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The Host

The Host

A Novel
DystopianRomance
Pages
1152
Published
2008
Language
English

Synopsis

In a future where alien souls inhabit human bodies, one young woman's mind refuses to surrender. Melanie Stryder's consciousness fights for control against the alien 'Wanderer' who now occupies her body. As Wanderer grapples with Melanie's memories and emotions, she finds herself drawn to a man she's never met, leading to a complex and dangerous search for love and survival.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

EmotionalRomanticTenseThought-Provoking
Forbidden LoveSurvivalLove Triangle

Genres

Dystopian Romance Science Fiction Paranormal Romance Paranormal

About the author

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Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer (born Stephenie Morgan on 24 December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American novelist and film producer. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 with a degree in English literature. Her first novel, Twilight (2005), opened a vampire romance series continued in New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007) and Breaking Dawn (2008), and later extended by the novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (2010), the reimagining Life and Death (2015) and Midnight Sun (2020). The...

Characters

Melanie StryderProtagonist
Wanderer (The Host)Protagonist

Alien "Soul" implanted into Melanie Stryder's body; narrates the novel and is later nicknamed "Wanda" by Jeb and Jamie.

Ian O'SheaSupporting

One of the human rebels living in Jeb's cave community; initially hostile to the "Soul" occupying Melanie's body but comes to love her as Wanderer.

Jeb StryderSupporting

Melanie's uncle, who leads the human resistance community hidden in desert caves.

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