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If you're a Twilight fan -- and I never thought I'd become one, but I am a big one -- this is the book you're waiting for. It won't spoil any of it but the first few pages to say that it begins with Edward and Bella's over-the-top wedding (arranged by Alice, of course) which is equally satisfying as a romantic event and a precursor to lots of awesome vampire werewolf action. Of course, Jacob shows up to the wedding and you can imagine all the craziness that brings. I love this stuff. I feel like I could read 10 of these books and never get tired of them. I personally think Meyer should keep writing them instead of moving onto aliens. Although I haven't read The Host yet, so I can't knock it yet. Anyhow, fun stuff. I'm going to see New Moon in the theaters this Sunday and I'm fired up!
By Jaimal Yogis, author of Saltwater Buddha
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finally, a book in this series that does not reader like they are brain dead. i'm not sure it was worth it to read this series, and i definitely still do not understand what generated all they hype, but if they had all been written more like this one, its success would have been a little more justified.
there are certainly other series that give you a simple, uncomplicated, fun read with the preternatural angle without pretending you are not capable of making a mental leap greater than that of a four year old.
You Slay Me (Aisling Grey, Guardian, Book 1)
Undead and Unwed (Queen Betsy, Book 1)
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures, Vol. 1 (v. 1)
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This is a great product, shipped quickly and in the shape it was described. Great buy!
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Breaking Dawn picks up not long after Eclipse left off: erstwhile heroine Bella Swan has chosen Edward Cullen as her suitor, and rival Jacob Black has taken off to parts unknown in his grief.
The first third of the book is in Bella's voice, and details the events leading up to her nuptials and honeymoon with Edward. For folks who are reading these for the vampire/human star-crossed romance, this is likely to be the highlight of the book. You all might want to stop at the honeymoon night and pretend the rest of the book doesn't exist. For this reader, the creepy ending to Part One was an unexpectedly spooky delight.
Part Two is in Jacob's voice, and follows his growing suspicion that something weird is afoot at the Cullen mansion, and that it's centered around his beloved Bella. Jacob is absolutely correct, though his initial guesses are pretty far off the mark. He grows determined to save her, no matter what it takes. At first, skipping to Jacob's point of view was a bit frustrating because the story left off from quite a suspenseful moment, but I came to enjoy his perspective so much that I was disappointed when it ended. I came to enjoy this series primarily because of this character -- I'd read Twilight and could take it or leave it, but friends told me to stick with the books for the growing role of Jacob Black, and they were right. As other readers have noted, Edward comes across as a grown man with control issues, but Jacob seems more like a real teenage boy. He loves Bella, he really does, but that's not going to stop him from doing whatever he has to do to get into her sleeping bag. The juxtaposition between these characters kept me enthralled through New Moon and Eclipse. Part Two of Breaking Dawn sees Jacob forming new relationships to the people in his life and ends with a wrinkle that is, frankly, less delightfully creepy than it is just plain creepy.
Part Three is back to Bella's perspective, and it is a very new perspective for her. It took me a while to enjoy it. I found her outrageous flavor amusing in the previous books, but in this part, (spoilers ahoy!) she has become powerful enough to cause physical damage to others, and she proceeds to do just that. I wanted to thrash her for a goodly portion of this part, much more so than usual. Eventually, though, she is forced to face a challenge that taxes her inner resources, which has always been when her character is most interesting to me. The monster at the end of this book is vampire politics, and between them, and Kate and Garrett, it made for a pretty decent final part. Seriously, if Meyer wants to write the romance of Kate and Garrett, I'm in.
All in all, this book touched on the tensions and relationships that made the middle two books in this series entertaining to me, just enough to keep me reading through to the end. I won't be making permanent space for it on my bookcase, but I'm not sorry I read it, either. Amazon's handling of the order was as competent as it usually is, so no complaints there. Still, if you're on the fence about reading this one, you might want to pick it up in the library first.
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I don't have many new thoughts to describe how dissapointing Breaking Dawn was... the other reviewers did just fine. I wish the person who recommended these books to me would have suggested to stop reading after the third enstallment (Eclipse) and imagine my own ending. The author seems to go out of her way to involve the mythology of Jacobs tribe, including the ancestors who's souls would leave thier bodies... I thought that tidbit of a story line was leading to something monumental. Wouldn't it have been incredible if somehow Jacob was killed (maybe he couldn't live without Bella's love so HE jumps from 'the' cliff) and his soul is released from his body but his essence still cannot be without Bella. The author kept noting over and over how Edward didn't have a soul... Maybe Jacob could've given Edward what he seemed to want~ his humanity~ and in the end Jacob could still be with Bella (in a sense) by giving Edward his soul. Bella would have both Edward and Jacob... Edward would become human again rather than Bella becoming a vampire. That would have been more interesting to read than what was truly written. I guess my only hope left is for the movie. Hopefully the author will have enough guts to let the fans get what they want through the movie rather than her marshmellow unrealistically happy ending.
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