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Originally Posted by gmw
I agree that the novel Host by Stephenie Meyer has significant differences to her Twilight series - the characters are adult and the telling seemed directed at an older audience. However, it still did have a significant romance aspect, and ... let's just say she's not offering any surprises there.
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I had picked up the book when it was a Kindle Daily Deal, two bucks or something. I figured it was cheap enough to take a chance on. At the time I probably would not have bought it at full price (at this writing $5.99). I'm very glad to have risked it.
The premise of the novel is that parasitic aliens called Souls have taken over the Earth. A Soul who inhabits a human is able to exert complete control over the body and can access the human's memories and personality. The original human consciousness is suppressed and eventually erased.
Melanie Stryder is an exception, a fluke. When a Soul is put into her body, she retains her own consciousness even as the alien Soul controls her actions. Soon the alien Soul finds herself compelled to protect the people Melanie loves, even at the risk of her life.
There's much more to the novel, but that's the premise in two paragraphs.