Twilight

  Hey! Now I’m going to write about each of one of the 4 books in the Twilight Saga starting with the first one. I enjoy reading all of the books because I think they are very exciting. The first book in the saga is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. It was made into a movie on November 21, 2008.

Twilight is about a 17 year old girl named Isabella Swan that lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her mom and her mom’s fiancé, Phil. He is a minor league baseball player so he travels a lot. Bella’s mom stays home with her even though Bella knows she would like to travel with Phil. Bella decides to live with her dad, Charlie Swan, in Forks, Washington; a small and gloomy town. Forks, Washington is a real place and is now a hotspot for Twilight fans. Bella spots the Cullens in the cafeteria at school and is immediately intrigued. Edward is stunningly attractive but he’s also an outsider. They become friends and she falls in love with him but she still can’t figure out why he’s so different. After going to the beach with her friends she hears some stories about “the cold ones”. “The cold ones” are vampires who have sworn off humans; which means they don’t drink human blood, they survive on the blood of animals. Although, they still are not welcome on Indian lands. She’s curious about “the cold ones” so she researches about them on her computer and realizes that Edward and his family are all vampires.

He is also in love with Bella which he considers a delight and a torment. Although he doesn’t drink human blood, he still craves it and her scent makes him want it even more. After a baseball game with the Cullens, three other vampires find them and one of them, James, wants to kill Bella which leads the Cullens to do everything they can to protect her. I enjoyed reading the book so I decided to watch the movie. In most cases, I think the books are better and that is definitely true with this one.  The director did not have much money to make the movie with so it wasn’t as good as I had hoped.  They left a few parts from the book out that I thought was important and so it wasn’t done as well as it should have been. I still think everyone should go watch the movie though. It is important to read the first book if you are planning on reading the rest of the books. If no one reads the first one, the other books will be very confusing, therefore I suggest everyone read Twilight first.