'This is the end, isn’t it? How can you fight a monster when you can’t tell them apart from your friends?” The action was fun, and the horror aspect of these aliens was top notch!ĭelightfully creepy and clever, Parasite will get under your skin. Read this one if you love sci-fi and space drama! Station 334 and 335 were excellent and it’s because Coates spends more time in both outposts and develops attachment to the characters. Like I said earlier, the one thing that I would have liked more was extra time with the characters before Coates takes us to a new station outpost. I’m glad I hung in there because it was great from that point on. This is the point in the book in where it all came together for me, including plot and characterization. I didn’t get attached to any of the characters or plot until Station 334. I didn’t know what was going on and it seemed that the book moved fast from remote moon outpost to outpost. Parasite started off a bit shaky in my opinion. So, you can see why it’s hard to know who is a real person vs a gooey fake ass one that wants to kill you! It will steal their skin and personality! When it’s tentacles attach to another living organism, it will take on all of the attributes of that organism be it plant, bird or HUMAN.

The parasitic alien in this book starts off as a black goo with tentacles. I thought the action in the book was great and the creatures were creepy. Her jam is haunted houses and supernatural themes, and I was interested to see if she could write a different genre. I’ve only read supernatural books by Darcy Coates. I’m not sure if this book would have been on my radar if I had not done a group read on it. I read Parasite with the Creatures, Creatures Everywhere group and I’m glad I did.

Darcy coates parasite