Helpful Score: 6
The Host is far less fluffy than Meyers Twilight series...but also much more difficult to get into. It felt like a chore to be reading it for the first ten chapters or so..I abandoned it for other books several times. Once it gets going though...watch out, you'll be hooked! While I don't agree that this is a brilliant or groundbreaking book, it does boast likeable characters, a coherent plot, and a complex love triangle and in general has more substance and food for thought than the superficial guilty pleasure known as the Twilight Saga. Stephenie Meyers has a way of writing that I'm pretty sure she'd be able to get me to read anything cover to cover, regardless of any real quality. The Host is a good indication that over time she will mature as an author. I look forward to future titles...and the open ending of The Host begs a sequel!
