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victoriabooksaga's review against another edition
4.0
"It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful."
This has been a comfort read of mine since its 2008 publication.
✨ Synopsis (My Version)
Human survivor Melanie is trapped by the very "peace loving" aliens she despises just as her future with her main man was finally within sight. She'll have to find a way to keep her private memories private and keep her sanity intact while having no outside control of her faculties.
Wanderer is a world conquering alien unique and wholly confusing to her kind. While most stop at one or two worlds, Earth is the eighth planet and people Wanderer has inhabited. And if that stinkin' Seeker doesn't stop breathing down her neck and giving her looks, she will literally explode, or at least Melanie would like her to.
So slap a fake smile on your face, dive through memories put to dreams, and wander the desert in search of salvation... or your doom.
In this heartwrenching and beautiful NA romantic science fiction book, Stephanie Meyer weaves her most well written story conceived as she drove through the desert, imagining a future world and love lost and found in its sands.
✨ Featuring:
Unique not-a-love-triangle-but-triangle-adjacent relationships
Tentative allies turned besties/found family
Body Snatcher x Body Snatched friendship
Lover who could have been vs. Lover who could never be
Merged identity
Beautiful soft but gripping sci-fi world building
Hunter becomes the hunted (times two)
Humans resisting juxtaposed with fading humans
"Peaceful" and quiet worldwide take over
Strength in the quiet but fierce
Heartbreaking and desperate but absolutely BEAUTIFUL meet-cute
Enemies to reluctant allies to friends to lovers
This has been a comfort read of mine since its 2008 publication.
✨ Synopsis (My Version)
Human survivor Melanie is trapped by the very "peace loving" aliens she despises just as her future with her main man was finally within sight. She'll have to find a way to keep her private memories private and keep her sanity intact while having no outside control of her faculties.
Wanderer is a world conquering alien unique and wholly confusing to her kind. While most stop at one or two worlds, Earth is the eighth planet and people Wanderer has inhabited. And if that stinkin' Seeker doesn't stop breathing down her neck and giving her looks, she will literally explode, or at least Melanie would like her to.
So slap a fake smile on your face, dive through memories put to dreams, and wander the desert in search of salvation... or your doom.
In this heartwrenching and beautiful NA romantic science fiction book, Stephanie Meyer weaves her most well written story conceived as she drove through the desert, imagining a future world and love lost and found in its sands.
✨ Featuring:
Unique not-a-love-triangle-but-triangle-adjacent relationships
Tentative allies turned besties/found family
Body Snatcher x Body Snatched friendship
Lover who could have been vs. Lover who could never be
Merged identity
Beautiful soft but gripping sci-fi world building
Hunter becomes the hunted (times two)
Humans resisting juxtaposed with fading humans
"Peaceful" and quiet worldwide take over
Strength in the quiet but fierce
Heartbreaking and desperate but absolutely BEAUTIFUL meet-cute
Enemies to reluctant allies to friends to lovers
janeleng's review against another edition
1.0
I truly think it might kill Steph to write a book that did not include a) weird age differences between romantic partners b) scenes where the male love interest runs around with the female protagonist in their arms c) love triangles (in this case a love square!) d) avoidable plot points where the protagonist must be gravely injured in order to save the ones she loves and e) situations where the protagonist has to kiss BOTH of her hot male suitors or someone WIILL die.
mefi's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
It was soooo good, I didn't expect that.
I wasn't also expecting that the last few chapters will be so emotional. I was having tears in my eyes or I was literally crying while reading some 15 last chapters. They were really touching or it was my mental breakdown during finals season at uni :')
I wasn't also expecting that the last few chapters will be so emotional. I was having tears in my eyes or I was literally crying while reading some 15 last chapters. They were really touching or it was my mental breakdown during finals season at uni :')
inspector_fergus's review against another edition
1.0
Tried to read after I finished the twilight series...could not get past the first 100 pages for some reason
hch99's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book has been on my TBR for years, and it was so good!
I loved the friendship between Wanda and Melanie, and the really really unique world. The references to all of the other worlds that Wanderer had lived on were so interesting, and the found family aspect was great too!
Such a good read though - highly recommend!
salex's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
adeleinwanderland's review against another edition
5.0
Hostitel!
Jedna z mých nejoblíbenějších knížek. Příběh mě bavil strašně! Pamatuju si, že když jsem knížku dočetla, asi ještě patnáct minut jsem zůstala ohromená tím příběhem a to se mi často nestává.
Prvních sedmnáct (!) kapitol se sice táhne děsně pomalu a téměř nic zajímavého se neděje, ale pak se objeví Jared a Ian... BUM. Víc mám ráda Iana pokud jde o Wandu. Jared touží jen po Melanie, což je fajn, ale tenhle příběh je z pohledu Wandy, na čem dost záleží, protože se s ní rychle seznámíte.
Totální odpočinek od upírů a jiných bytostí. Tihle byli sice z vesmíru (?), ale přesto ... bylo to jiné, a originální!
Jedna z mých nejoblíbenějších knížek. Příběh mě bavil strašně! Pamatuju si, že když jsem knížku dočetla, asi ještě patnáct minut jsem zůstala ohromená tím příběhem a to se mi často nestává.
Prvních sedmnáct (!) kapitol se sice táhne děsně pomalu a téměř nic zajímavého se neděje, ale pak se objeví Jared a Ian... BUM. Víc mám ráda Iana pokud jde o Wandu. Jared touží jen po Melanie, což je fajn, ale tenhle příběh je z pohledu Wandy, na čem dost záleží, protože se s ní rychle seznámíte.
Totální odpočinek od upírů a jiných bytostí. Tihle byli sice z vesmíru (?), ale přesto ... bylo to jiné, a originální!
emily4reads's review against another edition
4.0
This book was quite slow but i love everything about it. I loved Ians and Wandas relationship.