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To see full review click here: http://yalbookbriefs.blogspot.com/2012/05/host-stephenie-meyer.htmlThe Host can simply be summed up by stating that this is Stephenie Meyer's attempt at writing literature. You can tell that this is a "serious" novel.But honestly, it's not that serious. Or really that different from Twilight.It's true Wanderer and Melanie are slightly better than Bella. But they're still glorified Mary Sues. Plus, both of them get on my nerves. However, after having to deal with Bella I find them slightly refreshing.As for the plot of this novel, nothing really happens here. Wander just sort of wonders into Melanie's life. And decides to abandon her alien life so that she can live in the hovels amongst the humans.Okay, so there are a few action scenes here and there. But for the most part, nothing happens in this book. Sure, you could say the emotional relationships with the characters were explored. But if I wanted to watch a show about emotions I'd watch Dr. Phil.Best Feature: No, Bella Swan. I like Melanie/Wanderer a little bit better than Bella. That's not saying that I liked them, but it's saying that they're better than Bella. And that's something, isn't it? Plus, I did find the alien backstory interesting. Though I wish she didn't come from a "peaceful" group of aliens. And for that matter why were humans so easy to take ahold on. Worst Feature: Aliens. As you might of guessed from the best feature part of this review, I didn't really like the aliens. I hate passive aggressive take overs. Besides, I didn't get how the earth was really better. Everyone just became essentially zombies that were controlled by aliens and that's not really enjoyable. Plus, these aliens are really wimps. At least in the Twilight Saga there were some pretty kick ass actions scenes. But here....Nothing really happens except for maybe twenty pages of the book where you think something is going to happen but it doesn't.Appropriateness: It's a Stephenie Meyer book so it has to be clean right. Oh, yeah, I forgot about Breaking Dawn. Don't worry kids there is no cannibalistic fetus here. Rather this book is rather tame. There is some violence, though nothing you'd expect from an alien takeover novel. Seriously, could we at least have one laser fight? There's some sex talk here, but nothing explicit for sure.