Praise for Stephenie Meyer’s The Host

“Stephenie Meyer is the closest thing the book world has had to a rock star since J. K. Rowling finished writing about Harry Potter.” —Edward Nawotka, Bloomberg News

“Now—finally!—comes Meyer’s first adult novel, The Host, a love story about aliens.” —Glamour

“Unexpectedly moving. . . . Meyer’s novels throb with an overwhelming emotional intensity. . . . The Host straddles two genres of fiction that don’t always get a lot of respect: science fiction and romance. Fans of both genres know, though, that the better examples of each deal with what even the highest reaches of literature always aspire to: exploring what it means to be human.” —Phil Kloer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“A startling and addictive Invasion of the Body Snatchers alien fest for the 21st century. . . . An epic story of love, family and loyalty. . . . The Host is The X-Files meets Days of Our Lives. . . . Meyer’s story and characters will stoke fans of both sci fi and romance.” —Carol Memmott, USA Today

“A fantastic, inventive, thoughtful and powerful novel. . . . You do not read a Stephenie Meyer novel, you live it, along with her compelling and vivid characters. Meyer has a way of involving the reader in her characters’ lives so that your care and concern reaches a level of desperation. . . . The Host should come with a warning label: it will grab you and keep you reading well into the wee hours of night, and keep you thinking, deeply, hauntingly, well after the final word.” —Ridley Pearson, author of Killer View

“Meyer’s complex plot and intriguing characters form a compelling story that fans and newcomers alike will enjoy. . . . She develops her characters in such a way that the reader can’t help but cheer them on. . . . Meyer’s prose is not only accessible but interesting, and—as with her other novels—the pacing is fast and addictive.” —Jessica Harrison, Deseret News

“A brilliant and fascinating premise. . . . It’s Survivor crossed with Days of Our Lives. Meyer is at her best when charting the developing way the hostile, wary, curious humans respond to the alien in their midst. . . . The novel’s mix of adventure and new love on a new Earth is just right to get lost in.” —Sherri Hallgren, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“A fascinating, passionate, and unique psychological thriller. In The Host, Stephenie Meyer gives a new and surprising meaning to the phrase ‘being of two minds!’” —Katherine Neville, author of The Fire and The Eight

“Meyer has, like one of her vampires, turned into something rare and more than merely human: a literary phenomenon. . . . The way she manages the reader’s curiosity, maintaining tension and controlling the flow of information, is simply virtuosic. . . . She rewrites stock horror plots as love stories, and in doing so, she makes them new again. . . . People do not want to just read Meyer’s books; they want to climb inside them and live there.” —Lev Grossman, Time

“Stephenie Meyer is an amazing phenomenon—out of the brightness of her mind and spirit comes the illuminated darkness of her stories. For no matter how much pain her characters suffer, Meyer infuses the tales with light and hope.” —Orson Scott Card, author of The Ender Saga

“In this tantalizing SF thriller, planet-hopping parasites are inserting their silvery centipede selves into human brains, curing cancer, eliminating war, and turning Earth into paradise. . . . The novel shines with romantic intrigue, especially when a love triangle (or quadrangle?!) develops.” —Publishers Weekly

“It lives up to the hype, blending science fiction and romance in a way that has never worked so well. . . . Meyer will make new fans of readers ‘who don’t read books with aliens.’” —Jane Jorgenson, Library Journal