The Host

By Stephanie Meyer, I swear on the Bible, this is nothing like the Twilight series. Honest. This is about the world being taken over by aliens. They are small, very small, around three inches long and are silver. They kind of resemble ribbons with eyes. Anyway, they take over by being implanted in a persons neck, and then just taking over that persons body. This sounds evil, but it's not. I mean, I wouldn't want it to happen to me, but the Souls, as they are called, a very kind, gentle people. They don't lie, cheat or steal. There's no crime and if you need something, clothes, food, a house, whatever, you can just go and take it. No charge. This is about a soul named Wanderer. She is relatively famous, having lived on 9 worlds (the Souls have taken over other worlds besides Earth) and is put inside a recently captured rebel human named Melanie. At first, Melanie hates Wanderer, and Wanderer is not that fond of Melanie, but because she is a soul, and a naturally kind and gentle person, tolerates the voice screaming in her head. But then Melanie accidentally shows Wanderer a family, a man and a boy and Melanie. The boy is Jamie, Melanie's kid brother, and the man is Jared, Melanie's kind-of-maybe-wants-it-to-be-boyfriend. After seeing them, Wanderer sets off to find them, with Melanie giving her instruction all the way. But once she gets to the place, Wanderers story is just beginning...and it's painful. Really good book, you should read it.