Hi BRIO Book Club readers. My name is Sara and every week I will contribute reviews on the BRIO Book Club blog about the latest bestsellers. In anticipation of the upcoming release of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, I chose to review Twilight. This is the first in a series of four books by the prolific author. Check back next week for New Moon-the sequel to Twilight.
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
It has spent months on the New York Times Bestseller list, Amazon declared it the best Book of the Decade, and Publisher’s Weekly called it the Best Book of the Year.
This unassuming young adult book about young love has captivated the world. It is a phenomenon not seen since a young woman in a London coffee shop penned a story about a boy named Harry.
The story takes place in rainy, dreary Forks, Washington. Isabella Swan is moving to Forks to live with her father. Bella does not like Forks: she bemoans the lack of sun, the landscape being “too green,” and the fact that everyone seems to be staring at her. She is bored. But Bella’s life is about to become much more exciting when a boy named Edward takes an instant dislike to her. Bella is confused yet intrigued.
The emotion Bella construes as hate is actually passion. Edward does not hate Bella. He desires her; but it is not a passionate love but a passionate desire to taste her. The desire is so great; Edward forces himself to stay away from Bella. But for reasons he does not understand, Edward saves Bella’s life when he stops a runaway truck with his bare hands. Bella is fascinated. She does not know what Edward is but she is determined to find out. Bella Swan’s life becomes a journey to discover the truth about a boy who has superhuman strength and seems to desire nothing but to taste her blood.
Twilight takes the reader on a young girl’s journey to find true love and come to terms with a secret that may make her question everything she holds dear.
What follows is a rip-roaring, suspenseful page-turner guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. Readers will not be disappointed. In fact, with fan sites blogging about the characters, two sequels on the market and a fourth book due out August 2; Twilight fans are never at a loss for news.
So welcome to Forks. Prepare for the ride of your life.
The author discussing the book on YouTube:
Talking about her making of the movie at my home town place - the Mall of America in Minnesota:
