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The Host

By: Stephenie Meyer
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, The Host is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

©2008 Stephenie Meyer (P)2008 Hachette Audio
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Great Combination

Great combination of adventure, romance and science fiction! I have replayed this book many times.

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loved it

I really enjoyed this book, fun exciting story and kept me interested and couldn't put it down

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LOVE the book, HATE the voice

Really didn’t like the voice narrator. Listen to books all the time and this one was the worst in my opinion. Love the book though and it’s worth it regardless - books better than movie but both are great.

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Loved it

This is probably my 5th or 6th time listening to this book. I live it so much. Don't watch the movie, listen to the book instead. Love the narrator also :)

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Kate Reading ROCKS as narrator!

I chose this book because it was narrated by Kate Reading. The storyline is interesting despite of few inconsistencies; Kate absolutely rocks the narration as usual.

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Slow start but worth the listen!

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This books starts slow but once I got about a 1/3 of the book I sisnt want to stop listening to it!

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Great plot, storyline, and fantastic performance

I loved listening to this book.
at first, when sampling the book, I wasn't sure if I liked how Kate Reading's voice sounded for Wanda, but I realized that she was just doing a voice for the male character. She did such a good job narrating this with different voices for the different people, I am very glad that I went ahead and purchased this. The story had me interested the entire book and I loved how in certain parts of the book, Stephanie's writing is able to make you feel a strong emotional empathy with Melanie, Wandaand even Some of the other characters.

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great

this is the best narrated book I have ever heard. I normally stop listening to alot of audio books because the narrators voice irritates me. However, this narrator reads the book like I do in my head and I love that! Also the story is great but hey we are really focusing on the inflection with audio books you know what I mean.

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It was good

Romantic Sci fi, apocalyptic. It was a very chill book. I liked the idea, I liked the plot but the ending a was a little disappointing.

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Loved the book, hated the narrator

I’ve read this book before and loved it. I thought since it had been a few years I’d reread it on audible. Now I’m kind of annoyed that I did. The narrators voice was way too old and made no sense for this story. I have nothing against the narrator herself and maybe her voice makes more sense with other books, but not with this one. It was like my grandma was reading me this book. Please find a new narrator.

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