Yes it finally happened. The Host was finally released! I was not one of the crazies who waited until midnight at Wal-Mart to purchase the book but I did go to Borders on my lunch break to get it. There were about 8 people in line and every one of them had at least one copy of The Host. It took me another day before I had time to sit down and read it but when I finally did I wasn't disappointed. True to form Stephenie Meyer's new book grabs you by the eyeballs and doesn't let you go until you had finished the last sentence. It took a few chapters to really understand everything that was going on and get to know the new characters but from there it's a smooth ride. I have to say that Stephenie Meyer really likes the love triangles. In the Twilight series you have Bella in love with Edward and he loves her. Then Edward takes off and Jacob is happy to fill in. Then Edward comes back and Bella realizes that she's in love with both of them! Well it's even crazier in The Host! Melanie loves Jared and he loves her. Wanderer (a.k.a Wanda) invades Melanie's body and due to Melanie's memories Wanda falls in love with him too! Two people, one body, they both love him. I really didn't see a big problem with that until Melanie started getting ticked at Wanda for her feelings about Jared! Then we have Ian. When Wanda and Melanie finally find the rebels Ian tries to strangle Wanda/Melanie because no one knows that Melanie is still there. As the story goes on Ian falls in love with Wanda! So what we have here is Ian in love with Wanda who loves Ian back but she also loves Jared. She has invaded Melanie's body and Melanie is in love with Jared and Jared is in love with Melanie but Melanie is being suppressed in her own body because of Wanda! If that doesn't make sense then don't worry because it's kinda hard to follow in the book too! In the end everything works out because we find out that Wanda can be removed from Melanie's body so the rebels kidnap another alien infected body to give Wanda a place to go so that Melanie gets her body back and Wanda gets a new one and gets to be with Ian! Now normally I get pretty sick of sappy love crap in my books but I really enjoy Stephenie Meyer. Feel free to rip my ramblings apart because you can't understand a thing I said. In the end it boils down to one simple fact. I really enjoyed this book.
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I totally agree. I loved this book. I thoroughly enjoy the way Stephanie writes. She makes the characters so real. You can feel all their emotions!! I always know it is a good book if when I am done reading it I can't stop thinking about it. Here it is several days latter and I can't stop thinking about Melanie, Wanda, Jared, Ian etc. GREAT BOOK!! Can't wait till book 4 of the Twilight series!!
Finally finished! I really enjoyed it. It took me much longer to get into than the Twilight series. But it was still really good. I felt like too much happened in the end that left me unsettled. Meeting the other rebel humans, adding Sunny to the mix, sending the seeker to another planet...
I definitely need another book. I don't trust the ending!
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