I’d heard a lot about the Twilight Series of books and honestly speaking a teenage vampire love story had me imagining it to be something like Buffy the vampire slayer. So while I did enjoy Angel I was not all that keen to read the books. Then for some unfathomable reason I got irritated when I felt left out in a forum discussion which seemed to revolve around the characters in the book. So I decided to read the books.
And I enjoyed them enough to want to see the movies.
There are four books in all and the first three have already been made into movies.
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
Breaking Dawn
The story is based on the unlikely human-vampire romance of Isabella Swan and Edward Cullen. Bella has moved from Phoenix where her mother has remarried Phil to live in Forks with her father Charlie. The town is small and is part of the Olympic Peninsula which just happens to be the rainiest part of the U.S.
She is a junior in high school and is not exactly the most coordinated person. Tends to be clumsy, falls a lot and hurts herself often. Hates being the center of attention and is an average student. But she has one irresistible charm specially to Edward Cullen…the smell of her blood.
Edward Cullen is a vampire, but with a conscience. The Cullen family is a set of “vegetarian” vampires who do not drink human blood. They do not wish to be monsters and so will sustain themselves only on animal blood of animals that they hunt for themselves. Unfortunately the smell of Bella’s blood makes Edward want to kill her instantly.
As he struggles to control himself he realizes that there is more to Bella than her delicious smelling blood, he can’t read her mind. This is a special gift that Edward has. Thoughts of everyone around him for a few miles come pouring into his brain unbidden, and while he tries to read Bella’s mind he can not get a single thought. This makes her a puzzle, a challenge and in short totally irresistible to Edward.
And so begins a love story where there seems no possible hope for a future unless Bella is changed into a vampire as well. After all you can hardly kiss the thing that you want to kill. Unfortunately Edward does not want to convert Bella as it feels selfish for him to make her throw away her human life. Her ability to attract trouble makes him act like a guardian angel as he is just too worried that he may lose her.
Naturally there is a whole lot of trouble that finds Bella in all four novels and Edward has a hard time keeping her safe. Throw in the fact that Bella’s best friend is a shape shifter werewolf who is in love with Bella and is the natural enemy of vampires and you have enough emotional turns in the book. Jacob Black is out to convince Bella that she can have a far more human and natural existence with him rather than Edward Cullen, but it seems like he is fighting a loosing battle.
I’d rather not spoil the books for you by talking about plots and places. Just remember that if you enjoyed Harry Potter and felt sympathetic towards Angel (remember Buffy’s Vampire boyfriend?) you will enjoy the Twilight Saga!
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