New Moon

New Moon is the second book in the Twilight saga. This one is more adventurous and exciting in my opinion. There is also a movie for this book which is much better than the first movie. I still think this book is better than the movie, though. It starts out with Bella and Edward’s senior year. She’s turning 18 so the Cullens throw a party for her. This great day quickly gets turned upside down.

Alice, Edward’s sister, is excited to throw Bella’s 18^th birthday party for her. It is at the Cullens’ house and starts off great. Then, while Bella is opening one of her presents, she gets a paper cut. Jasper, Edward’s newest vampire brother smells the blood from the paper cut. For newer vampires, it is extremely hard to resist human blood. Of course, Edward knows this and pushes Bella away behind him which knocks her into the wall and fights with Jasper. Bella cuts her arm open from broken glass. Carlisle, Edward’s father, is a doctor and he stitches Bella’s cut up. Watch the video here.

I think Edward made the whole incident worse by pushing her away. He has super strength and it is too easy for him to hurt her. Bella expects to see him at school the next day but he doesn’t show up. Later that day, he’s waiting at her house when she gets home from school.  He takes her into the woods to talk to her, and tells her that he is leaving Forks with his family.

After that, he leaves quickly and she is left in the woods alone. I think it’s incredibly stupid that Edward leaves her there. She gets lost and doesn’t know how to get home so she just stays there and falls asleep. A few hours later, she is being carried back home by Sam Uley. Edward took everything with him that would remind her of him and told her that it would be like he was never there.

She becomes good friends with Jacob, her dad's best friend's son. She doesn't know this but Jacob has a secret too. He's a werewolf. Throughout the rest of the book Bella tries to do dangerous things because she can see Edward when she's being reckless. One day after going cliff diving, Alice goes to her house because she thought Bella had died. Edward read Alice's thoughts and went to the Volturi to ask for death too. The Volturi are the most powerful vampires and that’s where a vampire would go when they have done something wrong. Edward’s plan is to show himself to the humans so the Volturi would kill him. Bella and Alice go to Italy to stop Edward from doing this and after they do Edward decides to stay in Bella’s life. I think Edward should have stayed with Bella in the first place because if he had stayed with her then she wouldn't have chose to do reckless activities. If someone reads this book and likes it, I suggest watching the movie too! Vist this website for extras about New Moon. Visit this website for more information.