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TWILIGHT
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Released: October 5, 2005
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
“I’D NEVER GIVEN MUCH
THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD DIE– I’d had reason
enough in the last few months –but even if
I had, I would not have imagined it like this. .
. . Surely it was a good way to die, in the place
of something else, someone I loved. Noble, even.
That ought to count for something.”
When Isabella Swan moves to the
gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring
Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying
turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing
voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible
and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to
keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined
to uncover his dark secret.
What Bella doesn’t realize is the closer she
gets to him, the more she is putting herself and
those around her at risk. And, it might be too late
to turn back. . . .
REVIEWS
By Publishers Weekly
In our Best Books citation, PW called this tale
of a teen attracted to a vampire, a "riveting
first novel, equal parts suspense and romance."
Ages 12-up. (Sept.)
Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
By Patty Campbell for Amazon.com
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. (Ages 12 and up)
TWILIGHT