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The Host by Stephenie Meyer
4.0
adventurous emotional slow-paced

πŸŒ’ β€œπ‘·π’†π’“π’‰π’‚π’‘π’” π’˜π’Šπ’•π’‰π’π’–π’• 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’π’˜π’”, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰π’” 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅.”

πŸŒ’ For me, β€˜The Host’ by Stephenie Meyer was so much better than what I’d expected!

πŸŒ’ It is a sci-fi romance novel set in a dystopian world which has been invaded by an alien race of parasitic β€œsouls” that occupy the bodies of humans and erase their memories.

πŸŒ’ After Earth was attacked by this alien race, most humans fell prey to the souls that occupied their body and mind, while very few managed to go in hiding. 

πŸŒ’ When such a soul invades Melanie’s body, it tries to coerce information from her, but Melanie must fight back. She must prevent the soul from gaining control of her mind and finding information of where her loved ones are hidden, to protect them.

πŸŒ’ This turmoil between Melanie and the soul that was trying to dominate her brain, the way the soul tries to dig up her memories and Melanie tries to fight it by preventing herself from thinking about her loved ones…. I probably can’t even explain it. It was just something that was so incredibly unique to read! I have seen this kind of concept in sci-fi movies, but translating that into a book, depicting that sort of internal strife and conflict in writing… it’s nothing like I’ve ever read before!

πŸŒ’ The plot might not be entirely original, but the execution πŸ™Œ. I have absolutely no idea why this book isn’t popular. It is honestly one of the rarest of the rare books I’ve read. Although written by Stephenie Meyer, I couldn’t see any hint of β€˜Twilight’ in this book. It’s hard to believe it’s been written by the same author. I’ve been anticipating writing the review of this because I don’t think I can stress it enough that this book is indeed a masterpiece and totally worthy of your attention.