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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1656001.The_Host_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Host: A Novel" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1188413807m/1656001.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1656001.The_Host_A_Novel?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Host: A Novel</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/941441.Stephenie_Meyer">Stephenie Meyer</a><br/><br/>
  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16025929?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 4 of 5 stars<br/>The Earth is being overtaken by "souls", little silver worm-like creatures who overtake a being's body and mind. When an experienced soul called "Wanderer" takes over Melanie Stryder's body, though, she fights back keeping a little piece of her conscious state . Now there are two beings in the body being drawn to Melanie's past. They find a small clan of unchanged humans with the man that Melanie loves and her younger brother. Wanderer starts to feel connected to those around her and wonders if her original ideas of humans were right. Melanie fights to still be, while Wanderer or "Wanda" tries to discover why she is so drawn to these humans.
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<br/>I read the ARC copy I got from ALA Midwinter and I thought it was very good. I will admit that I like Stephenie Meyer to begin with (except Eclipse) and I like fantasy and most science fiction so I would take this review with a grain of salt.
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<br/>I was intrigued by the plot and thought it flowed well. It was a long, but easy read. I thought the plot wasn't too showy (or overwhelming) and it was what I expected from a Stephenie Meyer book, something simple and pleasurable to read. There was no big climatic event (although you may expect it from the book's plot set up), but an ongoing struggle to survive, not only from the humans, but from Wanderer as well. I enjoyed reading Wanda (Wanderer) and Melanie's relationship grow as well as the group dynamic work around them. If you are looking for a typical, hard core science fiction book, this may not be for you, but for Meyer fans and those who may not read a lot of science fiction it seemed just right. Like her Twilight series (that took another look at vampire novels), I think this book takes another look at science fiction. This may not be the most intense book I've ever read, it sure it compelling.
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The Earth is being overtaken by "souls", little silver worm-like creatures who overtake a being's body and mind. When an experienced soul called "Wanderer" takes over Melanie Stryder's body, though, she fights back keeping a little piece of her conscious state . Now there are two beings in the body being drawn to Melanie's past. They find a small clan of unchanged humans with the man that Melanie loves and her younger brother. Wanderer starts to feel connected to those around her and wonders if her original ideas of humans were right. Melanie fights to still be, while Wanderer or "Wanda" tries to discover why she is so drawn to these humans.

I read the ARC copy I got from ALA Midwinter and I thought it was very good. I will admit that I like Stephenie Meyer to begin with (except Eclipse) and I like fantasy and most science fiction so I would take this review with a grain of salt.

I was intrigued by the plot and thought it flowed well. It was a long, ...more

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