The Host Review.

Okay, so I just finished the Host. And I just have to talk about it. So, don't read it if you don't want to be spoiled. But come back and read this post when you have read the book, because I want to talk to somebody about it!

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Overall, it was amazing. I ate this book up so quickly. I was getting pretty close to saying it was better than the Twilight series, and then I read the ending.



I loved the interactions between Wanderer and Melanie. Melanie's side of things is what really drew me in, and in the beginning I lived for the little excerpts of her memory that Wanderer experienced. Then I grew to love Wanderer as I realized that she was a really deep character, and I love how they called her Wanda. Jeb is hilarious, and Meyer made a Jared fan out of me right from the beginning.



Ian frustrates me, a lot. I sort of started to like him towards the middle of the book, when he was only acting as Wanda's bodyguard and not some super-obsessed fanboy. In the middle he was kind of the voice of reason, and he seemed really smart and real and cool. Then his love for Wanda began to emerge, and as it did I saw a more shallow side to him that kind of washed away my old good thoughts of him. Ian is a big reason why I didn't like the ending. I mean, the two biggest relationships for me were Wanda and Jared and Melanie and Jared. I loved how they fought over him, and Wanda was kissing Jared one minute and then punching him in the face the next.. That was hilarious, despite it actually being a depressing scene.



I really had no idea that the book was going to have a sequel. I mean, I did have this huge hunch that Meyer was going to pull some magical trick at the end and go "WAIT, WANDA DOESN'T DIE BECA- Oh, see you in book two!" I was bawling when Wanda went out for the surgery. And what Doc said to her before she died.. Oh man, it was so sad. In a way, it was good, though. I mean, I had a little idea about Wanda getting put into some other body, but I didn't think that had to mean a sequel.



When Wanda realized Ian was the burning magma to her life or whatever it was, I was kind of disappointed. I mean, I really liked Jared. I still do. He not only seems to be a better-developed character, but Meyer just gave him much more appeal. She's either being really stupid about it, or she's doing it intentionally, kind of how she made Jacob a bit mean in Twilight so that the reader didn't like him so much that Edward paled in comparison. Ian's a nice guy, and I really tried to like him.. but who am I fooling, I don't like him.



I didn't like Wanda in her new body, either. I liked her in the tough, strong body. Her determination at the end, when she decided to die to let Melanie live, was really impressive and I gained a ton of respect for her character at that point. It didn't seem to carry over to that new body, though. And I miss Melanie as Wanda's conscience, as much as it pained me to see such a vibrant character like Melanie crammed in the back of Wanda's head.



However, the very very ending did give me some hope. Especially meeting the other "soul gone native." And he was from the Fire world - ohhh my goodness I have some scary feelings about this character. I swear, right away when Meyer mentioned just his silhouette, I totally knew.



I have high hopes for the next book. If Meyer knows what she's doing, she'll bring back the elements she abandoned at the end of the Host - the relationship between Wanda and Jared more specifically, and Melanie's presence in it all. I can see Ian going crazy or doing something really bad and impulsive. I mean, he is Kyle's brother. If Meyer pulls another New Moon on us with Jared I'm going to flip a bitch.



With that ending, though, there has to be a sequel.