Book Review: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Alright, so I totally fell in love with Bella and Edward in Twilight, but this book dragged a bit for me. I don't know if Meyer wanted us to feel the frustrations of Bella in this book, but I totally felt that way. It wasn't until a few chapters rolled by that I really started enjoying the book. She did introduce Jacob into Bella's life, which was very interesting. They are developing a great friendship and trust ,which I find very cute. Being that Bella is such a klutz, she turned into quite the daredevil too. It was a good introduction to all the crazy things that will probably be coming up in the future books. So let's see how this turns out.

Synopsis
Bella has been going out with her vampire boyfriend Edward for six blissfully happy months. The only thing that worries her is his steadfast refusal to even consider making her into a vampire like him. As the day of her eighteenth birthday rolls around she feels less than happy because she is now older than Edward, who will never age past seventeen.
To celebrate her birthday Edward takes Bella to a birthday party at his family home but when a stupid accident that leaves Bella covered in blood and nearly triggers a feeding frenzy in Jasper, Edward’s brother, the party falls somewhat flat.
Edward suddenly becomes more distant towards to Bella and finally he tells her that he and his family are leaving Forks, to never return, and he no longer wants to see her.
Edward is Bella’s whole world and his abandonment is a harsh blow. Her whole world falls apart and as she becomes withdrawn from the world she soon loses most of her friends becoming even more isolated and lonely.
When she does something dangerous she starts hallucinating and thinks she can hear Edward telling her not to do anything stupid and to be more careful. This leads to a whole new range of interests for Bella including learning to ride a motorbike and cliff diving because she feels that he is still with her at those times. Her old friend Jacob Black becomes her partner in crime, fixing up her motorbike for her and teaching her to ride it. Although the pain of Edward’s departure never leaves Bella, Jacob soon becomes her best friend and he helps to fill some of the voids in her life.
Jacob himself is no ordinary boy and soon Bella discovers that part of his Quileute heritage is to be cursed to be a werewolf. Certain members of the tribe turn into werewolves in their teenage years in response to the presence of vampires. Werewolves and vampires are natural enemies and the enmity runs deep on both sides.
Alice returns to Forks and although she brings no news of Edward with her, her extraordinary gift of being able to see the future soon tells her that Edward is heading on a path of self destruction that only Bella can advert. But will Bella be in time to stop the tragedy?

Book Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

One day I was listening to Y100 and they were talking about this book and how good it was when they read it, so of course I picked it up. Trust me, I was not disappointed, especially when I found out it was a series book and I completely love a good series.
Stephenie Meyer really changed up the way vampires are viewed by giving them different characteristics than the ones that we are used to. There is so much passion and love in this book and I really enjoyed reading it. Never mind that this book was written for High School students, adults can definitely enjoy it too.


So if you're into Vampires by all means pick this book up. Even if you're not into them, you should still pick this book up. And guess what? They are making a movie for this book and it will be coming out this November. So if you like to read books before watching a movie about them (e.g. Harry Potter), I would suggest you get a move on.

Synopsis
When seventeen year-old Bella Swan leaves sunny Arizona to live with her father in the small and gloomy Pacific North-West town of Forks she doesn’t expect to like it. After all she has made excuses not to go there enough times over the past few years. If living in Forks, with its constant mist and rain, wasn’t bad enough she will have to make a whole new set of friends and settle into a new school.
Bella soon makes some new friends at school but when she sees a boy called Edward Cullen sitting with his brothers and sisters in the cafeteria she is instantly intrigued. Edward is stunningly attractive, almost inhumanly beautiful, and yet he is an outsider too. Although Edward and his family have lived in Forks for two years they have never really been accepted by the townsfolk.
At first Edward is aloof, sometimes it almost seems like he can’t stand to be in the same room as her, but eventually they strike up an unlikely friendship. Even as Bella falls hopelessly and irrevocably in love with Edward, she still can’t work out exactly what makes him so different to everyone else.
On a trip to the beach, Bella is told of the local legend about the “cold ones”, a group of blood drinkers who have sworn off hunting humans but are still not welcome on Indian land because vampires are not to be trusted. Realising Edward is vampire changes nothing for Bella, she knows that she still loves him even if he’s not human.
Edward and his whole family are vampires. Edward himself was made a vampire when he was seventeen years-old, although that was at the end of World War I. For Edward his love for Bella is both a delight and a torment. A delight because she is the first person he has loved since he was made a vampire. A torment because although he has sworn off human blood and only hunts animals the craving for human blood never truly leaves him and the very scent of her also stirs his hunger for blood…. (http://www.lovevampires.com/smtwilight.html)

I have neglected you guys!!!!

So sorry to have neglected everyone, but I will try to be better. I have two new posts coming up so here we go!