Book 1 - Twilight
This is definitely my favorite book of the entire saga. The story goes that Bella (our heroine), an “unusual, accident-prone” girl moves to the town of Forks. She meets with Edward (the hero) in a class where they’re partnered. Soon she’s unable to get over the mysterious, spellbindingly beautiful Cullen family. By the middle of the book, they profess undying love for each other. Then comes Conflict in the form of James (a tracker vampire) who wants to hunt Bella for the sport. Hero saves heroine and they live happily ever after.
What I really like about the book, is the way it has been written. The language is simple and everyday and the fact that she uses first person (Bella’s point of view) to narrate this story gains extra marks from me. The imagery she evokes is wonderful vivid and dreamy. The characterization is also well done with Bella as the whiny normal human & Edward as this unimaginably beautiful, multitalented vampire. The author also takes a stab at changing vampire myth - burning when out in the sun etc.
This puts most romance books to shame. For me, Edward now joins the league of Rhett Butler & Heath Boscastle.
Bottom-line: This put a smile on my face :) Good for easy, light reading
Book 2 - New Moon
Continuing from the first book, Bella’s love for Edward continues to grow. Only this time around, he decides its time for him to leave and get FAR away from her because of the all trouble she seems to attract because of him. Broken hearted Bella, becomes a zombie, and Jacob Black (introduced in Book 1), along with her dad, decides to help snap her out of it. Jacob’s also got problems of his own - 1. He’s in love with Bella, 2. Sam is forming a weird cult thing that is taking his friends. Soon he realizes that he’s a werewolf and with it, that all the stories/ legends he was told are true - this means that Jacob & Edward are mortal enemies. Towards the end of the book, Edward reappears - he’s on his way to commit suicide because he believes that he cannot exist in a world that has no Bella (who he thinks has died). So Heroine saves Hero and Jacob’s heartbroken but still trying.
Hmmm.. The book didn’t up to the expectations that the predecessor raised. Jacob’s growth as a character is what leaves a mark. He’s warm, funny, strong and expected to be everything that Edward is not. This book, I think, does for Jacob what the first book did for Edward. After reading this one, readers will probably be entrenched firmly in 1 of 2 camps - Edward or Jacob.
Bottom-line: Read at the risk of falling in love with Jacob and finding out that Edward is kinda human and fallible.
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