New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

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Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.

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Missing Edward   September 7, 2008
Rossana Snee (Lakewood, CA USA)
New Moon was very good, especially toward the last third of the book. I didn't enjoy it as much as Twilight, but it was also very good. What I most enjoyed about Twilight was the love storyline between Bella and Edward. In New Moon I missed that, though I understood they were building the Jacob Black character. All in all, I liked New Moon quite a bit and am looking forward to reading Eclipse. For Twilight fans, definitely continue reading on.


Two stars for Jacob Black   September 7, 2008
JLT (TX)
I have just completed New Moon and unfortunately found it to be a dissappointment. I had expected Meyer's writing mechanics and characterization to become stronger as this was her second book but unfortunately, she did not come through. Bella's characterization in this novel makes this story nearly un-readable. She spends the the entire book in a self indulgent funk that both brings down and frustrates the reader. I am a female, though now out of my teens, and folks, Bella's reaction to events that occur in this story are completely over the top and honestly, out of character for the girl Meyer drew in the beginning of Twilight. If Bella had been the only character in this story, I would have given it one star. Self-indulgent, selfish, short-sighted...I could go on with similar adjectives to describe Bella. She really is the worse teen Heroine to come along in ages. She really sets girls back hundreds of years. This story, however, is redeemed by the incredible Jacob Black. Not only is he well drawn but Meyer takes the time to develop his character and his relationship with Bella(something she failed to do in Twilight with Bella and Edward). When key events happen in the story, the turmoil is real. If Meyer had focused more on the Jacob/Bella story line and less on Bella's idiocy for the first 200 pages or so of the book, she could have had an excellent second story here. Bella utterly ruins it.

Oh and there is this little thrown in side trip to Italy which seemed completely contrived and out of place. It reminded me of the contrived meeting with the tracker James in Twilight. It is purely a plot device and not well done. All in all I was very dissappointed.


great series   September 7, 2008
Laurie A. Shanks (Athens, Pa)
I bought this series of books for my granddaughter, she had all4 read in just over a week. She enjoyed them greatly. She's 14


Great book!   September 7, 2008
P. Vick (VA USA)
I'm a little old for these books...I know. And I've read a LOT of vampire books over the years, but these are so romantic - something that's been lost (sacrificed for sex, which isn't terrible, mind you...but the romance was missed!)in some adult vampire novels. I am really enjoying this series!


More drama - Boring   September 7, 2008
Carlos T. Mock (Chicago, IL)
Having read most of Ann Rice's books, I experienced how the Vampire books got from good and erotic to verbose and boring.

Ms. Stephanie Meyer is unfortunately the later version of Ms. Rice.

I believe that the audience Ms. Meyer is witting for is high school girls, which might explain her poor performance.

Bella's story takes off from the first book. After causing havoc in Edwards family over her human blood, Edward decides to break up with Bella. We go on for what seems to be an eternity on how sad she is.

She then makes friends with Jacob Black who turns into a werewolf. As it is the custom, werewolves protect the reservation from vampires. Bella figures out that Jacob is a werewolf and befriends the pack.

She starts doing daring things because she hears Edward's voice every time she's in danger. The werewolves save her from a vampire named Laurent who was going to kill her. But there is another Vampire, Victoria who has vowed to kill Bella.

The werewolves then use Bella as bait to kill Victoria, but one day as Bella is waiting for Jacob, she decides to jump off the diving cliff the werewolves had showed her.

Alice has a vision and tells Edward that Bella committed suicide. Edward goes off to Volterra, Italy to get killed, because he can't bare the thought of living without Bella (I swear, there is more drama than in a bad soap), so Alice and Bella have to go to Italy to stop Edward from having the Voltari family (vampire royalty) kill him.
After more drama, Edward is saved and Bella is torn because she has two sworn enemies--Jacob the werewolf and Edward the vampire--as his best friend and boyfriend.

More drama.

Again the book is too long (over 550 pages) and disappointing. I don't know if I will be able to read the third sequel."