New Moon, by Stephanie Meyer – Book Review

New Moon, by Stephanie Meyer –

Fantasy genre

Young Adult reading level

The Plot:

On Isabella “Bella” Swan’s 18th birthday, Edward Cullen, the vampire she loves, and his family throw her a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, she gets a paper cut, which causes Edward’s adopted brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by her blood’s scent and attempt to kill Bella. To protect her, Edward decides to end their relationship, and the Cullens move away from Forks. This leaves Bella heart-broken and depressed.

In the months that follow, Bella learns that thrill-seeking activities, such as motorcycle riding, allow her to “hear” Edward’s voice in her head. She also seeks comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eases her pain over losing Edward. Bella later discovers that Jacob and other tribe members are shape-shifters who assume gigantic wolf forms. Jacob and his pack protect Bella from the vampire Laurent and also Victoria, who seeks revenge for her dead mate, James, whom the Cullens killed in Twilight.

Meanwhile, a series of mis-communications leads Edward to believe that Bella has killed herself. Distraught over her supposed suicide, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi, vampire royalty who are capable of killing him. Alice and Bella rush to Italy to save Edward, arriving just in time to stop him. Before leaving Italy, the Volturi tell Edward that Bella, a human who knows that vampires exist, must either be killed or transformed into a vampire. When they return to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he has always loved her and only left Forks to protect her. She forgives him, and the Cullens vote in favor of Bella being transformed into a vampire, to Edward’s dismay. However, Edward gives Bella a choice: either she lets Carlisle change her after her graduation, or, if Bella agrees to marry him, he will change her himself.

via New Moon (novel) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The Good:

Book two of the Twilight saga, the story really starts to get interesting now. The first time I read these books, I almost quit reading when the Cullens left Forks. But then, after forcing myself to pick the book back up (like ten minutes later) I found that Jacob only made the story more interesting, instead of less, and I quickly became a big Jacob fan. I’d love to see the author come out with supplemental books on Jacob and the rest of the La Push gang.

The Bad:

The ending is a bit anti-climatic.
The Recommendation:

Definitely worth reading, I can’t wait to get my own set of these books, as my sister is wanting hers back.