Fanstuff zu The Host

101 REASONS WHY WE LOVE THE HOST



1. Because Ian O'Shea owns Edward Cullen.
2. Because Melanie is a strong female character who can protect herself.
3. Because it made us all appreciate Cheetos.
4. Because when Jared and Ian fight over the girl, they get physical too.
5. Because it's an interesting love triangle quadrangle.
6. Because "You. Are. Not. Leaving. Me."
7. Because Wanda was willing to die to save Melanie.
8. Because Ian didn't care what Wanderer's new body looked like.
9. Because "Melanie will always be mine. And I will always be hers."
10. Because Jared wouldn't give Melanie up to save 5 million lives.
11. Because Wanderer is so noble she saves the man who tried to murder her.
12. Because we like their kissing "experiments."
13. Because two minds, one body makes one interesting novel.
14. Because the some Souls decide to "go native."
15. Because out of all her lives on different planets, Wanderer decides Earth is her home.
16. Because for Jared, "Neither heaven nor hell can keep me apart from you, Melanie."
17. Because it made us laugh... and cry.
18. Because Jamie is the best little brother ever.
19. Because it taught us how amazing mankind is.
20. Because it showed us that its totally possible to live underground.
21. Because there's a Dolphin Planet.
22. Because "It's a strange world."
23. Because it prepared us for what to expect if Earth is invaded by body-snatching aliens.
24. Because love squares are more interesting than love triangles.
25. Because now we don't feel like we're crazy for hearing voices in our heads...
26. Because road trip raids are fun.
27. Because Wanderer is so bad-ass (and selfless) that she sliced her own arm.
28. Because Kyle having granola bars thrown at him is funny to picture.
29. Because it has an an eccentric old man with a shotgun. (Jeb!)
30. Because aside from using humans as hosts, most of the Souls are pretty darn nice.
31. Because the story continued after the evil blank pages!
32. Because it shows how important love is, and that all the forms it comes in are equally special.
33. Because the evil invading aliens aren't evil, they think they're doing the right thing.
34. Because it makes us ask 'What does it mean to be human?'
35. Because Ian is perfect. (see #8)
36. Because Wanderer and Melanie go from hating each other to being best friends.
37. Because it gives us hope.
38. Because if Ian were so inclined, he thinks he could do better than Jared.
39. Because now I flash my flashlight in peoples eyes to see if they glow.
40. Because the souls have the best labeling system ever, and it makes us wonder why we don't do the same.
41. Because it made us pity the Seeker for having Lacy as a host.
42. Because it taught us to not run with knives.
43. Because Ian has the most gorgeous blue eyes.
44. Because it shows humans have learned to love everything. No matter how many hundreds of tentacles they have.
45. Because Jared had Sharon in headlock because she's in a "bad mood."
46. Because Sunny doesn't want to be a plant.
47. Because Kyle likes Sunny even though he can't get Jodi back.
48. Because Sunny promises to look for Jodi so that Kyle can be happy.
49. Because Kyle thought Sunny was so sweet and sad that he holds her cryotank rather than letting it sit in the corner.
50. Because Ian cradled Wanderer's cryotank the entire time she was gone and wouldn't even let Melanie or Jamie touch it.
51. Because our humans wouldn't let Wanderer go.
52. Because Ian is Wanderer's present and future.
53. Because in the epilogue Wanderer and Ian share "the most unplatonic kiss possible."
54. Because Melanie got her body back.
55. Because Stephenie Meyer says she's working on sequels.
56. Because Jared and Ian are jealous of each other.
57. Because Ian uses the word "swine" in an insult.
58. Because Melanie tried to commit suicide to save Jared and Jamie.
59. Because the weird map of lines that turned out to be the outline of a mountain range was clever.
60. Because despite everything, it has a happy ending.
61. Because we're still trying to figure out how the bodies were configured after they healed Jamie and everyone was touching/laying on everyone else.
62. Because we love getting to discuss all the different casting options.
63. Because it's Meyer's first "adult novel."
64. Because whenever someone disagrees with Jeb he reminds them "it's my house."
65. Because we never realized a cave in the desert could provide a bathing area, a kitchen, separate rooms, a prisoner cell, storage rooms, places to grow crops, and more.
66. Because the system of using lots of small mirrors to magnify light underground is ingenious.
67. Because Doc is so embarrassed of his real name that he doesn't reveal is until the end of the book.
68. Because the soul's system of naming medicines like heal and clean is so much simpler than ours.
69. Because Jeb's both 'crazy' and a 'genius.'
70. Because souls are so scared of violence, Wanderer won't even hold a gun.
71. Because it taught us "alien abductions" could actually be real.
72. Because a century is nothing. Wanderer is thousands of years older than Ian.
73. Because "Her name is Wanda, not it."
74. Because "We girls have to stick together."
75. Because Ian defends Wanderer, even against his own brother.
76. Because "life and love go on" even if we don't always understand why.
77. Because Wanderer's so naive when it comes to love, she's almost like a child that Melanie has to teach.
78. Because souls are so good they aren't even able to lie.
79. Because Ian becomes Wanderer's protector.
80. Because Jared took care of Melanie and Jamie when they were on the run.
81. Because Jared didn't help Melanie in order to be physical with her, even though he hadn't seen another human in years.
82. Because Melanie was willing to risk her safety to try to save her cousin Sharon.
83. Because "It's not the face, but the expressions on it. It's not the voice, but what you say. It's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it. You are beautiful."
84. Because Jared's kiss brought Melanie back from almost fading away.
85. Because Jared loves Jamie like his own brother, so much so that he treats him like family even after he thinks Melanie is dead.
86. Because watching Kyle, Ian, and Jared spar with words is so fun.
87. Because Wanderer had "a bit of a reputation" on some of her past lives.
88. Because no matter how much Ian and Kyle fight, they always go back to fighting affectionately.
89. Because Jamie chose Wanderer's new body "Because she sort of looks like an angel, and you're good like that."
90. Because "No one is ever sorry for hitting Kyle."
91. Because "I'll never lose you. I'll never let you get away from me."
92. Because "Any mark you leave on her, I will double on your worthless hide."
93. Because Kyle stays behind with Sunny instead of going on a raid
94. Because Doc's "parents were cruel people" who named him "Eustace."
95. Because it's been more than half a year and The Host still rocks my socks.
96. Because I dream about what will happen next.
97. Because Wanderer lied about Pet's real age.
98. Because we where given Wes and Lily (if only for a little while).
99. Because in the end, Kyle redeemed himself and we actually liked him.
100. Because everyone who reads The Host loves it. (Try to prove us wrong!)
101. Because I fell in love with both Jared and Ian.

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