Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn is the fourth and currently final book in the Twilight Saga written by Stephenie Meyer. I say currently as although this book does have a definite ending, like all good money spinners I am sure there is a way more could be written at a later date as either prequels or sequels! Also I have heard rumours of a further book being partly leaked already. And Tesco’s are already selling books about ‘The Real Forks’ and the such, including a documentary type DVD about the town and surrounding areas!

As this book is the last in a series please do not read this review if you intend to read the other books as it may give away some of the plots from the previous books, and I really don’t want to spoil the end of the other books for anyone.

The Book
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The book is mainly black with the red and white colour coming from some chess pieces on a chess board on the front (I think it’s a queen and a pawn but I’m not 100% sure on that!). This book is noticeably ticker than the three proceeding books.

This book is currently only available in hardback, but I would imagine that the paperback will follow shortly.

The Story
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This is the final part in the story of Bella and Edward, and starts off where Eclipse left off. It starts with the wedding of Bella and Edward and their romantic honeymoon which follows.

Bella decides that maybe she would like some more time as a human before Edward comes good with his promise to make her immortal by turning her into a vampire. However, before Edward is able to properly decide when the right time would be to turn Bella into a vampire, things take an unexpected twist.

Will Edward be able to turn Bella into a vampire at all? And will the Volturi have a reason to come and visit sooner than expected?

At the back of the book is a very helpful list of all the vampires that we have met throughout the saga and who they are linked with as partners and families, those that have special powers and also includes those that have died!

My opinions
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This is by far my favourite of all the Twilight books. A few of my friends warned me that this book does drag a little and that the ending is a little weak. But to be honest I found this book just as gripping as the first book, Twilight, and it was the ending that I really had been hoping for so I was very pleased!

This book I found to be slightly more gory than the others even though it was not quite as action packed. If you are squeamish about blood then I guess you wouldn’t be reading a vampire story, but they do take it up a notch, so be warned! And don’t read this book while you are eating! Although having said this I kind of forgot at times that this story was about vampires as to me it is one of the best love stories I have read for ages!

This book is slightly different form the first three where we only see things from Bella’s perspective, however in this book we are treated to a few chapters from Jacob’s perspective, which was a nice change and I did eventually get used to Jacob talking about himself, at first I got confused at why Bella was turning into a wolf!

The only complaint I had about this book is small, after so much sexual tension is built up between Bella and Edward, spanning over the first three books, I was hoping that after they were married there would be a fantastic sex scene to really get your teeth into, however as soon as it starts to get slightly risqué Stephenie seems to loose interest and then picks up the story in the aftermath. I found this frustrating, but seeing as how these books are supposedly aimed at teenagers I guess I can let her off!

Again the book is broken up into quite a few chapters which makes it easy to put down after just a few chapters if you have stronger will power than me! The language used was easy to read and overall very well written.

Would I recommend this book
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This book refers to so much that happened in the past that I don’t think you could read this book and understand it without reading the previous 3 books, I would recommend starting at the beginning and working your way through.

If you have read and enjoyed the previous books then this is a must to tie up all the loose ends and to see if there is a happily ever after. Again this book is more gory than the first two, so anyone younger than a teen my be a little upset by the descriptions used, and there is a sense of dread in this book much more so than in the others.

Overall I have been so impressed with Stephenie Meyer and the way she is able to write such a compelling story, and I am slightly sad that I don’t have any more in the Edward and Bella story to read, at least I feel that the ending is quite final and I don’t feel like she has left anything out. I can see why the films have done so well as the story is fantastic, but in my opinion a film could never do these books the justice they deserve.

I’m not the sort of person to read a book twice as I feel that there are so many great books out there that I only have time to read each book once, however I am really trying my hardest not to go out and buy my own copies so that I can read the complete set through again as I am sure that they would be great to read a second or third time. Once the price of these books has come down I will buy my own set, but perhaps try not to read all of them in less than 2 weeks! It got to the point where if I wasn’t reading one of the books I spent my time thinking about the books, and have done for a while since finishing them. The Twilight Saga deserves way more than 5 stars!

Bookish bits
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Hardback version
702 pages
ISBN 978-1-905654-28-4
Price £14.99 (Amazon and all the other sites will have it cheaper I am sure)
Published by Atom in 2008, reprinted 24 times since then!

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