![]() Both James and Howard need to not repeat themselves like this. They're so scary only the word tenacious can be used like Lovecraft saying "queer" for odd can be abused. I get it, the rats are two foot long terrors. ![]() The amount of times they were described as "tenacious beasts" or "tenacious" was a bit on the tedious side. Sorry, James, your book trilogy is just becoming a pretty cover and me rooting for the rats, not being afraid of them. Rats are scary, but our bodies attacking themselves or rotting is far scarier. At least it's not bacteria becoming immune to medicine this time. We should probably be better about how often we do it. Very smart idea.īut realistic, as we've done that a lot in history. ![]() ![]() They killed all the rats susceptible to poison and pesticide and can you guess what's left? Right. ![]()
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She's bullied by the popular girls in school. Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. Summary This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu. Not exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness. And she's also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto.īut things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end. 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