The Host by Stephenie Meyer

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.

Pro's/Con's
Now, usually I'm not a big fan op stories like ''end of the earth'', ''end of the universe'' or ''end of the human race'' but I really liked this story even with all the aliens and stuff! I just had one little negative point... 
The first couple of pages was a bit of a con for me. Now that I have read the whole book and re-read that part I understand it all but for a first time reading it was very confusing. There are usually two options with these kind of first pages: option 1 is the omg-I-am-so-curious-about-it-now type and option 2 is the omg-no-this-does-not-sound-very-good type. Now for a first time reading these first couple of pages were the type 2 but now that I look at it afterwards it's fine.
Now for the positive points, this book didn't get a 5 star rating of me for nothing. Some points that I personally find very important are very good in this book.
Beginning with the writing style, I loved it! Meyer has written it down in a very good way that reads away easy but with a lot of tension. You can imagine how the surrounding and people look like with a lot of ease but there is also room for your own imagination and that's something that I love and is the main reason for me to read a book before watching the movie. The tension that she creates together with the plot is great and makes it such an enjoyable and fast paces story.
Next are the characters. Not only are Melanie and Wanderer amazing main characters but even the side characters steal the show every now and then. Each and every one of them has their own background story, motivations for their actions and their own opinion about Wanderer and how they act around her. This makes each character unique and so very like or unlikable that it just sucks you in right from the start. I have found myself many times talking to myself/the book, saying stuff like ''Don't hurt *name*!/No! Don't go there!/Aaaaw yes!'' and a lot of other stuff. 
But besides that the emotions and personal growth of each and every character is being shown in an amazing way. Because Melanie and Wanderer are in the same body it gives you a very interesting inside sight for the both of them. You get to know Melanie through Wanderers eyes and Wanderer through Melanie's eyes. I find that very interesting and the way that they deal with being in the same body and everything else that comes around with it (dealing with friends, family, love and meeting new people) while living in this world makes their growth and emotions so interesting.

Recommend it?
Yes! Yes I do! Plot = awesome. Characters = amazing. Way of writing = great. What else can I ask for? Even people who normally don't read science fiction might enjoy this, I did!