The only book that I have ever read about inhabiting another person's body was "The Host" by Stephanie Meyer. The way it was written was through Wanderer's eyes, an alien who inhabits Melanie Stryder's body. Melanie refuses to relinquish possession of her mind, even though her body has been taken over. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, the man she loves. Wanderer can almost not separate her own self from that of her host and finds herself falling in love with Jared, too.
What I loved about 7.5 Deaths was that Aiden could not remember who he was before he possessed the body but he knew that this face in the mirror was not his. I love how when his host experienced deep grief, he fell down the vast well of grief with him and when he got to the bottom, he felt grief that was his own, apart from the host, but it was just out of reach and he couldn't quite grasp it. I also love the description of how one of the hosts had memories and regrets that were so huge he couldn't help but bump into them as he wandered the host's mind. I fell in love with the way Turton writes from these descriptions and I want to read everything by him now! :-)
What I loved about 7.5 Deaths was that Aiden could not remember who he was before he possessed the body but he knew that this face in the mirror was not his. I love how when his host experienced deep grief, he fell down the vast well of grief with him and when he got to the bottom, he felt grief that was his own, apart from the host, but it was just out of reach and he couldn't quite grasp it. I also love the description of how one of the hosts had memories and regrets that were so huge he couldn't help but bump into them as he wandered the host's mind. I fell in love with the way Turton writes from these descriptions and I want to read everything by him now! :-)