I love new authors! It is always an interesting experience reading one of the first books from an author, it seems to me that the first book is always amazing… or horrible. Of course the first book for an author is a defining experience and moment for them. I month or so ago I finished Dividing Dark by Melissa Swaim, her first novel, and loved it! The first night I started reading, I emailed Melissa to tell her how excited I was about her book, it was so good.  I loved the twists. Dividing Dark is a young adult science fiction novel that was unlike anything I’d read before. The teenage girl in me ate it up, it was extremely unique and enjoyable.

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The main character is a girl… not really a surprise. She meets a boy who is automatically attracted to her and driven to protect her… still a common characteristic. But you’ll never guess the twist of the paranormal that exist in the story, it’s pretty cool.

Since you are reading my blog I am going to assume that you know my feelings on the Twilight series. I felt a little duped by Stephanie Myers with her previous books. Due to those feelings I held off on reading The Host for a very long time.

Well, one Sunday night was at my sister’s house while everybody was taking their Sunday afternoon naps. I was bored, and wanted a book to keep me occupied. This book was my only option, so I decided to bite the bullet and read it.

Within a few chapters I realized how wrong I was to judge The Host by another books cover. Stephanie Myers was able to bring all of her best attributes to this book, with out any of the shortcomings. You can see the progression of her writing in each of the Twilight books, and this book definitely reaped all the advantages of that. I have always thought her writing was descriptive, and this book was no different.

It is difficult to describe the plot of this book without giving away too much. This is a story about an invasion, but instead of a land being invaded it is our bodies. The invaders take over lives and continue to live the way the humans did before them.