The Host, by Stephenie Meyer is a story that talks about how the earth has become invaded by extra-terrestrials that insert themselves into the back of the human's brain and take possession of the body and all of the memories of that person.
The book starts with Wanderer, a soul that has been on a record number of planets. Usually, the souls visit one or two planets before settling down but not Wanderer. She has been inserted into the brain of Melanie Stryder. The problem is that Melanie refuses to vanish. Wanderer almost becomes controlled by Melanie but after a long struggle, they start to trust each other. Melanie gives Wanderer bits of information, just enough to find each check point for the quest that they have embarked on, they must find a human hideout where her uncle, her younger brother and friends are hiding out. Also, the man that Melanie loves is hiding there. Since Wanderer and Melanie's thoughts and emotions are intertwined, Wanderer finds herself falling for a man that she has never met.
Once they reach the hideout, they are immediately held captive because she is "one of them". Melanie and Wanda (as she is now called) slowly earn their trust. Jared is the most reluctant to believe Wanda's story about how Melanie is still alive but slowly comes to realize that she is speaking the truth.
The problems start when there is a large love triangle with only two bodies. Ian falls for Wanda and viceversa and Melanie and Jared are more in love than ever. Wanda decided to take her life so that Melanie can have her body, her life back.
However, the doctor saves her and puts her into a young girl's body with very little memories. They then focus their time on saving the humans that have been taken over.
I liked this book because it talks about what it means to be human, what it meas to be individual.
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