“Oh yeah…” A bit of his old sparkle came back into his eyes. “You didn’t tell me about Brett and Six-Ninths.”

Well, uh, then it sounds like you do know what happened? Seriously, no new information is relayed to Cary between “Fuck if I know why I got jumped” and “I got beaten up for sleeping with the wrong woman”. “Fuck if I know.” His voice was weak, almost a whisper. “What the hell happened?” I set the empty cup down and grabbed his hand again. “You’re a sight for sore eyes, baby girl.” Okay, before you judge me too much, let’s go visit Cary in the hospital and remember what an awful character he is. I don’t mean to sound like a sadist, but can I tell you how much I would have preferred – nay, loved – reading about the character in this novel I hate the most getting beaten up? It would have been like this. The story continues to be sad with the news that Cary was attacked last Friday and is in the hospital! This is only sad for the characters of this novel, however, because I fucking hate Cary and I’m really upset that he got the shit beaten out of him and we missed it because we had to spend the weekend with the happy fucking couple (literally). Hating to think of it, I closed my eyes and started to drift. I wondered how long we’d be sleeping apart from each other.

It’s October and we’re a month away from Halloween, so, reader, you know, beware.Įva and Gideon return from their weekend away and go to sleep in separate bedrooms in Eva’s apartment because of Gideon’s atypical sexual parasomnia, and it’s actually one of the few times the book handles the situation like a sad source of tension in their relationship, although this is somewhat muted by the immediate reminder that Eva somehow can afford an apartment with a guest room in New York City. Happy October, readers! As we begin to wrap up The Host (last chapter and epilogue next week!), I’m certain that a bunch of you are wondering what we’re reading next, and we can offer you a little hint.

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