The Host
A Novel
Readers rate it 3.6 (899 on Hardcover)
640 pages · Released May 6, 2008 · Little, Brown and Company
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The Host is Meyer's adult science-fiction novel featuring an alien invasion premise with romantic elements. While it contains some violence and mature themes involving body autonomy and possession, the core narrative emphasizes sacrifice, love, and resistance to oppression. The story explores complex moral questions and features protagonists who demonstrate courage and empathy, making it more thematically sophisticated than Meyer's YA work, though it's best suited for older teens and up.
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The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leav... The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. 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.Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.
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- Literature
- Betrayal
- Betrayal in fiction
- Biological invasions
- Spirit possession in fiction
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- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- New York Times bestseller
- Biological invasions in fiction
- Fiction
- Spirit possession
- Science fiction
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