Twilight (Twilight Saga, #1)

by Stephenie Meyer

Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times).
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn.
Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife -- between desire and danger.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view.
"People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time
"A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times

• ISBN10: 0316007447
• ISBN13: 9780316007443
• Publish Date: 18 July 2007 (first published 27 September 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

As soon as I got home from the book store I idmediatly began to read it and was hooked from page one. I don't know but there's something very intriguing about the whole vampire love thing; and Edward is just so charming and mysterious how can you not fall in love with him? I really enjoyed all the references to Wurthering Heights Bella, who is Edward's mortal girlfriend and is also telling the story from her point of view. Bella representing Cathy who is caught between a love triangle who loves both men but in different ways. Edward plays Heathcliff who is madly in love with Cathy {Bella} and only realizes these feels while they are separated and expresses them when it is almost to late. Jacob, who is Bella's best friend is Linton and while he also loves the girl with a passion and is married to her, it is not reciprocated the way he would have liked-- although in Twilight Bella and Jacob never even date. Sorry, excuse my literary comparisons. Seriously, this is a great novel, Twilight is a book that you just want to bite into.

I debated over adding this review. But I feel it's necessary to warn others about the series as a whole.

I LOVED Twilight. The first book was brilliant - I fell in love. And then she wrote the next one. And that was good. Decent. Not quite what I wanted but it was okay. The third one was pretty average. I struggled to get through it. The last one? What the hell was she thinking? It was like she jumped off a cliff. She threw every crazy idea you could possibly have and honestly left it looking like little more than a parody fanfiction.

Read at your own risk.