My babysitter was horrified when I admitted that I hadn't read Twighlight by Stephenie Meyers. I was assured that it was an "awesome" book and that I had to read it.
As a result, I read the first then the following two books, New Moon and Eclipse. Ah, what a love story. What teenage angst! The mental anguish: Edward or Jacob?!?
"The story 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 sensitivity of Meyer's writing lifts this novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. Although the book is recommended for young adults, aged 12 and older, I think this is more of a teenager novel, and I would suggest 14 years and older.
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