AUTHOR: Stephenie Meyer
GENRE: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
PARANORMAL ELEMENT: Vampires, Werewolves
PUBLISHED: Little, Brown and Company 2010
REVIEW & SYNOPSIS:
This 178 page novella quenched my thirst for more about the Twilight Saga Vampires. I read all four original books in 2009 and loved them all. This is a companion novella to the third book, ECLIPSE. It is a prerequisite to read ECLIPSE before this little story!!
It is about Bree Tanner, the female vampire the Cullens consider keeping to raise as one of their own after the war with the baby vampires that Victoria creates. This book apparently came about as a result of a character synopsis about baby vampires and what they are really like. Bree has a great story and reflects the volatile need for blood as apparently “normal” newborns require.
I appreciate that Stephenie has shared this story with us. In BREAKING DAWN
Bella finally becomes a vampire. But she is a super-vampire who can unnaturally control her thirst for human blood. We are told this over and over and it seriously didn’t make me stand in awe of her because there was no proof of what “real” baby vampires were actually like. So if you’re reading the Twilight Saga for the first time and have finished ECLIPSE, read this one next before you read BREAKING DAWN. I’d like to see the affect this has on the opinions of those who’ve read it in that order. Hmm?
RATING:
, Book 1 from the point of view of Edward.)SERIES REVIEWS:
Book 1: Twilight
Book 2: New Moon
Book 3: Eclipse
Novella: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Book 4: Breaking Dawn