Chances are that unless you’ve been living under a rock recently, you’ve heard of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series.
    “Twilight,” the first in the immensely popular Twilight saga, has fairly realistic characters, a fast-paced plot and plenty of romance and suspense.
    The story begins as 17-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan, the narrator, moves from the brilliant heat and bright sunlight of Phoenix to the constant rain and gloom of Forks, Wash., to live with her father after her mother remarries.
    When she starts her junior year of high school in her new town, she meets Edward Cullen, an incredibly good-looking boy. However, after he saves her from being hit by a van, Bella realizes that he is not normal and eventually discovers that all of the “inhumanely beautiful” Cullens family members are vampires. She begins to fall in love with Edward despite this, and the story revolves around their developing relationship.
    Meyer accurately portrays the drama among high school students, and anyone who’s ever moved to a new school — particularly a small one — will identify with Bella’s feelings of being an outsider.
    Any woman who has ever been pursued by an annoyingly persistent man will probably laugh as Bella is followed around and asked to the school dance by several boys in whom she is not interested.
    Bella is a fairly realistic character, and describes herself as “absolutely ordinary ... except for being so clumsy I’m almost disabled.” Her continued attraction to Edward is a little unbelievable considering what he is, but Meyer’s vampires are so supernaturally attractive that this doesn’t detract from the book much.
    Edward is definitely a main cause of the book’s popularity among women. But he’s almost too perfect, and Bella tells him it would be nice “if I could find just one thing you didn’t do better than anyone else on the planet.”
    Meyer does manage to keep him from being irritatingly perfect by giving him a few flaws, including stubbornness and a tendency to be overprotective. However, most women probably will have no difficulties overlooking these blemishes on Edward’s character and instead admire his perfect manners, flawless appearance and wealth.
    Men, unless you’re really into reading a romance from a woman’s perspective, there’s not much you will find interesting in this book. The novel is the literary equivalent of a “chick flick,” with some suspense thrown in, and the vampires aren’t anything like the ones from movies like “Van Helsing,” so there’s no vampire slaying.
    Though I have not joined the ranks of crazed Edward fans, I did enjoy the book and read the rest of the series, including “Eclipse,” “New Moon” and “Breaking Dawn.” And while “Twilight” is not my favorite novel, it is still enthralling, romantic and well-written enough for me to spend my hard-earned money on a copy.

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temi

Wed Oct 29 2008 16:33

i really like this series of books
edward is a sexy vampire
bella is luky as hell to have him
this a most deff to read!!
READ THIS!!!

Siera

Fri Oct 3 2008 19:31

Okeii...So Im doin a book report on the whole Twilight Sereis. (New Moon,Eclispe,Breakin Dawn) havent read last. And well ic antf igureout all her frands from school. I need help.. Anyone?

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