The earth has been invaded by aliens. Not little green men firing lasers or blowing up famous monumnets but Souls who take over your body and live your life. Melanie was a rebel, fighting to survive but captured and taken over by Wanderer. However nobody, not the Souls nor Mel's nearest and dearest ever predicted what will happen next.
This story is an interesting take on the invasion story - the point of view is from the alien and just as she is swept up by human emotions, we are swept up and swept along by the story. Wanda is a likable character and her dilemnas are dealt with with and there is something very appealing about a story where it is the human spirit that wins. (hey, I'm human it's bound to appeal to me!) However, my one real complaint is the the tinge of teenage melodrama that hangs over this; the idea that love conquers all is a bit naff to a cynic like me and I did find myself snorting at certain lines! (but like I said I am a cynic!)
Despite that it is a thought-provoking enjoyable read!
"Though there was no sound, there was a change. The atmosphere, which had gone tense at my accusation, relaxed. I wondered how I knew this. I had a strange sensation that I was somehow receiving more that my five senses were giving me - almost a feeling that there was another sense, on the fringes, not quite harnessed. Intuition? That was almost the right word. As if any creature needed more than five senses."
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