TWILIGHT: Stephenie Meyer: Little, Brown and Company: Young Adult: 498 pgs.Seventeen year old Bella Swan has decided to move from Phoenix to Forks, WA - a tiny, damp town in the Olympic Peninsula. She's not excited, but doesn't want to go to Florida with her mom and her new husband. Klutzy Bella just wants to blend in, but that becomes impossible when she meets Edward Cullen, a beautiful, unusual "junior" and his "adopted" brothers and sisters. Bella doesn't know what to make of Edward - his moods and attitude towards her change regularly. Gradually Bella discovers the truth about the Cullen family - they're vampires, but unusual ones. This coven only feeds on animals, not humans. The attraction between Edward and Bella is hard to resist, but the knowledge that it could be dangerous tempers it. When an outside danger to Bella arrives on the scene, emotions and feelings become more apparent, and she becomes an important part of the "family".
This has a bit of a slow start, but after the first 100 pages, it was hard to put down! The vampire background and the characters actions and reactions are believable - no "you've got to be kidding" moments. The ending left me anxious to read the sequel. Clean in language and romance.
DB
2 comments:
I just finished this book and LOVED it. I expected to like it (because of soo many good reviews) but I didn't think it would feel so addictive. There is a quote by Meyers on the inside flap of the novel where she says she has always admired writers who could take elements of unrealistic fantasy and mix it with complex realistic people to make the story engaging and beleivable. That is exactly what she has accomplished. Good for young and old, male and female. Read it even if you don't like Vampires - it won't feel very "vampirey" (unless that's what you want and then I think it will still staisfy you).
I read this book too and really enjoyed it.
This is a great book to recommend to people who don't like to read. I gave it to my niece and she loved it. She gave it to her sister and mom to read and they loved it too.
The only complaint I would have is that the beginning is a little slow.
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