The Host

Spoiler Alert!! Don't keep reading if you haven't read the book!

I'm sorry that my review is early!! I actually just finished reading The Host last night (we'll technically this morning!) and it was great! I wanted to get everything down before I forgot!!

This book was really hard to get into, but once I did, I couldn't put it down. I couldn't get into the story and by the time I was on page 85, I didn't care to really pick it up again. Boy am I glad I did!

I really enjoy Stephenie Meyer's style of writing and I was really sucked into this book. When I had to put it down to run an errand or something, I actually caught myself thinking, "I wonder what Wanda is doing right now", or "What is going to happen to Jamie", or most common, "How is the heck is this book going to end with me feeling happy about it?" I had no idea how anything was going to go or what was going to happen throughout the book. I liked that it wasn't all that predictable (it could just be that I'm a little slow, too!). At first, I hated Wanderer and everything about the souls who invaded the bodies. Then, throughout the first few chapters, Meyer convinced me that I was on Wanda side and quickly I was rooting for her! I enjoyed learning about the souls through Wanda stories, she was a great story teller.

I also enjoyed that there was just the right amount of a "love story" within the story. I wasn't sure how I felt about Wanda's relationship with Jared or even with Ian. I mostly felt bad for Ian, but I was so glad that Wanda realized her love for him in the end and that they were eventually able to be together.

I am a sucker for happy endings, and I loved how this one ended. I feel like everyone was happy and everything ended up working out. At the very end when they met that group of humans I was excited because it gave hope that the human population would probably survive. I loved that Wanda and Ian were together, that Jamie was happy and that Melanie was able to to be with Jared. I also loved that there was hope for them and that there were others like Wanderer out there.

Here are a few questions...

1. Did you or did you not like the book?

2. What do you think you would have done if you were in Jared's position when Jed brought Wanderer in to their home?

3. If you were Wanda, would you have saved the Seeker?

4. What do you think about Kyle's decision to put Sunny back into Jodi's body after Jodi didn't come back? Would you have done the same thing?

5. If you were in Wanda's place would you have wanted to die or be placed in another host?

I'm excited to hear what everyone else thought about this book!!