I'd been trying to get into The Host by Stephenie Meyer for a few weeks now, (okay, months!) and I was finally able to make it to the 1/4 mark this week and I'm now sucked in.  My husband bought it for me for Valentine's Day, and while the chocolate that had accompanied the extremely thoughtful gift is long since gone, the book sat quietly on the shelf waiting for me to pick it up.

I'm not sure if it was because of the expectation I set for it due to my love of the Twilight series, but it was really hard for me to connect to the main character.  Maybe because the main character has a dual identity, or because the initial story line is not based on reality as we know it? 

Has anyone else read this book?  Did you have the same trouble I had getting into it?

One thing I will say though, I feel a lot less like a creepy old mom reading a teen romance novel now that I don't feel like gushing about Edward and Bella to anyone that would listen.