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Books : Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) |
List Price: $10.99Amazon.com's Price: $6.04 You Save: $4.95 (45%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780316015844
ISBN: 0316015849
Label: Little, Brown Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: September 06, 2006
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Reading Level: Young Adult
Studio: Little, Brown Young Readers
Sales Rank: 3
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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)
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.
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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Brainstorms
I read the entire Twilight series after fans kept telling me that my song "Edward" reminded them of the book(s). I think "Twilight" is a fun, subtly sexy read. And Edward is indeed a lovable character! If you agree, you might enjoy my song too, so hopefully you'll check it out ;o)
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So I'm sure I won't say anything that hasn't been said yet. This book was kind of addicting, considering that I read it in about 24 hours and it kept me from studying for a college final. Having said that, it has a million problems that I'm sure people have pointed out before. Infallible, one dimensional characters, utter corniness thrown from every direction, and a romance without a single kink in it or anything to make it all that interesting after it develops, which takes all of ten minutes. In ... Read More
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In Twilight, Stephanie Meyer engrosses readers with the atypical love story of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen. At the beginning of the novel, Bella reluctantly decides to live with her father in the small, rainy town of Forks while she completes her last two years of high school, so that her mother will be free to travel with her new basketball-playing husband. When Bella starts school she is surprised when after previously being a social outcast, she is the center of attention. Everyone seems ... Read More
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nothing like a mormon to do what's been done before. is there anything new here? no no and no. and if a mormon can write about bloodsucking sex, then maybe the mormon church shouldn't be hating on the guy who created the mormon missionary calendar.
however, that said, mormons are a lot like mormons, sucking off society and taking credit for everything that's already been created, said and done. one review i read said that this book upheld "mormon values." ok, great. so comparing mormons to ... Read More
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I thought that I was done with vampires after Buffy but boy was I wrong! This series has quickly become one of my favorites and it seems like I never put one of the books down. I always have at least one book from the series on me! Great job and please write that 5th book. Just because people are jerks doesn't mean the rest of us have to be punished by with holding the greatness of this series!
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