The Host - Stephenie Meyer

If you are in to books and keep pretty up to date with the best sellers lists in fiction, (that is if, like me, you spend half your lunch break most weeks gazing at the lovely new books out in the book shops!) it would be hard to miss this author and the massive popularity of her previous series of books for young adults about a normal girl falling in love with a vampire. So successful was this series, it was made into a film with the further books being made soon I assume. As a follow up, Stephanie Meyer has targeted "The Host" at an older audience although it has a similar sci-fi/another world theme about it. The idea of this story is that ...  Read the complete review

Several months ago I read an entry on Stephenie Meyer's official site by the webmaster, controversially stating that his favourite of her novels was The Host, the stand alone adult fiction novel which has no connection to the famous Twilight Saga. I thought he was talking nonsense, but it was enough to cause me to buy The Host. Now, around four months after buying it, I've just read it - I was scared to in case it let me down after how much I loved Twilight. The Host tells the story of Melanie, a human, and Wanderer, a soul - a species of alien who live in host bodies. They have colonised Earth, and have taken over the population's bodies. Wanderer is inserted ...  Read the complete review

Few people can have missed the Twilight series of books . The first book was made into a major motion picture, with the film 'New Moon' based on the second book in the series, scheduled to hit cinemas this November . There is no denying that Stephenie Meyer has made a big impact on the literary world . She is, to vampires, what J.K Rowling is to Wizards . She made them cool again . Unlike J.K Rowling,she isn't a one trick pony . While Rowling focused exclusively on wizardry, Meyer had her stubby vegetarian fingers in other pies, and as well as writing teenage vampire fiction, she also published a decent sci-fi novel . In this book, aliens have ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Everyone who reads my reviews knows that I am a big horror/supernatural fiction fan. I love Stephenie Meyers "Twilight" series, and when I heard about her novel "The Host" I was very excited. I was less excited when I discovered it fell under the sci fi genre. Anything to do with science, space or the future usually bores me to tears, or goes straight over my head. I have no grasp of science whatsoever. I bought the book anyway, because of how much I love the author, and was completely and utterly blown away. Just a bit of background. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Until "The Host", Stephenie Meyer had never ...  Read the complete review