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Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

2556 reviews
Sales Rank: 1

Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 768
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 2.3

ISBN: 031606792X
EAN: 9780316067928
ASIN: 031606792X

Publication Date: August 2, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Condition: Brand new.

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•	Kindle Edition - Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga Book 4)
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.

Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?

The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

Customer Reviews: Read 2551 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

No Spoilers! Unexpected... and that's a good thing! August 21, 2008
I guarantee that this review will have no spoilers. Not that it matters since all the other reviews do.

This book had all of the elements of a good read: an engaging plot with enough twists to keep a reader interested, fully fleshed characters, and a happy ending that ties up all loose ends.

Based on these facts alone, this book is good as a standalone. I would recommend it to even those who did not read Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse.

Readers of the series who enjoyed it will likely read this book anyway, just to see what happens. So for those who have not, but want to see what all of the hype is about, it is good.

This is why:

Stephenie's writing style doesn't just tell a story from the viewpoint of a character: She makes you feel everything the character is feeling. Since most of the characters are so easy to relate to, the emotions are even more fresh.

The detailed emotional subtext alone is worth the reading experience.

Please Note: Contrary to the genre (I believe this book is touted as being for young adults?) this is a book for mature readers who can understand the implications of the characters' choices. There are scenes that are, while not XXX explicit, not exactly appropriate for young readers. For anyone daring to complain about that, remember that in Stephenie's own words, she did not start writing Twilight with the intention of it being read by children, she wrote it for herself. She has kept the series clean because she has young children of her own to worry about, and has done so in Breaking Dawn. But just as people age, so have the characters of Twilight matured. The book is about an eighteen year old girl (actually, she reaches ninteen in this book) navigating romance, and experiencing "adult" situations. If at eighteen a child is considered an adult, than shouldn't a book about said individual not be considered for children?

If you've enjoyed the series thus far, you know what to expect: Hours of frenzied reading until you finish. You will also experience a maturing of characters that you will not expect unless you keep in context Bella's AGE. She is experiencing things girls much younger may go through.

There is a message, of sacrifice and determination. The characters are committed to it. Fortunatly, for the sake of a happy ending, their commitments are never tried.

Superb work, Stephenie. I eagerly await your next work.

5 out of 5 stars

It was Great!!!! August 21, 2008
Breaking Dawn was a perfect ending to a perfect series. To all the naysayers that say it was not realistic--none of it is. The book is a beautiful work of FICTION! I was sorry to see the end of Bella/Edward's story but it was a fitting end for them. It was a true love story.

2 out of 5 stars

Ungood August 21, 2008
Though I enjoyed each book of the series less and less I had higher hopes for the 4th after reading The Host and really enjoying it. So disapointing and so much of it did not make any sense or just seemed almost lazy.

5 out of 5 stars

Loved It! August 21, 2008
This book was amazing. My friends and I went to the midnight release of it, read for 7 straight hours and then i finished it a day later. It was AMAZING. I have to say I will ALWAYS love the first one the most but this was definitly up there with being one of my favs.
If you havent read this series you should!!

BTW I LOVED the fact that bella had a kid!! I have always wanted her and Edward to have one!!

BTW again, you people who are saying it promotes "bad things" or what ever, get over it. It's a BOOK TO READ FOR FUN.
Seriously. Im 16 and this book doesnt make me want to go get married and have sex. I dont know why you people think that! GEEZE! Lighten UP!

5 out of 5 stars

Best of the series August 21, 2008
I know a lot of people don't like how things turned out for Bella, Edward, Jacob and the rest. It's too happy an ending, they say. They say it isn't realistic. Yeah, cuz Bella couldn't (SPOILER) get knocked up by a vampire! Are you hearing yourself? There are no vampires! It's a book, they are characters, and it doesn't have to be realistic. I personally loved it, I liked having the whole thing wrapped up in a big red bow. I live in real life, a little fantasy is what made the series fun to read. I definately recommend it.

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