The Twilight Novel by Stephanie Meyer

The Twilight Novel, written by Stephanie Meyer after a very realistic dream, is a hit. And it’s a hit across the age lines that usually decide if a book is for kids or adults. Tweens, teens, and moms alike are drawn to the first novel of the Twilight Saga like a moths is drawn to the flame. They are also drawn to the second, third and fourth books too. This new writer had such a realistic dream, that she woke up and began to put together this long, but compelling, story about a vampire, Edward Cullen, and his human soul mate, Bella Swan. Within months, her book was picked up by a publisher and once it hit the bookstore shelves it was an instant hit.

One of the most famous lines from the book is from Bella. She states three things she knows: “About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him, and I didn’t know how dominant that part might be, that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” The first time I read it, my heart skipped a beat and I knew I was hooked on Twilight the same way Edward and Bella are hooked on each other. I am an obsessed Bella and Edward fan. I am on Team Edward! Sorry, Jacob.

I bought the Twilight Novel on a Sunday night. I picked it up because I didn’t see anything I really wanted to read and had heard some rumblings about the popularity of the book. I like SciFi so I knew I would enjoy the story about a vampire/human romance. I read the Kelley Armstrong, Kay Hooper and Kim Harrison books, so witches, vamps and weres are not new to me. Neither are psychics and their powers…I like them and I like vampires and werewolves.

When I got home and began to read the first novel of the Saga, I knew immediately I was in trouble. I only bought the first book. By the time I finished the book on Monday, I had already gone back to Barnes and Noble and purchased a copy of New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. There was no way I could finish Twilight and not have the next of the Saga, New Moon, to begin reading right away.

I am a fast reader, I read the entire Saga in 6 days and on the 7th day, I thought about resting, instead I began to re-read Twilight. Usually, I do not re-read a book as soon as I have finished it. What’s the attraction? I am not sure, but obsessed is a good word for it. This novel is to the reader, like Bella’s blood is to Edward. Like oxygen is to humans, once this phenomenon hits you, it’s almost as though you have no control and it becomes necessary to you. I’ve been struck by Twilightning. It’s not a bad thing. I, of course, own all the books, an Edward bookmark, the director’s view of making the movie, the soundtrack and the DVD. In my spare time I bake Twilight cakes and cupcakes. That’s cupcakes and cakes with pictures of the movie cast and symbols on them and there’s also a delicious recipe for Vampire Cupcakes I like to use.

Don’t you think it’s funny that Stephen King said Stephanie Meyer couldn’t write. There is an attraction to her words that I like…her phrases and sentences seem to reach deep into my soul. Some of the verses in the Twilight Novel will stay with me forever, and will always take a little bit of my breath away when I hear them. I also like how she referenced Withering Heights in her novel, because that has long been another favorite of mine.

Stephanie wrote the story around the relationship between Edward and Bella, but she gave us the Cullen Clan as well. I really like these vampires! I feel like I know each character. I want to hang out with Alice and Jasper, my favorites next to Bella and Edward. I want to know Rosalie and Emmett, and want to be adopted by Esme and Carlisle. The Cullen’s and their kind are fangless vampires. That’s new to all of us. We are used to seeing teeth more like Count Dracula’s than Edward Cullen’s. A vegetarian vampire is also a new concept for us to swallow…but we do, and we admire the “souls” we have found within the Cullen’s. We recognize their struggle to do what is right, when everything around them is wrong. After all, isn’t that something we all can relate to. We all make choices everyday, though most of ours are easier than the one the Cullen’s are faced with.

A strange thing we are now seeing, is how the Twilight Novel can affect one person so strongly, and the next, not at all. Do you have friends or relatives, who after reading one or all of the Saga, just said, “It was okay.” My sister is still reading the books and it took her weeks (like 5 or 6) to get through the first one. It’s been months and she is not yet finished with the second, New Moon. How can two people with similar tastes and reading preferences, be so far apart in their opinions of the Stephanie Meyer Saga? I guess I am more of a romantic, and just a little bit more sensitive than she is, LOL!

The Twilight Novel by Stephanie Meyer