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I just read The Host by Stephenie Meyer.

I really thought I wouldn't like the plot, since it sounded far too sci-fi for me, despite the phrase I always hear attached to her stories - "sci-fi for the non sci-fi-iers! vampires for the vampire dislikers!" or whatever. In fact, I was rather bored the first fifty pages in. But even when I stopped reading, I still had this feeling when I was doing other things, like I wanted to go back to it... but perhaps that's because I'm book starved.

Anyway. Like, holy crap*. I have never read a book like that in my LIFE. Everything is just really original... the plot, the feeling of it, everything. And it's so interesting seeing the change in Wanderer, how she slowly seems to become more human. And just... ASFSADF. SO GOOD. It just makes you think, and... it was just... so good. (<--- first typed that as 'god' and seriously contemplated keeping it). I was laughing out loud more than once, and of COURSE giggling, and talking to the book when it got to certain moments that I got really excited..., and I actually CRIED (I rarely cry reading books... at least not actual tears), I became excited, suspenseful... everything.

I didn't see where things were going with a lot of it, though I usually guess pretty well for most books. So it was nice to be surprised.

The plot was just... sldkfj. The characters... I didn't think I could love them like I loved the Twilight characters. But I did, I do.

In fact, I think I like them and the book just... more than Twilight.

It was that freakin' sweet.

I really recommend anyone who hasn't bought it to go out and buy it ASAP! I don't think you will be disappointed. Even if all the creepy alien-ness may weird you out for the beginning of the book.

Even if you didn't like Twilight, you just might like this. :]