The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer from Little Brown and Company 2005-2008 #50BookPledge my next four books.
Recently I borrowed The Twilight Saga Collection e-book from my local library at the urging of a couple of friends. Since The Twilight Saga is deemed Young Adult fiction I wasn't sure if this was something I'd be interested in, much less enjoy, but I figured it was worth a shot. Ultimately I enjoyed all four of the novels and the consistent format.
Book 1 Twilight
This book could easily stand alone and doesn't require the sequels, however, it is much more complete with them. The book is well written with a very plausible setting that makes you want to keep reading. The main characters as well as the majority of the secondary characters are introduced in this book and are realistic. Based on Twilight Ms. Meyer has set a high standard for the remaining books in the series.
Book 2 New Moon
Picks up exactly where Twilight leaves off so there is no guessing what happened in the months/years in between. The treatment of Chapter 3 when Edward leaves and Bella retreats into herself is well done. The blank months followed up by living on the edge as a very clear definition of the escape. Maybe I'm biased but I love that the couple gets back together and are going to be facing a number of future challenges together.
Book 3 Eclipse
Not a huge fan of Jacob in Eclipse, but I am intrigued by the new developments. I found Eclipse a bit harder to follow, yet it was still a good reading, just required more attention probably because it seemed like it was filling some dead space.
Book 4 Breaking Dawn
A perfect wrap of the series as it ties up a lot of loose ends including the wedding, relationship with the vampires and wolves, etc. I liked the truce between all of the different factions and the developing relationship between the "vegetarian" vampires and the wolves. While the book mainly follows Edward and Bella, there is a fair bit of attention on Renesmee and I would like to see follow up series about her life.
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