A new twist on an old tale...

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	• The Host: A Novel Stephenie Meyer Little, Brown and Company, 2008 - 624 pages average customer review:based on 260 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

MUCH BETTER THAN TWILIGHT

From what i can tell, most people are comparing this book to the Twilight series. Personally, I liked Twilight but the series frustrated me. I read very quickly and those book were completed by my in less than a day because she wrote them in such a simple manner. They also fell a but flat in development. This book surpasses those in so many ways. She really kicks her writing style up a notch and I was able to savor the sentences much more. Also improving was her development of characters and plot --I'll admit the first 80 pages WERE a bit difficult, but what good book doesn't have a dry beginning? On the second pass, it is much easier-- allowing me t truly believe and root for characters. She also manages to FINALLY provide a suitable ending for a novel, something her other series lacked(Yes I am aware that it is being continued but individual books also have climaxes and resolutions). Cheers to The Host.

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Intriguing and fascinating

I bought this audiobook as a Mother's Day gift for my wife. She tells me about what's happening in the story like the latest family events. She is amazed at the imagination of this author and thoroughly enjoys it. Moreover, she can't tell how it will end so the author has managed to avoid predictability.

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A new twist on an old tale...

One of the things I enjoy the most about reading Stephanie Meyer's books is the unique and fresh spin she puts on often overdone genre's.
I know that people are polarized on their views of her Twilight series, some loving her spin, some not so much.
But I think fan's of both will enjoy The Host.
A parasitic alien race calling themselves Souls have effectively invaded earth, bringing with them not devastation and destruction but peace and tranquility. The earth they now inhabit is virtually free of strife and has a feeling of global community.
But there are still a few humans left who value their freedom of choice and are willing to fight for their individuality.
One of these humans is half of our protagonist Melanie Stryder.
Who has been captured and the soul Wanderer has been inserted, however Melanie has no intention of fading into the background. Much to Wanderers chagrin and dismay, she is still quite active in "their" head.
Almost immediately Wanderer has trouble distinguishing Melanies feelings from hers and helplessly becomes entangled in her feelings of love and protection for her younger brother Jamie and her lover Jared, who are still hiding out there somewhere waiting for her or mourning her.
Stephanie Meyer does a stellar job of making you car about these characters.
As we've proven, humans by nature are a violent race and they have had to become more so in this society in order to survive, but the souls believe themselves to be benevolent and non violent. And essentially seized an opportunity to exist and improve on a world that we as humans had ceased to value.
I agree with previous reviewers, it does start a bit slow. But when it picks up (about 1/3 or the way in) it becomes riveting, entertaining and just plain fun to read.
The evolution of the characters is believable and raises some valid questions about love and the choices we make based on emotion and experience.
In the end, I found that this book both celebrates what makes us individuals, and gives us an opportunity to see just how successful we can be as a community working for a common goal.
Plus without giving anything away..it really is a kicker of a love story/love triangle.

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good book

its a good book if you can get past thinking about the twilight series. It took me awhile to get twilight out of my head, but after i got into the new story lin the book was great

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The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

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