
Little, Brown Young Readers - Little, Brown Young Readers
Release date: 2008-08-02
Hardcover
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction, Fiction - Fantasy, Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9), Fantasy - Series, Horror & Ghost Stories, Juvenile Fiction / General, Love & Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic, Social Issues - Dating & Sex, Fiction, Supernatural, Vampires, Werewolves




I thoroughly enjoyed this book along with all of the other's in this series. Was it my favorite, no, that would be Twilight. But it still was a great book that was hard to put down. A lot of readers on here claim it's too far fetched, a vampire pregnancy and Bella is no longer Bella when she turns. But remember everybody, THIS IS FICTION! That is what makes it believable. If you want truth, than please don't read fiction. I would recommend this to anyone and I, personally, couldn't put it down. As with every other book in this series, I wanted to get to the next chapter to see what would happen to Bella and Edward and the rest of the Cullen's. Definetely recommended!!
The only time Bella really suffered was when Edward left in New Moon and during the birth scene. I admit that I only read mostly 2 out of the 3 parts of Breaking Dawn but I know everything that happens. However the book is awful. I have the same problems that all of the negative reviewers have, but I have a problem with something else also. The whole series is a dud. Nothing really happens. No one suffers (besides the two exceptions that I noted above). Every book follows the same pattern. 9/10ths of the book is eye candy and infaturation between Bella and Edward. During this, the story builds up to villain confrontation. Then the "Epic" battle scene takes place and lasts for only a few pages. It felt like Meyer swinging the baseball bat to strike a homerun but it ends with a bunt. After 500 pages, villains and heros take each other on, but it ends quickly. Meyer seems to only introduce her villains near the end rather the beggining. If she did introduce them in the beggining, there would be more struggle in the story and will keep the reader totaly hooked. Ex) "OH my gosh will the Human Torch prevent Dr. Doom from destroying the world?!" Have you ever been addicted like that to a tv show, movie, or book before? Probably. Have ever felt like that with Meyer's books? Did you ever feel an adrenaline rush and your own heart racing while watching a car chase scene? Did you ANYWHERE in Meyer's books? Did you feel and share the same feelings of victoy and suffering with characters like Bella or Charlisle? Most people don't in Meyer's stories. Meyer loves her characters too much to let anything exciting or dangerous happen to them. I'll give you an example. Edward constantly says to Bella that he can't be with Bella because that he is a "Vampire" and that he might try to suck her blood. This NEVER happens in the whole series. What if Edward really did attack Bella or even her father Charlie? This would have created so much healthy conflict for the story and would really improve the plot. The fact is that readers can't trust Meyer. It would hook them if Meyer actually proves that Bella and her loved ones are in fatal danger from her relationship with Edward. This would help the Twilght series live up to the title of " Forbidden Love".