Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 544
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.
Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
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"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)
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 Amazingly Apathetic About Twilight November 20, 2008
E. Northrop (MI)
I picked up Twilight when my daughter brought it home from the library. I'm not sure what all the fuss is about with the pro-Twilighters; it was just okay. I did not feel like I was reading a 'greatest love of all time' type of book.
I did grow weary of the number of times the author described how amazing Bella smelled to Edward, and how many times Edward's beauty was reiterated with cliched terms (Adonis being just one of many).
Although I understand that this is the first book in a series, I was quite underwhelmed with the anti-climactic ending.
 Escape November 20, 2008
Amy (NC)
I loved this book. It was the perfect fun easy intriguing book to read before bed. I had trouble putting it down. I agree with other reviewers that if what you want is a bloody Vampire book this is not your book. This is more about the inner struggle between good and evil, and of course about passion and love. My other favorite books are in the Harry Potter Series and East of Eden. Somehow there is a similiar thread. People keep saying this is a YA book. I am not so sure. I think I can identify with Bella and the way she feels about Edward only because I have 35 years and numerous relationships to look back on. I'll also say I am overly educated and I don't feel this book is "beneath me"-it might just appeal more to a certain personality whatever the age and education.
AMAZINGG!!! November 20, 2008
Pig Pen
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love these books! They're amazing. You have to read them all, no excuses. One of my friends made me read twilight and I'm officially addicted. You don't exactly have to buy the book because these books are everywhere, and you could just get it from the library, but if you love it like I do- you'll want your own copy to read whenever you want.
TEAM EDWARD :)
This book is more for the romantic than the blood-thirsty! November 20, 2008
varoyer (louisiana)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I picked up this book because of the movie trailers. Once I started reading it, I hated to put it down. For me that is the ultimate compliment. If you are looking for a lot of fighting, blood shed and sex, DO NOT buy this book - You will be disappointed. The book even SKIPS OVER the fight scene you see on the movie trailer. (For that I was a little disappointed.)
However, it was written to make the reader feel the characters' love and pain. I must say I certainly did. I guess mostly because in high school I fell deeply in love with a blonde haired, pale-skinned boy. I truely saw fireworks on our first kiss and I felt pain in my heart when we fought or were not together for more than a day. I could relate to Bella in so many ways. I was never graceful or athletic. I was always the smart one who never had much luck with the boys, until the ONE came along. So yes, I believe it is possible to be that crazy and painfully in love with someone, even if (especially if) they are dangerous.
I must admit I feel a little silly for being addicted to this book about high school kids, since I'm a 35 yr old professional mom and all. But at the same time I can still relate to the story because my husband (who was not my high school sweetheart) is a bit dangerous. There is always something SEXY about dangerous men.
Anyway, if you enjoy a good romantic fantasy, I HIGHLY recommend this book. I am about to buy the next in the series.
Terrible, terrible writing, but Meyer knows how to do a plot and do it well. November 20, 2008
Robert P. Beveridge (Cleveland, OH)
Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005)
Okay, so I finally broke down and tasted the Kool-Aid to see what all the fuss was about. And now that I've read Twilight, I'm still not sure, but it did keep me interested enough to get me to read the second book. The prologue is downright awful, exactly the kind of horrid, overdramatic pap I was expecting, but the book did manage to calm down very quickly after that. It never does, however, manage to rise above the level of conventional paranormal romance, and so I'm still confused as to what all the fuss is about.
If you're one of the seven or eight people on the planet who are still unaware of the plot, here's a quick sketch: Bella leaves Phoenix, AZ, and relocates to a small, wet town in Oregon to live with her father. There she encounters the Cullens, especially Edward, with whom she falls in love at first sight (or close enough to it not to matter). This doesn't change when she finds out the Cullens are vampires, Edward included. Surprisingly, however, she finds that Edward seems to be feeling something of the same. All goes along in the mushy bliss-changing-to-despair-and-back-to-bliss-a-score-of-times-a-day, as teen relationships are wont to do, and so Meyer throws a bad vampire into the mix who also finds himself somewhat enchanted by Bella, but with far darker designs. Cue action-thriller storyline.
Twilight is, if you'll pardon the pun, by-the-book paranormal romance that everyone around me is treating like it's the second coming of Romeo and Juliet. Even those who realize the writing is pedestrian at best (and more usually godawful) are entirely hooked. And, I have to admit, I too dove into the second book just as soon as I finished this one; if nothing else, Meyer does know how to keep the pages turning. Which is pretty impressive when your first book is already doorstop-sized and they just keep getting longer after that. Just don't expect good writing and you may find this an enjoyable trip. ***
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