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

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

2491 reviews
Sales Rank: 3

Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5

ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849

Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

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.

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"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)

Customer Reviews: Read 2486 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

A Review That is Extremely Rambling.... October 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Okay, so I'm just another person who comments on how great Stephenie Meyer's novel is. But to tell you the truth, it's not something that should be taken lightly.
Her novel was actually a very good inspiration for aspiring writers. It flows naturally and has a good sense of right and wrong. Even if it has a few bad words, I suggest that kids at the age of even eight could read this and love it. They may not understand the content of love, but I understand that a lot could after they read Twilight. Bella Swan, at the age of seventeen, moves from the sprawling city of Phoenix to Forks, a small town in the Olympic Peninsula. She sees her dad and he reveals that he bought a nice truck for her. As you can tell on the ride home, the father (Charlie) is a lot like Bella in many ways. To tell you the truth, throughout the saga they are mirror images of each other.
Bella's first day of school consists of Mike, a boy who clearly likes her, as well as Eric, Jessica, and the mysteriously, beautiful people who sit alone: the Cullens and the Hales. Jasper, Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Edward are all "adopted". Jessica tells Bella this and gets the "sour grapes" after implying that she asked Edward out and he declined, much to Bella's amusement.
As the chapters go on, you can see that Bella is very much attached to Edward. The pieces are finally put together and Bella and Edward are finally free of their small and cryptic talk.
I enjoyed Twilight, and I know many people have as well, but this has left a big impression on me and whenever I read a story now I compare it to Twilight. It's a very big gap usually since Twilight's illuminating wording and descriptions can easily make you oblivious to your surroundings and senses. I felt like this book is not going to stop being huge in a decade. I absolutely love it. (Note: it doesn't get boring if you keep reading it. This is my sixth time reading Twilight and I'm still not tired of it.) =)

3 out of 5 stars

Why didn't I think of this? October 8, 2008
Young high school student Bella, gives up the big city and sunshine in Phoenix to go live with her Dad, who is the sheriff of perpetually rainy Forks, Washington. Bella is shy but proves to be popular in her new school including attracting the attention of the ultra dishy Edward, who turns out to be just as strong and sensitive as he is handsome.

Much of the suspense of the first half of the novel is predicated on the mystery of Edward, but most people who pick up the book now that it is popular are going to know he's a vampire. Unfair as it is I spent the much of the first part of the book waiting for Meyer to just get on with it already. The second half of the book suffers from a very disappointing climax. It was just too easy for James to fool Bella, and considering how easily James was destroyed, he must have been suicidal to attack Bella. In fact the whole subplot with James just didn't ring true. Also I found hard to believe a hundred year old vampire would fall in love with a high school student, no matter how good she smelled. Of course I am hardly the target audience, so take these criticisms for what they are worth. `Twilight' was enjoyable, although it is obvious that this was Meyer's first book as her prose style is somewhat pedestrian. But I have to give Meyer her due, she came up with the idea to combine vampires (always a popular subject) and high school angst to sell a crapload of books. Good for her.

5 out of 5 stars

If you haven't read any of these yet, go get one now. =) October 7, 2008
Stephenie Meyer is a fantastic author and this is a great book, along with the other books in this saga. I am hooked and I am a 42 year old Mom of four sons. :o)

5 out of 5 stars

TWILIGHT SAGA October 7, 2008
THIS BOOK IS GREAT. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME. HOPEFULLY STEPHENIE MEYER WILL KEEP GOING AFTER ALL 4 OF THESE BOOKS

3 out of 5 stars

The book wasn't bad. October 7, 2008
I finally caved in to the hype and bought this book...kinda wished I had placed myself on the month long waiting list at my local library instead.

Perhaps "Twilight" being the first book in the saga's the reason for the slowness. There wasn't really any content/plot. Though the writer took over 300 pages to describe Edward and Bella's "courtship," it still left me with the impression that two infatuated teens blurted out their love for each other w/o thought. It didn't get interesting (for me) until 350 pages in, and the book's only 498 pages long. When it did get interesting, it only lasted for a few chapters before it suddenly cuts off. I don't understand how the writer could go into so much detail with the surroundings and physical closeness of Bella and Edward (in the first 300+ pages), yet she could barely write a couple of pages describing how the only major threat against Bella got resolved with everyone coming out alive. I don't know. The book left me unsatisfied. The dialogue was corny (even the ones between the adults), however the writer describes the setting well. I read a couple of chapters a night. People compared this saga to Harry Potter. I'll have to disagree. Unlike Harry Potter, I was not excited about when I'll be reading the next part of this book.

Basically an OK book, but IMO, does not fit the hype it's received.

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