Stephanie's Book Review

As most of you have read by now, I have spent a lot of my time reading this last week. I just finished reading The Host this morning. It was so good! Stephenie Meyer is an excellent author. At first the story was kind of confusing and it took a while to get going. The about halfway through the book I just couldn't put it down! Once I finished it I realized that the slow start was very important. It helped get you familiar with the characters and their surroundings. I guess you could say that it is a science fiction book for people who don't like science fiction! If that makes any sense...

Here's a quick rundown of the book. The world has been taken over by aliens. The aliens (called souls in the book) need a host body to take over. The soul named Wanderer took over the body a woman named Melanie. Normally when a body is taken over the person just goes away. But, Melanie refused to leave. So, Wanderer and Melanie now shared the same body. Through Melanie's memories Wanderer (also called Wanda) finds a compound where humans have been living. The humans who resisted the alien take over. The humans lived in a series of underground tunnels. Melanie's brother Jamie and her boyfriend Jared lived there. So, naturally Wanda falls in love with Jared too. But a guy names Ian falls in love with Wanda and Wanda loves him too! So, its kind of a love triangle...or square...or something like that. I hope this is making sense.

Beyond that, you'll have to read the book to hear more of the story. It truly is a great read. I'm glad I gave it a try. I think I'd read anything Stephenie Meyer writes!