Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn) aren’t her only best-sellers – as you well know. Her book, The Host, also claimed top marks on the charts (and for good reason).
The Host follows the ninth life of “Wanderer,” a “soul,” who makes her way to Earth for the first time as a human being. Her host body, though, becomes a strange thing for Wanderer because the human soul of Melanie, the body, refuses to disappear and make way for her own cognitive control.
Wanderer and Melanie form an indescribable (though thoroughly described by Stephenie Meyer, of course) bond through this experience, and Wanderer seeks out those who Melanie (and vicariously Wanderer) loves. Her experience amongst those individuals – particularly the characters Jared, Jamie, Ian, and Jeb – is the crux of the story, and Wanderer’s challenge is to keep Melanie “alive” during her incorporation into the group.
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