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Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
Category: Book
List Price: $10.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3394 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 544
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.5
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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 Bad writing, so why can't I put it down? January 10, 2009
Okay - I am picky about good writing, and this is not it. But somehow, it's a real page turner. I read this because I have a 13yo son, and all the kids are talking about the books and reading them. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did! The storyline is very teenage-angst. But it's fun for this mom to imagine myself as Bella. Too bad there was no cute vampire admiring my awkwardness back in the day.
 Loved it! January 10, 2009
Alright. I was given this book. I was skeptical. I did not expect to like it.
Well, to my slight embarrassment - I LOVED it!
Sure, it's teens in love - but this a VAMPIRE and a teen in love!
At times I felt silly at how much I enjoyed the syrupy sweet sentiments and over-the-top emotions. But not everything you read has to be WAR & PEACE.
No, this book won't change your life but it will give you something fun to read (and now that it's paperback) for a very reasonable price.
And yes, I have already ordered the 2nd book in the series.
Live a little and add some Twilight to your life.
 A Must Have on Your Shelf January 10, 2009
I absolutely loved this book, and the whole series. I am now finishing Breaking Dawn, and listening to Twilight again on Audio. The love story between Edward and Bella is magical, and there were times I found myself not breathing as I read! This will be a book, and series, that I read over and over again all of my life.
A Twilight Treasure January 10, 2009
The Twilight Collector's Edition book is an enjoyable collective for all fans! It includes a slip case, a new hardcover design, an attached bookmark, new chapter designs, and page zig-zag effects. Not only do you experience the worlwde phenomenon in a more sophisticated way, but you add a legendary item to your collection! There is really a change in the book's expirience, you feel like you are reading Twilight for the first time (if yu've read it before) again! People will adore the way you'll carry the book around for extra protection, and the feeling of having a more exquisite edition feels magnificent! Let's not forget: you receive a computerized copy of Stephenie Meyer's signature at the title page! The story follows seventeen year-old Bella Swan's move from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington, and how she feels an overwhelming attraction to Edward Cullen, a boy whom she realizes is not completely human. A phenomenon it is! So experience the story in a whole new sensation with an edition that is sure to give you satisfaction!
pretty good book.. but lacking January 10, 2009
the night i borrowed this book from my neighbor i started reading it and finished it the next day. i liked it, i got lost in it and i couldn't put it down. isabella swann ( beautiful name), is 17 and she has moved to forks so her mother can be with her new husband. she falls in love with edward, who is a vampire. edward is beautiful and he sparkles. we get that and other verbs describing how perfect he is, but what is missing is bella's personality. what are her goals? what is her talent? can't she at least have some self-esteem? what makes edward fall in love with her? what is it about her other then her blood? some of things in the book are not based on facts. first of all, vampires cannot come out in the day, they don't sparkle, etc. some of the things in this book was unrealistic, but it is a fantasy. if you like damsels in distress, vampires and fantasy. you might like this book.
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