out what happened to Tansy when we left her in the first book and I am filled with tension at what will happen to her. I really like her character as well as tension and worry for Sal as she also finds herself captive to some degree. Mira Grant had a way of writing characters that the reader truly cares about. I find myself grieving for some and ecstatic for others and just pure shock at what has taken place.

+5
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Jennifer@vivaldi
2 stars
Dec 14, 2021

(2.5 stars out of 5)

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Emily C Peterson@etrigg
4 stars
Oct 22, 2021

3.5. kinda repetitive

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Katheryn@callmegoddess618
5 stars
Mar 22, 2025
+2
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Sean Bannen@priority
3 stars
Oct 16, 2022
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Riley Rose@rileyrose
4 stars
Jan 26, 2022
+5
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Katie Bell@katiebell
3.5 stars
Dec 31, 2021
+1
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Laura@lauragh
4 stars
Nov 1, 2022
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Theodore Kaplan@squareshot
5 stars
Aug 15, 2022
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Megan White@chapterswithmeg
4 stars
Nov 16, 2021
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Anastaciya@anastaciya
3 stars
Oct 27, 2021

Highlights

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Katheryn@callmegoddess618

It was like a strange and potentially fatal math problem: if yelling at the onrishing cannibal zombies makes them stop moving, but it only works for X percent, how many times will you need to yell before safety is assured? Show your work, and don't get eaten.

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Katheryn@callmegoddess618

I bucked and writhed until every bruise I had was singing like Adam in the shower: loudly, discordantly, and without a bit of concern for I felt about it.

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