Vampires and stuff

Twilight / Stephenie Meyer (caution, spoilers at this link) is about vampires and stuff.

Bella moves to Folks to live with her father, and starts a new school where she is instantly the new hit thing. Except for Edward, who seems to instantly dislike her (without even speaking to her). From here, things turn interesting for Bella, naturally clumsy she is continually needing rescuing, and it is Edward who comes to her rescue.

From here they fall madly in love, as one expects from their first meeting, and the reader soon find out that Edward is actually a Vampire da, da, dum!

For a first book Twilight is okay, I found the characters strangely compelling, however Meyer's writing style is quite flowery and the amount of description is often over zealous. The time spent inside Bella's head as she continues to admire Edward can become quite frustrating, and you just want her to shut-up. I also find Bella a bit insipid and not very emotionally strong in this book, it would be great if she could grow up.

Having said all that, I really like this book. If you want a love story that has a bit of a twist it is right up there. It is a book for girls essentially, and I don't know any boys that have read it. However, all the teenage girls I know that have read it love it with as much passion as I have. There are two published sequels - and a fourth book in the series is due for release later this year. Well worth a read!