Twilight
by Stephenie Meyer

Little Brown and Co., 2006, 498 pp, $19.99
ISBN 978-0-316-1617-9

A good book with both vampires and true love is a hard book to find. But thanks to Stephenie Meyer you find this in Twilight with much, much more. 

The story starts in the new girl Bella Swan’s eyes; she is an uncoordinated and selfless human who is a magnet to bad uncontrollable incidents. Bella tries to be independent but she really needs to find someone who can take care of her and love her in a way she has never felt before. She meets Edward Cullen, the immortal, who is in a constant battle of following his feelings or letting his instincts take over. Edward struggles with the pain of following his heart without triggering his “bad guy” side. To Bella, Edward is perfect though he can never get himself to believe that, he sees himself as a monster that he could never be the “good guy.” The two characters are a perfect match and fall in love. But to make their relationship work there has to be the everlasting risk of losing a life. The two together find themselves in many problematic events, yet each has to face their own hard decisions.  

Meyer wrote Twilight through Bella’s eyes showing you her innocence and her passion for the forbidden A.K.A. Edward Cullen the gorgeous sparkling boy. Even through Bella’s eyes you can still see clearly into the other character’s emotions. You see that Edward becomes a protectionist and the he always has the need to keep Bella safe. But you can also see the difficulty that he has to face just by being with her. When Meyer shows you an event in the book, you feel like you are really there, from the action to the sweet love moments. Being through Bella’s eyes you feel what she is experiencing, sometimes making you hate how she feels or completely agreeing with what is going through her mind. Being a girl I can understand many of her human emotions about guys or just her plain bad days. Her feelings reflect off of what a lot of girls her age experience. 

Meyer starts off the Twilight saga by doing an amazing job of taking a horrific lifestyle and making you see the love inside it. She designs each character with special characteristics that are unique and you learn a lot more about each one as the story progresses. Through her memorable characters she teaches you that love can test your levels to the extreme but that it can always win in the end.  

I would recommend this book for every preteen and teenage girls and women who enjoy a good love story and who wouldn’t mind some action or drama. When I was finished withTwilight I was craving more and I have yet to meet someone who simply hated the book. Many people agree with me that Meyer’s writing style is addictive you start reading the first chapter and she already had you hooked. I find myself rereading my favorite parts whenever I get my hands on it and I think you would do the same once you have read it. I would recommend that you read the whole series if you really like it, because Twilight is just the beginning.

~ reviewed by Ari