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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Tempting Forbidden Fruit
Jenna Hathaway

So many stories have explored the forbidden relationship route, that it has become a classic. Romeo and Juliet is probably one of the most well-known examples of this. Twilight takes forbidden love to a whole new level by adding fictional creatures of the night into the mix. Our hero and heroine are Edward Cullen and Isabella Swan, a vampire and a human. As you probably can already guess, they fall in love with each other, truly, deeply, in a soul-mate kind of way...as in they couldn't live without each other! See the problem already? Obviously, they cannot be together. Or can they?

Twilight isn't a stand-alone book; it's part of a sort of saga, which currently has three books. The fourth is scheduled to come out next year. But this issue, we'll only talk about the book that started it all. In this first book, we are introduced to Bella, the book's narrator, for the first time. She has just moved from sunny Phoenix, Arizona, to rainy Forks, Washington, where her life will be changed forever. It all starts on the first day of school. The beautiful Cullen daughters and sons pique her curiosity at once, but it's the youngest brother, Edward, who really catches her eye. Although their first contact is rather hostile, he soon starts becoming her personal superhero; he always happens to be in the right place and at the right time to save her life. She can't help wondering what secret he's been keeping from her, and won't rest until she finds out the truth.

She finds out the truth, alright, but it isn't quite what she had expected. Still, at around the same time she figures out what exactly he is, she also realizes that she is deeply in love with him. It doesn't matter that it's an impossible relationship; what matters is being together, even though every time he comes near her, he has to resist his natural instincts to kill her. And so their journey begins. The first danger looms above them already, and it is only the start of all the dangerous twists and turns they are about to encounter, the consequences of being unable to resist temptation.

Twilight is a modern-day vampire romance book, and it is told in easily flowing narration. You can enjoy it without having to think too much about what it's trying to say, and it is definitely intoxicating. I have to advise all those who aren't really into mushy love stories to stay away, however, because Twilight's got it bad. I'm a hopeless romantic myself, and even I sometimes cringe at the lovey-dovey scenes. I have no problem with true love declarations, as I'm a believer in soul mates as well, and I know it will feel like you can't live without each other when that happens, but sometimes Twilight seems to have the tendency to go just a little bit overboard. Bella and Edward didn't only ride to school together, spend every waking moment together there, and go back home still in the same car, but Edward also has to stay in Bella's room when she sleeps, which, in my opinion, is just too much. Surely even soul mates need their own time from each other once in a while? Well, not Bella and Edward, it seems.

In any case, it's still an enjoyable book. The supporting characters are very interesting, especially the other members of the Cullen family. Alice Cullen, in particular, is almost everyone's favorite, and that's not even including the fact that she's psychic. But let's not have me pouring all the interesting facts here, because then you won't bother to read it yourself. There are still a lot more things you'll love to discover in this book, so why don't you get yourself a copy now and make sure you don't miss what the hype's all about?

The book review graphic has been provided by Ireth Halliwell.

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