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The Twilight Saga, Book 1
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
September 2006
On Sale: September 6, 2006
Featuring: Bella; Edward
544 pages
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
Kindle: B000QRIGLW
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Young Adult | Young Adult Paranormal
"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his
marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I
wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from
mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently,
he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of
my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when
thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by
Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are
supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and
he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time
controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--
he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their
passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over
the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from
Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the
novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and
necessarily chaste relationship. Meyer has achieved quite a
feat by making this scenario completely human and
believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new
kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be
just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to
the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to
be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of
five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the
cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then
love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued
vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who
has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's
sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker
vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a
desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their
midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts
this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror
genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.
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Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: Twilight
Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" is a modern fantasy of a normal teenage girl trying to survive high school then she meets someone special.A vampire! It is a romantic story done beautifully. I really loved this book! The characters are well written and the story is captivating. You fall in love and identify with them! Stephanie Meyer, described the way the characters looked, talked, acted, so well that you feel like you actually know them. The story progresses with suspense to keep the reader engage.I believe this is a great read for all ages. It was so detailed and fun to read! Stephenie Meyer's writing style for this book is amazing. For me Twilight was a fun, romantic, very enjoyable read! I Highly recommend this book !!!!!!
(Jeannie Doucette 12:45pm February 24, 2011)
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