| Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2850 reviews
Sales Rank: 4
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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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.
Bella 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.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
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"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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 Twilight November 23, 2008
This is one of the best books I have ever read. It it a story of first love set in the most impossible of places with the world's most unavailable guy. The banter between the characters and the power of new love make this book great. I would recommend it to anyone.
 Ick. November 23, 2008
I'll give Twilight this: it keeps you reading. But in a way that you want to just know how it ends and never touch it again. The way she describes the vampire Edward is just TOO MUCH! And Bella doesn't have a personality of her own, she's just too dependent on Edward. Plus Ms. Meyer, the author, did not give Bella any flaws. This book is DUMB.
Great Read! November 23, 2008
I never would have believed that a story about vampires could be so rivitting. Fabulous story.
 Popular Item November 23, 2008
Twilight is not the best vampire story I've ever read, but I can see why it's so popular.
The concept is great, the story-line is good, the writing is OK. I enjoyed the book.
And if you want to be plugged in to What's Happening In Teen Culture, definitely worth the read.
I'd buy it used if you can get it.
Twilight Addiction November 23, 2008
Nobody warned me that this book (and series) was so addicting! I fell in love with the book immediately, and read through it in a matter of hours. The best thing about the book is you could be any age and probably enjoy it. I am NOT a teen, I am a mother of two and over 28 years old, but I see women older than me discussing this book and buying it! The author does a fabulous job of drawing you into the story, grabbing you and not letting go. Good luck trying to put this one down.
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