Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #84 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Synopsis
I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. 'Shoot,' I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. 'No!' Edward roared ...Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm - and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning ...

Customer Reviews

Good, but not as good as the last...
I am currently about half way through New Moon, and have noticed that yes, it is obviously the middle book trying to meet with the high praise that Twilight avidly recieved previously. With the absence of Edward and the Cullens, readers as well as Bella now have to lay their affections with the new character Jacob, the mysterious boy who breifly made an appearance in the last book.
I found myself throughout much of the novel just waiting for Edwards return as I somehow knew that this would be able to pick up the pace of it, as so far nothing really significant, exciting or life threatening had happened yet. Bellas character this time around is somewhat detached and so obviously depressed, there were many moments when I got really annoyed at her constant whining and the repeated mentions of the "hole in her chest" from the loss of Edward but I managed to carry on reading with the knowledge that he would hopefully soon turn up!
We find Jacob however the temporary replacement for Edward and despite not rekindling the same passionate relationship that she had with Edward, she manages to make herself content with him and be happy, and this makes a definite change from the first part of the book. After all, Jake isnt a bad character, I just dont think we form as stonger bond with him as we did with Edward and the Cullens in Twilight, as then, she spent practically every waking minute with him and formed a much more sensitive connection with him than she is able to do with Jacob. However, its good that she starts to care about him a bit more and try harder to get over Edward. I also found it quite unfair that having just gotten over her long depression over the loss of Edward, that he has to come back and cause her to start thinking about him again, and then having to end it with Jacob, yeah...soo I felt slightly sorry for her there as he caused her so much pain...:(
so yeah..btw, sorry if this is a bit long and wordy, i get a bit over excited sometimes haha!

What Are You All Talking About!?!?!?!
i think if you say this book is a let down after the first one your crazy. It is easily as good, i think better, than the first one. Unlike the first one this book cuts out one of the main characters of the book Edward for the majority however do not let this put you off, while he is away meyer builds character depth and Isabellas relationships with many people, mainly Jacob Black. I found this book alot more exciting than the first, were as in the first it all went wrong in the end in this book multiple things start going wrong after very little reading starting with Edward leaving. I think meyer developes Isabella beautifully in this book the way she descibes Isabellas sadness is wonderful and very real. All in all this is a fabulous book well worth reading, if you liked the first book you'll love this. P.S whoever said this book was Emo, your an idiot.

Sam Mason

Excellent, but noticably the book in the middle
Bella's birthday party at the home of vampyre-family Cullen makes a disastrous turn when Bella cuts herself on wrapping paper and her beautiful vampyre-boyfriend Edward decides that he and the rest of the Cullens have to skip town.

Of course Bella goes zombie. No, not the supernatural kind, but the depressed, I-lost-the-love-of-my-life kind. She finds solace in the company of Jacob, her Native American friend in La Push. Most of the novel is focussed on Bella and Jacob, who I might add undergoes a hairy transformation. However, don't worry, Edward and the vampyres aren't history. Edward returns during the last part of the book, or actually Bella goes to rescue him.

"New Moon" does quite have the extra umph that "Twilight" did, but having read "Twilight" makes it impossible not to read "New Moon". And I do understand the author's need to let something happen between Bella and Edward. From a writing point of view, the teenage lovebirds living happily ever after isn't a good story. I do, however, find that "New Moon" has one lapse. There is a major jump in the story. No, I am not going to say what it is, but it feels like the story jumps tracks noticable, leaving some plotlines unresolved, which I found unsatisfying after having read approx. 200 pages about them. Hopefully, this will be rectified in "Eclipse".

In short, excellent! But it is noticable that this is the book in the middle.

Louise