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Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: The Host, by Stephenie Meyer

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I was very reluctant to read The Host by Stephenie Meyer. Originally I was very interested by the idea itself, of a species of aliens who embedded themselves in humans, with one human fighting back, and the possibility of an impossibly inextricable love triangle... But then I'd gotten over my starry-eyed obsession with the Twilight series, and found the preview provided on Meyer's website as less than inspiring. The glimpse we were given showed once again a scared but determined girl, and an overly-aggressive and overly physical older male. This wasn't quite a rehashing of Bella and Edward...

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