Product Description

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 ...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 608 pages

Review
'The sexiest vampire tale for years arrived in Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT, about teenage Bella's chaste romance with a beautiful vampire boy. Their intensely erotic feelings are endangered by more predatory types. Guaranteed to suck in sulky 13+ girls for

All is not well between demon-magnet Bella and Edward Cullen, her vampire Romeo. An innocent papercut at Edward's house puts Bella in grave danger when various members of the Cullen family can barely resist their hunger at the smell of blood. The Cullens promptly leave town, afraid of endangering Edward's beloved, and Bella sinks into an overwhelming depression. Months later, she finally emerges from her funk to rebuild her life, focusing on her friendship with besotted teen Jacob from the reservation. Bella's unhealthy enthrallment to Edward leads her into dangerous and self-destructive behavior despite her new friends, and supernatural complications are bound to reappear. Bella's being hunted by an evil vampire, and Jacob's adolescent male rage turns out to be incipient lycanthropy: It seems many Quileute Indians become werewolves in the presence of vampires, their natural enemies. Psychic miscommunications and angst-ridden dramatic gestures lead to an exciting page-turner of a conclusion drenched in the best of Gothic romantic excess. Despite Bella's flat and obsessive personality, this tale of tortured demon lovers entices. (Fantasy. 13-16) (Kirkus Reviews)

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 ...

About the Author
Stephenie Meyer is a 30-year-old mother of three children based in Arizona. TWILIGHT was her first novel.

Customer Reviews

Really Enjoyable.
Having read Twilight I was excited about reading 'New Moon'. I couldn't wait to get started. Like Twilight I found this book easy to get into and fast paced in most places, although there was a section of the book I found a bit slow and wanted to get it over with. That section for me was when Alice enters. Also there are parts in the book where Bella seems really immature, but then I have to remind myself that she's only supposed to be a teenager in the book, just a kid.

As I was reading the book I guessed about the whole Jacob thing, it was pretty predictable but I enjoyed it. I did feel sad for Jacob but I really missed Edward the most. It was well worth it though when he made his appearance in the book.

Near the end of this book I was smiling all the way through it, I wanted to scream do it!!! But what and with whom to do it with, is for you to find out. :)

Overall, I really enjoyed this book, it's not as good as Twilight but still very enjoyable.

Like a giant chocolate cake...
...in that it may taste good while you're eating it, but, boy howdy, do you feel sick afterwards!
As I've written in a previous review, I was captivated by Twilight, somewhat against my will, I might add. I was fully aware the book was, to put it bluntly, utter garbage, but I enjoyed it none the less. What a shame I decided to pursue the rest of the series.
The plot in a nutshell is this: Edward leaves Bella (for a reason so convoluted and cock-a-mammie I can't even remember it now - something along the lines of 'I'm bad for you, my darling, so me and my whole family are uprooting. Goodbye for ever'. I see.....) and poor Miss Swan must try to get over her undead lover. However, all is not as it seems of course, and we get one geriatric plot device after the other thrown at us. The one positive in the book is Jacob Black - a character later so tragically mangled by Meyer, who was presumably horrified with how much more popular this believable young man was in comparison with one-dimensional necromantic Edward. The relationship between Bella and her own 'personal sun' Jacob is the plus point of this book. Their growing friendship is easily as charming as Bella and Edwards' burgeoning romance.
Unfortunately, this is where the good stuff ends. I am not sure what message Meyer was trying to convey to her fans but I am not sure that it's an especially healthy one. When Edward leaves Bella the result is catastrophic. The poor little petal is left 'catatonic' by his desertion - so catatonic, in fact, that she misses four whole months of her life, which are oh-so-significantly portrayed by pages that are starkly empty except for the name of the month. Swoon. How symbolic! That, or Meyer simply did not (and does not, I dare say) have the talent to adequately portray realistic hysteria. 'The Turn of the Screw' this ain't.
Once hormonal Bella has finally pulled herself together sufficiently to stagger out of the house, she begins throwing herself into life-threatening situations in order to hear Edward's voice. I wish I was joking, but I'm not. Motorcycling, cliff-diving and walking up to a group of potential rapists are all orders the day, so Bella can be hallucinatorily rebuked by her lost love. Please. Is this really what we want to tell teenage girls? Let's face it, teenage girls usually fall fast and hard for numerous suitors throughout their troubled years (no insult intended ladies, please, I'm thinking of you!) and making a teenage break-up into such a horrendous outpouring of grief is downright dangerous. Yes, you may argue that 'this is no ordinary relationship! Edward and Bella are soul-mates!' and you may well be right. But it is a moot point. There should be some realistic and morally uplifting portrayal of feelings without resorting to suicidal chest-beating, and this book face-plants in its own self-pity. Even delightfully amber-eyed Edward is not so appealing on a second reading. There isn't much he can do, apart from look pretty and robustly rescue his club-footed princess.He's a cross between an Alexander McQueen model and someone from a real-ale commercial.
This book is a shameful continuation of the pleasing Twilight, and along with boring Eclipse and emetic Breaking Dawn, is best avoided.

Fabulous! Fabulous! Fabulous!
I found this book more compelling than the first which was astonishing because I was thoroughly gripped by that one! I was never bored for one moment, each page was enjoyable and I was always excited to get to the next page, rare for a book to do this for me!

I love the characters too, they are built and described in such a way that you can't help but like them. The love affair between Edward and Bella reminds me what young first love was like and that is sweet in itself.

A great book and I am now half way through Eclipse!!!