Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer (Young Adult, Paranormal Romance)

August 2008, Atom
704 pages, Hardback
Personal copy

Themes: vampires, paranormal abilities, prepartions, lots of suspense, a little humour, occasional moderate adult relations, being special, love & friendship

Summary from Atom 

(This is taken from the paperback edition page)

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs.

Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life – first discovered in TWILIGHT, then scattered and torn in NEW MOON and ECLIPSE – seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed . . . forever?

Nayuleska's thoughts

Like the rest of the series Breaking Dawn was mostly a light read. I was surprised a lot because I'd forgotten what happened. I had thought there was much more fighting at the end, but the happy ever after endng matches up well with the character arcs. This gets 8/10 from me.

Find out more about Twilight on Stephanie's website. 

Suggested reading 

Be sure to check where it all began in Twilight