by Stephenie Meyer
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Editorial ReviewTo be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation , loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the date of two tribes hangs.
Now Bella has made her decision; a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life--first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?
The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic. Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella's story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bella's latest opportunity for self-sacrifice: giving her life for someone she loves even more than Edward. How close she comes to actually making that sacrifice is questionable, which is a big shift from the earlier books. Even though you knew Bella would make it through somehow, the threats to her life, and to her relationship with Edward, had previously always felt real. It's as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in New Moon, and the pain Jacob suffered at losing Bella again and again, are the fire and the heart that drive the whole series. Diehard fans will stick with Bella, Edward, and Jacob for as many twists and turns as possible, but after most of the characters get what they want with little sacrifice, some readers may have a harder time caring what happens next. (Ages 12 and up) --Heidi Broadhead
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- Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
- Wonderful Conclusion to an epic tale!
I'm astounded at the people making negative comments at the conclusion to this saga. I hadn't heard of the books til the movie hype. I saw the movie and began to read. The writer creates a wonderland of fantasy in the real world. The final book has amazing moments. Sacrifice? Bella preparing for Nessie and Jacob to escape as they believe they would die? Alice and Jas abandoning(?) them all in their greatest need. The clumsy and awkward beauty (Bella) surprising everyone by adapting to the power and grace of... more info
- good
I got the last three Twilight books bundled together. They arrived when they were supposed to and all of the books where in awesome condition.
- Breaking Dawn
I read the reviews before I read the final book and was worried that I would be dissappointed. I am happy to say that I was not. I love the book and didn't feel at all that it was rushed. In one review someone made a comment that Bella gets everything she wants. Isn't that how a fictional love story should end?? I mean really, we all know real life doesn't always have a happy ending, so why can't we at least have that in the books we read. I love all four books and was just sorry they had to end.
- Best one next to Twilight!!! Spoiler!!
I never thought I would get this wrapped up in a series of books. I picked them up and haven't put them down. I could not have been happier than the way this book ended the saga. For Bella to become a vampire, still be able to include her new and old family, and have Jacob in her life without the complications is more than I could've hoped for. A little weird at first but I think it worked out nice. I knew that Bella and Edward were going to be together so I'm glad that Jacob got what he was looking for... more info
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