The Host

The Host is a science fiction and romance novel by Stephenie Meyer. The idea for The Host novel originated on a trip from Phoenix to Salt Lake City. She was bored and made up stories to entertain herself, and was halfway through outlining the story of The Host in her head before realizing what she had created.

Melanie Stryder (Mel) is one of few humans remaining on earth after the invasion. After insertion to human body, alien (called souls) erase the human occupant and establish a claim over they body and mind. Wanderer is a soul who has lived on eight different planets previosly, with Melanie being her ninth host body. Upon waking inside her new body, Wanderer is shocked by the power and vividness of human emotions, memories, and senses, and quickly learns that Melanie is not willing to give up the entirety of her mind and Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away.

Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining “wild” humans is captured, she is certain it is her end. Wanderer, the invading “soul” who has been given Melanie’s body, was warned about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the glut of senses, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn’t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Wanderer probes Melanie’s thoughts, hoping to discover the whereabouts of the remaining human resistance. Instead, Melanie fills Wanderer’s mind with visions of the man Melanie loves—Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body’s desires, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she has been tasked with exposing. When outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off on a dangerous and uncertain search for the man they both love.

I bought The Host novel a few monts ago at Bookland bookstore (Mataram Mall second floor). Price Rp. 99.900,-. Pages 770. Publisher PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama. Btw, hope to find the movie as soon as possible. Huhuhuuhuuuu….

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