The Host Review

The Host
Stephenie Meyer

 

                So let’s just start off by saying that at first I didn’t want to read this book. It all started about four years ago when everybody was obsessed with Twilight (me included). I was in love with those books, and to this day I still can’t figure out why. So when I finished Twilight I thought Stephenie Meyer was the best author out there. So I attempted to read her book The Host. Needless to say I barely made it into the book and just couldn’t read anymore. I was uninterested and fed up with the way she wrote things.

                So now flash-forward four years to present day. I’m sitting in the movie theatre getting ready to watch Warm Bodies when the movie trailer for The Host pops up. I was literally entranced by it. I’m not sure if it was the music that went along with the trailer that did it for me, or the hot ass guy that portrays the character Jared.  Needless to say I went straight home after the movie and picked up The Host and started reading it.

                We start out in some sort of hospital. There are two people talking which we come to know as A Seeker and a Healer. There working with the main characters body Melanie. Once they get the body ready they insert the host.

                When Wanderer wakes up she’s confused. Confused because never has she been in a host who is so resistant. But Melanie is not going to let her body just go to waste. She has too many things to live for Jared being one of them and then the biggest one, her brother Jamie. Slowly but surely these two become friends, but first there is a lot of fighting and arguing before that.

                I have to say that I loved this book. It was the perfect amount of Sci-Fi/Romance. Not only do we see Wanderer/Wanda struggle with her own feelings for Jared, but we see her struggle with Melanie being Jealous that Wanda is able to do all the things she can’t with Jared. Throw in Ian, who is hot and just an all-around great person and what we have is a mess.

                I know you probably don’t want to read this book because of course it is written by Stephenie Meyer, and we all know how Twilight went; but I’m telling you give it a chance. It’s a great book, and very well written. It’s easy to fall in love with all of the characters especially Jeb.

                So on my grading scale, I would give this book a 4/5 stars. It’s pretty good, and always keeps you on your toes.

Obsidian Review

Obsidian

Jennifer L. Armentrout

When seventeen-year-old Katy Swartz moved to West Virginia right before her senior year, she’d pretty much resigned herself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring, but then she spotted her hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up…until he opened his mouth. Daemon Black is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. It’s hate at first sight, but when a stranger attacks her and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens. The hot guy next door? Well, he’s an alien. Turns out that Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities and Katy is caught in the crosshairs. Daemon’s touch has lit her up like the Vegas Strip and the only way she’s getting out of this alive is by sticking close to him until her alien mojo fades. That is if she doesn’t kill him first.
Review

The first question I asked myself when I finished this book was why? Why had I chosen this book to read? I never ever read books about aliens, and never have I ever wanted to. So when I read the synopsis to this book I can’t even tell you what it was that had drawn my attention to the book. Was it the hot couple on the front cover, was it because I love the way Jennifer L. Armentrout writes? Well I’ll probably never know. The one thing I do know is that I absolutely freaking loved this book.

We start out meeting Katy, she has just moved into a new town thinking that all she was going to spend her senior year in boredom. Well that’s not the case, because little does Katy know she’s in for the ride of her life, and it all starts when she meets her super hot neighbor Daemon.

Who couldn’t resist a guy that answers the door without a shirt on, especially when he has a body like Daemon’s? Well that is until he opens his mouth and it turns out his the biggest jerk on the planet.

I loved this book more than any book I’ve ever read. It’s always got your heart racing wondering what’s going to happen, and making you scared to read on. These are the kind of books that I enjoy, the ones that make it to where you can’t put it down. Ones that you would rather keep reading instead of going on with your daily life. Ones that you choose to read rather than eat. Although that may be a great way to diet, it’s not good for you haha.  

So if you haven’t already read this book I suggest it! It’s well worth your time.

The Weepers: The Other Life By Susanne Winnacker

I really enjoyed this book; it was very easy to read and had me wanting more throughout the entire story. The characters were very easy to relate too, and the book was written very well.

When the story starts out we meet Sherry. Sherry has been in a bunker for 3 years 1 month, 1 week, and 6 days. It's a small bunker, one where nobody gets any alone time. So you can only imagine the tension building up between the family. In the bunker are her thirteen year old brother Bobby, her little sister Mia, her mother and father, and her grandmother; but what’s even more disturbing is that her grandfather has been dead in the freezer for the last six months. So what happens when you run out of food? Well the first thing that happens is a fight, between Sherry’s mother and father. Who wouldn’t fight about that though, I mean you just found out that your only option is to face the unknown world, or starve to death. Scared for the life of his family Sherry’s father makes the hard decision of leaving the bunker to find food for his family. Only he’s not going alone, he’s taking Sherry.

The world is nothing like they remembered it to be. There is no life anywhere that they can find, and Sherry always feels as if she’s being watched. So when her dad suddenly goes missing and she is attacked she has no idea what to do and how to go about things. That is until Joshua steps in.
I loved Joshua right from the beginning. The things he has had to face, and what he has lived through would be tough on any person; but he somehow manages to go own with life considering there isn’t much to live for.

I'm a huge dystopian fan. I don't read them a whole lot and I’m not sure why because they always leave me wanting to read another one and this one did just that. I will be not so patiently waiting for the next book in the series.

The characters in this book are very likable. Joshua seems like a hard ass but really he's trying to make up for what he thinks is his own mistake, but really he had no way of stopping it.
The only thing I didn't like about this book was that it was so short. I read it in a little over three and a half hours. I just wish it would have been a little longer and had a little more action in it. Other than that it is a great read, and I can't wait until the next one comes out. I can't wait to see where Joshua and Sherry's relationship will go, and more importantly if there is a cure.

Here is the Link to Buy this Book!
http://www.amazon.com/The-Weepers-Other-Life-ebook/dp/B007FXRW8S/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1360275601&sr=8-7&keywords=the+other+life