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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
| Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2952 reviews
Sales Rank: 5
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0316015849
EAN: 9780316015844
ASIN: 0316015849
Publication Date: September 6, 2006
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Amazon.com Review
The book that started the phenomenon is now available in a deluxe collector's edition! Featuring a ribbon bookmark, cloth cover, ragged edges, new chapter opener designs, and a beautiful protective slipcase, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.BRBRBella 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, Bella'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 Bella, the person Edward holds most dear. BRBRDeeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, EMTwilight/EM captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
Product Description
"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. ''Be very still,'' he whispered, as if I wasn''t already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat. " As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward''s sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer''s writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up)
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 A Strange Affair December 1, 2008
My affair with the Twilight Saga began precisly two days ago when I went to see the recently released movie. Then, being sick the next day, I downloaded the audio book, and, today, on a cold medicine run, I purchased the novel itself and finished it in 1 sitting aprox. 5 min ago.br /br /That being said, this book has its pros and cons. For instance, the exsposition, when it at last came, left few other questions to be remaining, other than "Why Bella?" There are syntax-issues that I'm sure could be cleaned, a hail to Josh Weadon's Buffiverse with the nearby town of Port Angeles that I found more sad then anything else, and a slight problem with the perfection of Edward and the other Cullens in the first half of the novel. Pros, however, are many. It is an intruging novel, with many, many unquie possibilites in the love affair of a "Vegitarian" vampire with an utterly normal teenage girl. While defintatly a teenage girl novel, the story itself is a classic one of forbidden love, a la Adam and Eve more than Romeo and Juliet, with a unique twist that grows more engrossing with each step into the Cullen's world. Nonetheless, I do not foresee this book becoming a classic, although it is a great read, and give it only 3 of 5.
 Awesome!!! December 1, 2008
I began reading the novel(s) shortly after I saw the film. I have since seen the film twice now and I'm deeply fascinated with the overly excited novels. Now this is coming from a person who would rather see movies instead of read. Stephanie's "Twilight" kept me turning page after page. I have since moved on to the next "New Moon" and practically regretting that I'm getting closer to the end of the book. The story between Edward, Bella, and Jacob keeps my heart jumping around and by stomach twirling for the next paragraph. I have found myself staying up later and later becoming sadden because I will have to put the book away and return to it the following night. I have gotten my husband (who also doesn't read) to read the novel and he himself cannot escape the excitement that continues throughout the novel. For all you "bad" raters, this book is not a bad read at all but maybe this just wasn't for you. For the rest of you who want to feel your body reacting to the novel, you'll be wishing you were one of Stephanie's "Twilight" characters yourself. I have since researched the author Stephanie to see what other novels she may write. Please, this novel is worth the read!!!
Twilight December 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book and also the rest of the series. I am re-reading it now. The characters are very well written and are mostly endearing.
 So-So December 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's not what I expected. I am a true vampire book reader and I found this book quite boring and hard to get through. After reading Christine Feehan, LA Banks, Laurel Hamilton and Anne Rice this book cannot even compare. Add to the fact that they are teenagers and there is no vampire erotica to look forward to because they are kids. I am struggling to get through this book andI don't see what all the hype is about. I can't see myself buying the next books in the series because this one is not holding my interest.
Loved it! December 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is such a fun and exciting tale. You will be hooked, so you better buy all 4 of them. The story is enticing. The characters are exciting. This is a great book and definatly worth the read.
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