"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. (Ages 12 and up)
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Bella Swan's 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, Bella's 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 Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.

Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Twilight
Comment: Loved this book and the rest of the series. Would recommend it to anyone :-)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: First class trash... on ice. An insult to teenage intelligence.
Comment: Sorry ladies and gentlemen. I tried, I really did, but Twilight was so terrible that writing this review in itself is difficult. Quite frankly, I'm not quite sure what to criticize first. I SLAVED through the book, because it received such acclaim. Bad idea. In short, Twilight was bland, underdeveloped, and unimaginative. Period. The use of sexy prose may have saved it, but her writing style falls on its face... quite like the main character of her book, come to think of it.

The characters were flat, the plot was, well, virtually non-existent, and even the "love scenes" were disgustingly saccharine and lacked passion, realism, or conflict. Even the dialogue was ultra cheesy/gag-me-with-a-spoon: I mean, come on, "You're intoxicated by my very presence"... What, Edward? Really? Shut up. I would think that an adult woman can think of 50 million other much sexier turns of phrase that can be thrown at her that'd make her melt besides THAT garbage. I mean, I know this is YA, but even when I was in high school the guys had more game than that.

I understand that this book is supposed to be YA, all the way. Okay, fine. It is not Meyer's responsibility to realize the next step in literary evolution where romance and YA novels are concerned. However, that does not mean that this literary sinkhole should be excused for lacking the basic ingredients of a decent fiction novel.

The following example is overused among critics, but the Harry Potter series was certainly geared towards a very specific and much younger audience. The reason why it gained so much popularity across the board was that Rowling held her books (at least books 1-5) to the same literary standard as other fiction authors had before her. Perhaps even higher. She didn't dilute the elements of her story just because it targeted younger children. She treated it as a piece of fiction and molded it as such, with all the necessary ingredients: evolving characters with personality and depth, an intriguing plot line, imagination, vivid description beyond the conventional use of "beautiful" and "perfect", and I could go on. Perhaps if Meyer had at least made ONE of the fifteen or so characters interesting, I may have been more apt to finish this book.

In her literary future, I pray that Meyer doesn't attempt to make a full-time break into adult genres. She would only embarrass herself. (I heard about "The Host", but I REFUSE to give this woman another cent out of my pocket.) In the end though, I DO have to give Meyer props.

Congratulations for reinforcing that in America, mediocrity (coupled with quite a few spelling and grammar errors) pays off big time. I know you're laughing all the way to the bank. So for that, a tip of my cap to you, my friend. You give all crappy writers out there a fighting chance to get paid.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: After all the hype, I found Twilight incredibly disappointing. It starts out pretty strong, but withing a couple chapters the narrator, Bella, and the hero Edward are already madly in love, no build-up, suspense, or obstacles in their way, other than Edward constantly claiming he is "dangerous." The real action begins toward the end of the book when a very flat bad guy shows up and (of course) wants to kill Bella for no other reason than pissing off Edward.
I do understand that Twilight is aimed at teenagers, but for anyone who's read a real vampire romance, this book is lacking in plot, characterization, and writing alike.
If you want well-written paranormal romance, I suggest Sherrilyn Kenyon, Amanda Ashley, or Karen Marie Moning, although they are all more adult and contain sexual material.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Twilight Saga beautiful , especially Breaking Dawn etc.
Comment: The negative responses I've seen are either very closed-minded or very.... egotistical.. or maybe very young. It seems to me that she wrote the novels first for herself and then later was viewed for the teenage audience. Twilight could easily fit in that category (especially teenage). However, she stated once that she wrote the Saga for herself-- not for teens, or for me (I'm 27) or you-it was for herself FIRST. I think you should remember that. Maybe Breaking Dawn wasn't catered to teens or to the weak-stomach....in any case, it followed exactly in the same principles that made the other books brilliant.. the passion and the brilliance of plot and the PERSONAL creativity from the author herself... you can almost feel intrusive.. as though you're reading from S. Meyer's secret diary. Instead of complaining against a novel you could never write like in comparison on your best days(sorry), you should appreciate her artistic brain and be thankful that you're actually able to partake in her creativity by reading something that she wrote that is very personal to her. You're going to have to face that she writes to cater to herself and not you, me, teens, or anyone else. Creativity shouldn't be bounded by the borders that certain groups want to create. Let her be and create and respect that eh? Not a whole lot to ask. I love ALL her books (especially Breaking Dawn) as well as The Host. She is a brilliant writer that ensnares readers of all ages and reminds us of a TRUE LOVE that we all wanted or have at one point in our lives had... or can still have. Oooohh yeahhh. Be realistic please. yep.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Twilight
Comment: A fabulous book! Had a hard time putting it down. ALredy started New Moon

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