Meyer, Stephanie. The Host. NY: Little Brown and Company, 2008. 619 pages. (Sci-Fi)The main characters in this book are Melanie, Wanderer, and Ian, and it takes place in the future, at a time when souls have basically taken over the human population. Once the souls capture a human, they would place a soul inside the human body. The soul would then take over the human’s mind as though nothing changed. Melanie is one of the few human not yet captured and taken over, but that all ends the day she is caught by the seekers. When a new soul, Wanderer, is placed inside Melanie, she refuses to let her mind be taken over. Melanie talks to Wanderer’s mind, but she is really unable to control her body. She exists only in Wanderer’s mind.
One day on the way to the healer, Wanderer and Melanie change their course. They then begin a search through the desert to find the man Melanie loves and only exists in their memories. Hoping he is still in control of his mind, they begin looking. Along this journey, Wanderer and Melanie become closer. Will Melanie ever get her body back? Read The Host to find out.
I LOVED this book! It was definitely right up there with the Twilight saga. If you want any type of book at all, I extremely recommend this book. I didn’t find it possible to stop reading it; I doubt you will either.
Reviewed by: DancingPenguins96
