Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Like I said before, I'm fairly new to this genre so my current reading history is fairly limited, I hope to change that over the next few months.

So I began reading the Twilight series at the end of October and I havn't stopped since. I'm currently two thirds of the way through eclipse (3rd book) and I hope to finish that today and then I will begin Breaking Dawn tomorrow.

So here is my review for Twilight...

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series is aimed and marketed for teenage girls, but please don't let that put you off. I was lucky enough to be completely oblivious to the hype of these books and the upcoming film, (not yet released here in the UK) which I am now very glad about. I began the book with no expectations and I have to say I was completely blown away.

Although I'm now 23 and very much past the naive passion associated with first love, I found myself being carried away back to the memories of young love. For me the romance is the biggest strength of the book, I allowed myself to feel like a 16-year old again. The book is written from the perspective of the leading female, Bella, who I found had many similarities to myself. I think this is another reason the book has been so popular with teenage girls. Bella is a plain Jane who has no desire to fall in love until she meets Edward. I think this is true for most girls, you don't understand or have any desire for love until you find it, and when you do it hits you like a ton of bricks.

Edward Cullen, the subject of Bella's desire is mysterious and good-looking and above all he is a perfect gentlemen. In the real world, most girls are just not destined to meet an Edward but this book allows you to escape to the world where he does exist. Another thing I enjoyed about this book is that the story is very much centered around Bella and Edward and there are no sub-plots at all which means everytime you pick up this book you are indulging in the forbidden and passionate love of Edward and Bella with enough action and tension to hold the interests of those readers who are not so romantically inclined.

The only downside to this book is that it ends. Luckily I had three more books to follow!