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#CBR9 Review #23-24: Sweet Tooth, Books 2 & 3 by Jeff Lemire

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The final 2/3 of the Sweet Tooth series by Jeff Lemire, which started off gloomy but promising: a dark, post-apocalyptic story about a disease that wiped out most of the population, leaving few humans behind, along with all new babies born with animal features. The remainder of the series aims to answer some of the questions posed by the beginning of the series, all while continuing with the grim mood, with glimpses of hope splashed within. The 2 nd book collecting story arcs “Animal Armies” and “Endangered Species”, with the 3 rd and final book containing arcs “Unnatural Habitats” and “Wild Game”. We catch up here with the young deer boy, Gus, along with some other hybrid children in captivity after the man, Jeppard, brought him to the military compound. The children attempt to escape, while Jeppard struggles with what he has done to Gus. We also see the scientists trying desperately to find out why the disease began, and what Gus may have to do with it beginning. The plot