First Book - Twilight
Monday, October 12, 2009I love to read those quotes :
"About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second there was a part of him- and I didn't know how dominant that part might be- that thirsted my blood. And, third, I was unconditionally, and irrevocably in love with him".
I’ve never been in love with a vampire before, so why do I feel like I have? It seems I am yet another victim of American author Stephenie Meyer. Her weapon of choice? Her debut novel, Twilight, a sensual, inspired, young adult romance, has been widely described as “a vampire story for people who don’t like vampire stories.”
Bella Swan is an awkward seventeen year old girl, who “makes the cowardly lion look like the terminator.” In the beginning of the novel, Bella lives with her flighty mother Renee, in sunny Phoenix, avoiding any contact with the small, gloomy town of Forks where her father resides and where, “everything that is supposed to be brown is all covered up with squashy green stuff”. It’s not until Renee decides to travel around with her footballer fiancée, that, filled with low expectations and a heavy heart, Bella chooses to move to Forks.
Not everything is as dull as she first anticipated. To her irritation, she becomes fascinated by the inhumanly beautiful Cullen family, especially the youngest, Edward. It doesn’t take long for questions to arise about Edward and his family and it soon becomes apparent that they are particularly good natured vampires. Both of them are aware that the very act of them being in love with one another puts them both in danger, both physically and emotionally, but what they forget is that Edward and his family aren’t always the most dangerous things around.
Upon discovering that author, Stephenie Meyer,I was amazed. Her style of writing is relaxed while channelling all the appropriate emotions, sucking her audience into this beautiful story of true love. It took a particularly vivid dream to pull her away from her household obligations: two young lovers standing in a meadow, the boy, a vampire, the girl, a human, discussing the dangers of their being in love.
Last but not least, Twilight is an extraordinary love story which will stay with you long after you have turned the last page and I love Twilight. Happy reading !
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