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MeyerHachette DigitalMay 3, 2013Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading soul who has been given Melanies body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didnt expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderers thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her bodys desires, Wanderer yearns for a man shes never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.About the AuthorStephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English Literature and lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona. She is the author of the Twilight series and THE HOSTAbout IcebergThe Iceberg Reader revolutionizes the reading experience by combining the familiarity and timelessness of books with the convenience of New Media. Iceberg makes it easier than ever to browse, buy and enjoy the written word.Features- Natural book-like reading experience with full pagination, like the original printed editions.- Each title includes cover art, front matter, running heads and page numbers.- Table of Contents incorporates one click navigation.- Vertical and horizontal page orientation.- Adjust font size with a pinch, text reflows automatically.- Brightness adjustment with paper-like backgrounds.- Swipe to turn the page.- Search the text within a book.- Create margin notes with user notation.- Integrates with iTunes bookstore, so your next Iceberg book is just one click away.About Hachette/Little Brown UKTwice winner of the KPMG publisher of the year award, and with a string of top sellers in each season, Little, Brown Book Group has a proven history of success.We pride ourselves on our focused publishing strategy: whether in fiction or non-fiction, we believe we should publish a limited number but a broad range of titles and our aim is to buy the best in any category and publish it with flair and enthusiasm.We focus on getting the most out of each book through detailed attention to every stage of the process, from editorial to design, the marketing and publicity campaigns and the retail strategy with key customers. We do this quite simply because all of us here at Little, Brown love books and love publishing.Little, Brown ebooks are published under the Hachette Digital imprint, and our list contains exciting titles from a wide variety of genres.www.littlebrown.co.ukAbout ScrollmotionScrollMotion, creator of the Iceberg Reader, is a content technology company based in downtown New York City. Our proprietary technology is reshaping how people experience digital information and entertainment, and ScrollMotion is also helping many of the greatest names in traditional media tap the vast potential of the mobile space. For more information, visit www.scrollmotion.com.SupportIf you have any technical problems please email us at icebergsupport@scrollmotion.com before you post a review.
Advantages: Fantastic storyline, delving into an unknown world. Disadvantages: The first few chapters are a little hard going.
After reading and re-reading the series of vampire books by Stephenie Meyer, I was on the hopeful side when seeing the advert inside the front cover of one of afore mentioned books for her newest book.
After going away for the weekend with my husband and having the option or should I say privilege of wandering round shops without the kids, I ended up in the extortionately priced Waterstones….having the time to browse!
... ...a love!
The book I will now review is - “The host by Stephenie Meyer”
After reading the blurb on the back of the book it comes across as an upto date version of invasion of the body snatchers.
The basic premise is - The world has been invaded by a species of creatures that have almost entirely took over the bodies of all humans, with there being the exception of a few renegade “soldiers” who refuse to ... more
After reading and re-reading the series of vampire books by Stephenie Meyer, I was on the hopeful side when seeing the advert inside the front cover of one of afore mentioned books for her newest book.
After going away for the weekend with my husband and having the option or should I say privilege of wandering round shops without the kids, I ended up in the extortionately priced Waterstones….having the time to browse!
My husband remembered me mentioning this book and promptly purchased it for, ahhh ain’t he a love!
The book I will now review is - “The host by Stephenie Meyer”
After reading the blurb on the back of the book it comes across as an upto date version of invasion of the body snatchers.
The basic premise is - The world has been invaded by a species of creatures that have almost entirely took over the bodies of all humans, with there being the exception of a few renegade “soldiers” who refuse to go down without a fight, one of these people being Melanie Stryder. After surviving for years out of sight of the invaders she is finally captured by the military members of the invaders, ie the seekers.
As part of protocol in that situation, the “host” body is implanted with one of the invaders, these being souls. Once implanted, the souls completely take over the body and mind of the person they are implanted into, with only the memories of the person accessible to the soul but without having another mind being present….that is until Wanderer is implanted into Melanie’s body.
After finally admitting to herself that Melanie is still present within her new mind, Wanderer finally becomes a little overcome by Melanie’s strong mind and finds herself putting herself in grave danger by tracking down Melanie’s family, all in hiding. Will her family kill Wanderer on site as they would do with any other obviously invaded body, or will they give them both the chance to prove that two minds are so much better than one!……
I won’t lie to you, this is no where near on par with the Twilight books, but it is still a really good read….after a while.
The first few chapters are a little hard going, this book starts off with the world in the future and with so many other worlds and planets being available to visit by the invading souls, that until the main characters actually distance themselves from the world around them it does feel a little too confusing to follow.
Once the story is solely centred with Wanderer/Melanie and their journey to find her family, you feel finally drawn into the book with the story really developing from this point.
Another thing I loved about the book, is the fact that up until at least halfway through the book, the entire story is told from the Wandering souls stand point, with a few comments thrown in from Melanie. The differences that are portrayed between the souls and the humans is breathtaking. The reason given for the initial invasion is the fact that humans have become so self obsessed and barbaric, the planet was invaded before they destroyed the planet and each other, the fact that the souls are an incredibly peaceful race means that upon facing humans on their own turf so to speak, this completely terrifies the souls and highlights their differences and faults that have to be overcome.
The book as mentioned earlier was purchased from Waterstones for the price of £11.99, but is also available from Asda for the much cheaper price of £4.00, yes I was quite annoyed as well!
For more information visit - www.stepheniemeyer.com or www.asda.co.uk
This is a good read once over the initial bumps, worth a read x
Advantages: Very thought provoking, good read Disadvantages: NA
For fans of the Twilight series of Stephanie Meyer, please be warned that this is a completely different kind of story. Catered for the adult market, it is a sci-fi written in a very different style to the other books of Stephanie but it’s still very much amazing. It accounts a world which has been invaded by an alien race, the souls. They take over the minds of the humans while leaving their bodies intact and retaining their memories. The story ... ...soul, she’s been given the strong body of Melanie, one of remaining human rebels, who refuses to fade away. She has a hard time adjusting to the new life on earth as Melanie refuses to cooperate and very often, Wanderer is torn between the two minds. On one hand, she tries to get as much as possbile out of her human experience. However, the memories of Melanie torments her and she is then drawn to begin the search for Jamie, younger brother of Mel, ...
medgenie 09.08.2009
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Advantages: I loved every page of the story. Disadvantages: Personally, I could not find any bad points tohe story.
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Advantages: Breathtaking page turner, great characters, great writing Disadvantages: The name Wanda is my only gripe!
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**Synopsis** (from back of book)
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.
Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one ...
Advantages: Good characters Disadvantages: Poor begining, struggle to read on
After reading StephenieMeyers Twilight Saga, I just couldn't wait to read "The Host". I got up and bought it the next day after reading "Breaking Dawn". But to be quite frank, i wish i didnt. I just really couldnt get into it, it simply took too long and i wasn't interested in it at all, what a bore. I probably could have gotten into but the half way pint of the book but ive always said, "if you can't read it from the start, don't read it at all." The character in the story who took over the human beings body was a very mysterious character, and i was very intruiged. But as i kept reading, i got nothing about her. I may giver this book another go, purely because of the character but other than that a poor begining. I really needed a bit more "umth" to get me hooked and reading on. ...
