by J.K Citrus

Created on: August 15, 2008

Recently my friends come up to me with a thick novel tucked in their arms. They tell me that this is a book that I absolutely "have to" read. When I asked them what it was about, and they very eagerly answered "vampires", I lost enthusiasm for actually reading it. I wasn't into that category of books, but regardless, I decided to give it a try. Two days and numerous vampire filled pages later I was hooked on these books. I had read all of them in a matter of hours. During those hours I was a character in Bella's life, I lived in her world. The books are told from a teen girl's point of view, Bella, and many can relate to her when she chooses to move to a dreary and rainy place to live with her divorced policeman father. She meets many new people and forms many lifelong (how long is that really in her case?) friendships, and falls head over heels in love with what is perhaps the most interesting person...correction...vampire, in Forks. So what can possibly be the problem here (especially since this family of vampires is "vegetarian" and only drink animal blood)? First of all, although Edward the mind reading vampire returns her love, her love is not enough for him. He thirsts for her blood. Will the yearning to keep Bella alive and years of ignoring this thirst keep him from biting her? Is his love enough? Unfortunately, this isn't the only problem for this young eccentric couple. Vampires don't age and the stubborn Bella can't get her head around the fact that she will be old while her boyfriend stays seventeen forever, she wants to be a vampire. How will she explain that to her family and friends who don't even think that vampires exist? To top it all off, a young werewolf, arch nemesis of vampires and best friend of Bella realizes that he loves her as well. He will do anything in his power to keep Bella from becoming a "bloodsucker" and getting her to fall in love with him instead of Edward. Fantasy is mixed into real life situations in this amazing book, and I'd definitely give it two thumbs up! It's filled with romance, action, rivalry, plotting, and tons more. Some people say that it is the new "Harry Potter" and although I disagree with this since each book is a story of its own (and I am a great fan of Harry Potter), I can certainly say that the Twilight Series by Stephanie Meyer poses competition to J.K Rowling. It is intriguing and very amusing to anyone who decides to pick it up. So all I can say is give it a try. You won't be disappointed!

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