#13 Chimera by Mira Grant

The final book in the Parasitology is more of a getting the world to come to grips with the fact that the tapeworms are taking over people and a small percentage of them are actually able to integrate into the human brain and become a hybrid. Sal is constantly either on the run or trying to escape from one group to the next. As the first one that has had their tapeworm take over and become someone who can function in this new world she isn’t understood by most people.  The book has a good ending but I struggled to get through it since there is no super happy ending more of a and now this is how we are going to live with the results of our actions as humans trying to cut corners in science.

#14 Martian Manhunter Vol. 1: The Epiphany by Rob Williams, Eddy Barrows

I picked this up because I liked the version of Martian Manhunter that I have seen on the Justice League.  Granted I had never gotten his origin story before so I don’t know how close to the original one this one is but I really didn’t like it.  I tried to like it and parts of the character that I liked from before are here but not enough to make me want to read the anymore of this version of the character.


Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley

#15 Silence by Mercedes Lackey, Cody Martin

This is part of the SERRAted Edge series but it stands alone and can be an entryway into the books.  Staci has gone to live with her alcoholic mother after her father’s recent remarriage. Silence is as difference from NYC as can possibly be. There is no cell phone coverage in town, internet is back to the 80’s speed and so much of the town has a 1950’s feel to it along with only having one employer. Even being by the ocean doesn’t get it any tourist industry.  With the start of summer, Staci is having a hard time integrating into the local population since her mom is no help. She does fine she can get some phone coverage on a hill out of town and she guilts her dad into sending cash to smooth out some problems of transportation [ bike] and things she needs to make life a bit easier to live with her disengaged mother.  She does connect with some kids at a local bookstore and is introduce to the few local social activities. This gets her the attention of the son of the family that own the only big employer in town and invites to his house parties. Of course not everything is as it seems and with the help of a stranger to town Staci and her friends find out why Silence is the way it has been and try to stop it.

Not my favorite of this series but I am happy to see this series coming back. I have to wonder will we see more of Staci in following books when she gets older and decides to go out in the world.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Edelweiss