The Host by Stephenie Meyer, 5

Book description: 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.

Review: The Host starts out a little on the slow side. So slow that I read the first few pages and then let it sit on my shelf for a few months. I’m so glad I picked it up again because it was amazing. Having two people occupying one body was really strange because I wasn’t quite sure who to root for at first. Wanderer seems slightly villainous early on but seeing her emotions and opinions change, as wells as those of the people around her, is was made this book so great. This is Stephanie Meyer’s first adult book but there is very little adult content here. If a book this good is what Meyer can accomplish when she writes stand alone novels, I hope she writes many more like this one. I highly recommend this, even to people who don’t read science fiction.

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