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  • It’s taken me a long time to get around to reading this series, & know I regret waiting so long. I’ve never been one for young adult novels, always finding them to juvenile, with just mushy kisses & no storyline, but I must say this series blew them all out of the water. Bella May be a high school s ... Continue

    It’s taken me a long time to get around to reading this series, & know I regret waiting so long. I’ve never been one for young adult novels, always finding them to juvenile, with just mushy kisses & no storyline, but I must say this series blew them all out of the water. Bella May be a high school student, & Edward may have to act like a high school boy, instead of a decades old vampire, but they are both wise beyond their years. This book was quite fun, with just a hint of high school drama. I would suggest these books to anyone, I’m starting the second book now, I can’t wait to see who Bella’s relationship with the vampire family progresses, & if Edward will bend to Bella’s will & make her immortal.

    

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• ― Lilbichwitch said on Aug 30, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  • Well, well, well…
    To steal from the author’s choice of words from the back of the book, at the start of reading Twilight “about three things I was absolutely positive”: I was not a tweeny emo goth, there was a part of me that wanted to laugh out loud with ridicule, and I unconditionally and ir ... Continue

    Well, well, well…
    To steal from the author’s choice of words from the back of the book, at the start of reading Twilight “about three things I was absolutely positive”: I was not a tweeny emo goth, there was a part of me that wanted to laugh out loud with ridicule, and I unconditionally and irrevocably needed a drink.
    HOWEVER, after the first 100 pages I found myself completely obsessed with the oh-so-cliché forbidden romance that was unfolding before my eyes. Stephanie Meyer is GENIUS at tapping into every single element of teenage girl love fantasy. Don’t get me wrong, the writing in this book is extremely sappy but by the end of the last page my brain had “irrevocably” decided that having an impossibly perfect vampire boyfriend would be so rad and I so totally need to read the sequels.
    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Suggested With: Renewed Puberty

    

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• ― ReadingQueen 12/17 said on Dec 12, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • Twilight

  • I enjoyed reading this book but I would never recommend it to anyone else. I'm very embarrassed I enjoyed it and I'd consider it a very guilty pleasure. Bella gets annoying fast with her "I love him but I can't have him" routine. Also annoying is the fact that she is supposedly so plain, but sud ... Continue

    I enjoyed reading this book but I would never recommend it to anyone else. I'm very embarrassed I enjoyed it and I'd consider it a very guilty pleasure. Bella gets annoying fast with her "I love him but I can't have him" routine. Also annoying is the fact that she is supposedly so plain, but suddenly has a billion teenage boys swooning over her. Pretty lame. But again, a guilty pleasure :D

    

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• ― Deanna Kyre said on Mar 5, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  • Interview with Meyer

  • I am not a girl and far from teenage, but I was curious what makes this book such a big hit among teenage girl. Here is my two cents,

    (Bella) Beautiful girl who does not think she is beautiful, dangerously clumsy (that could hurt anyone include herself), and ridiculously stubborn, especially t ... Continue

    I am not a girl and far from teenage, but I was curious what makes this book such a big hit among teenage girl. Here is my two cents,

    (Bella) Beautiful girl who does not think she is beautiful, dangerously clumsy (that could hurt anyone include herself), and ridiculously stubborn, especially to her lover.

    (Edward) Incredibly beautiful (not just handsome), even more attractive than the beautiful girls, physically strong but look fragile emotionally.

    Relationship (Bella + Edward) - the physical attraction is so strong that make it ridiculous to have any guard up between their desires, but (this is a crucial point) they could not have any physical satisfaction (advancement) without some serious (fatal) consequences. That make their affections even stronger and easy to be perceived. All the teenage girls could easily relay the sensations and thirst about the feelings without (or transcend) the burden of the consequence/risk of physical relationship.

    The Vampire has helped creating the critical elements of the formula. It makes the relationship venturous and exciting. I can imagine (like other sequels, e.g. Harry Potter) that there are a lot of explanations to be made to satisfy the readers' curiosity.

    

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• ― artie said on Jan 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  • I Think the First is Usually Better than the Sequel

  • This is the book that started all the madness. Meyer describes teen love so well. Edward is dark, mysterious, dangerous, sexy...everything that attracts women, right? And of course he's a vampire. This is a sure page turner, it will be too quick of a read!

    

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• ― Sssdawna said on Jan 2, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • GREAT Book! Well written and witty. I couldn't put it down. As a positive and negative it is a young adult book. The characters are in High School, but the author has to create a deeper love story when she can't just throw them into bed.

    

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• ― JonnieBean said on Dec 29, 2008 about the Audio Cassette edition| Add your feedback

Deeply sensuous and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite. Isabella Swans move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabellas life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knifebetween desire and danger.

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