The story begins with Bella moving to Forks to live with her father. She has been living in Arizona with her mom and step dad and they are planning on traveling because Phil (Bella’s stepfather) is a minor league baseball player. You can tell that she has never had a close relationship with her father but she learns to adapt to his bachelor ways. She enrolls in school and makes new friends but she is curious about the Cullen’s, who never socialize with anyone else but themselves. She meets Edward Cullen in her Biology class but he freaks out and wants to get his classes switched however that will not be possible. Bella is furious initially but as she learns more from a friend on the Indian reservation in La Push, she begins to piece together all the clues. After time passes she and Edward fall in love which is not such a good idea considering he is a vampire. The story takes through the abnormal struggles of being in love with a vampire. Initially some of the Cullen’s mainly Rosalie is not happy with the choice of girl friends. Other vampires come into the area and realize they are befriending a mortal human which leads to conflict. A tracker named James hunts for Bella which the family creates diversions and in the end kills one of their own kinds for Bella. The book does but a whole new twist on vampires in a 21st century way. The Cullen’s are not dangerous they are what are considered vegetarians; they only eat animal blood not human. The family is known as a Covent of vampires that are similar. The book is a young adult fantasy romance novel, I must say however many adults are reading this series as well. There have been some objections to the book just because it is a vampire book but it is an excellent read. It was a thriller and a page turner. While reading the book along with the series I could not seem to put it down. I was curious about the movie therefore I watched it I was a little disappointed because the book was so vivid and the movie was not. The movie left many inspiring details out and the characters just did not match my imagination. I was also interested in what the apple on the cover of twilight stood for so I looked that up and Stephanie Myer explains that it is an example of the forbidden fruit, the analogy is interesting because Bella is the forbidden fruit of Edward. This book is the first in a series of four and New Moon follows Twilight. This has been the best series for children/young adults since Harry Potter in my opinion.
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