Stephenie Meyer

Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times).
Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn.
Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife -- between desire and danger.
Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view.
"People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time
"A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times

Twilight

Of course he would, you nearly just destroyed someone’s Toyota

Alesha Clifford

I stared straight ahead as I passed the Volvo, but from a peripheral peek, I would swear I saw him laughing.

Young Kim

The Graphic Novel

(Bre)anne✨

But I only thought of this perfectly good excuse later. At the time, all I could think was, “Not her.”

Well… I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.

syd!

“Darkness is so predictable, don't you think?" 

the first book in this never before told love story

I'd never gave much thought to how I would die but dying at the hands of someone you love seems like a good way to go

This girl overthinks like a mofo! But I guess it’s valid because same. 

Riley Robinson

 My stomach twisted as I realızed what he must have meant. He must see how absorbed I was by him; he must not want to lead me on ... so we couldn't even be friends… because he wasn’t interested in me at all.

 Of course he wasnt interested in me, I thought an- grily, my eyes stinging-a delayed reaction to the onions.

Courtney ✿ @librarycutie

He tilted his head slowly and touched his cool lips to mine for the second time, very carefully, parting them slightly. And then I collapsed. "Bella?" His voice was alarmed as he caught me and held me up. "You... made... me... faint," I accused him dizzily. What am I going to do with you?" he groaned in exasperation. "Yesterday I kiss you, and you attack me! Today you pass out on me!"

Kaitlyn Kuehn 

“I’ll always want you, I warned him. Forever.” 

"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…” 

“Darkness is so predictable, don't you think?"

“I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.”

“When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.”

Alexis

Shannon Leigh Williams

Contemporary Monograph Design 2009: Twilight

Rose Donovan

When 17-year old Bella moves to live with her father, she expects her life will be as dull as the town. She quickly finds friends but not with the Cullen family who prefer their own company, especially Edward who hates her. Bella soon discovers the reason for his coldness as the family are vampires.

Ella Grossett

I love Twilight it's like the best book ever.I love the whole series I mean nothing can replace Twilight.I just love it so much.This book is so unpredictable.I thought that I could predict the book but it was so page turning.

Juliette Jean Martin

Alina

** spoiler alert **
           My surprise is that I enjoy the graphic novel version of Twilight more than the book version. There seemed to be a lot of potential for drama in this type of story.

Twilight graphic novels are adaptations of Twilight novels. The book tells the story of Bella Swan, who arrives in Forks, Washington. One of the most boring decisions she’s ever made. During this time, she meets Edward Cullen, a mysterious and alluring young man. Bella’s life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. The thought of him won’t leave her mind, and Edward, despite his best efforts to keep her without knowledge of his vampire status, can’t keep his eyes off her either. 

The illustrations of Young Kim are beautiful. There were issues with lettering, speaking bubbles shadowing over characters, etc. My only complaint is that the presentation could have been much better than what it was. Despite plot issues and characterization clichés, it gives a decent summary of events for a good part of the graphic novel.

Another problem is that it’s probably pretty. The characters have the same enormous eyes, cute noses, and cute chins. As a result, it is difficult to tell them apart. In categorical terms, I had to distinguish pretty Edward from pretty Bella by their hair. I also appreciated his occasionally amber-colored eyes. There is no clear sign of what is happening. In the scene where Bella is trapped between a truck and a minivan, we can't witness Edward's rescue - we have to rely on the dialogue to understand it.

The graphic novel gets three stars from me in the end.

I ABSOLUTY LOVE TWILIGHT AND ALL OF THE OTHER ONES

I agree with Bella I would choose Edward over Jacob I mean Jacob is nice and cute but I like Edward better

And I love it when she goes to get him in the 2nd book because he though she had died but she didnt

Sky Katz

THIS IS MY FAVORITE SERIES

I ABSOLUTY LOVE TWILIGHT AND ALL OF THE OTHER ONES
I agree with Bella I would choose Edward over Jacob I mean Jacob is nice and cute but I like Edward better

And I love it when she goes to get him in the 2nd book because he though she had died but she didnt

Lara Engle

Very quick read! Engaging. A lot of background information on the characters and the qualities of vampires, presumably to set-up the rest of the series.

becky oh

"𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙗."

I have to say, reading Twilight was drinking sour lemon tea with drooling glazed doughnuts... I changed my ratings for this book 4 to 3, and I come across as giving it 3 stars.

This book confused me a lot. Especially the romance parts. Edward says to Bella, stay away from him. The next time they see each other, he loves her. And then after that, he's like, 'No Bella, it's goodbye for now." Seriously, I wanted to kick him in the butt to just get Bella and be done with it! Maybe that was the fashion of love in the 'olden' days, it you know what I mean.

"𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥." 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧-𝙤𝙛-𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮. "𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠."

This kept happening all the time:
𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥: 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢: 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶!
𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥: 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢: 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰
𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥: 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢: 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥: 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶
𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢: 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴

I mean, make up your mind dude! It's dragging, and really, maybe it's just me but the way he speaks is quite...weird. Probably because he's seriously old, and I'm too modern for his language. But, thank goodness it wasn't a love-at-first-sight. Insta love is a better option for those tow lovers, who, shows their undying love for each other. It's meant to sound sweet, but inside my head, I was like 
"Yuk!"

“𝙄 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮.”

I might as well, read the next book so I can just get over this series. I'm wishing it will be better...hopefully, still going for that happy-ending journey

Callie Stull

This was my second time reading the book, I thoroughly enjoy this series and recommend it to anyone who enjoys romance and fantasy books.

I was surprised by how much more sense the book made compared to the movie, but I also was surprised by how enjoyable reading this for the first time was.

It's great to know more about all of the Cullen and Hale family whilst also seeing so much more of Edward's personality shine through. Although I love the movie, this book really breathed life (no pun intended) into the vampires of Forks, which I enjoyed a lot.

There were so many slight changes that shocked me about the movie—for one, so much chemistry between Bella and Edward here, and an adorable introduction to Jacob. I'm intrigued to see how New Moon holds up. Although I enjoyed this read, it felt like it dragged too much in certain areas, and the dialogue was sometimes a bit too corny for me.

Holly

I was surprised by how much more sense the book made compared to the movie, but I also was surprised by how enjoyable reading this for the first time was.

It's great to know more about all of the Cullen and Hale family whilst also seeing so much more of Edward's personality shine through. Although I love the movie, this book really breathed life (no pun intended) into the vampires of Forks, which I enjoyed a lot.

There were so many slight changes that shocked me about the movie—for one, so much chemistry between Bella and Edward here, and an adorable introduction to Jacob. I'm intrigued to see how New Moon holds up. Although I enjoyed this read, it felt like it dragged too much in certain areas, and the dialogue was sometimes a bit too corny for me.

I love vampires, if I were a supernatural creature I would surely be one of them. Slay for Edward, not slay for Bella. Glad I read the book before seeing the movie.

Chiara Cabras

Lara Ximenes

A escrita de Stephenie Meyer é ternurenta... e vai envolvendo-nos na forma mais pura de amor que existe entre Edward e Bella. 
Tal como me haviam dito: vale muito mais a pena ler Twilight do que ver a reprodução da história. Há detalhes muito importantes que não foram passados para o guião do filme de 2008.

Kyla Miller

Michael Springer

A question occurred to me as I read this book: is Edward a pervert for dating a seventeen-year-old? I mean, this guy is one-hundred or so years old, even if he still looks seventeen. If he has been emotionally maturing throughout his many many years, shouldn't he think Bella is shallow and flighty? As a matter of fact, shouldn't he clearly be less flighty than she is?

I would put Twilight at 1 1/2 stars if half-stars were an option. In Meyer's book, she has created a vampire-human romance that is sometimes compelling, and she has created a group of vampires that are interesting. I found myself getting more interested whenever Edward's vampiric family were around, or whenever conversation turned to the werewolves. 

Because it wasn't a total piece of shit, I would prefer not to give it the lowest possible ranking. But, it's really not good enough to get two stars. Bella's character is absolutely uninteresting. Edward's character is wishy-washy in a way that seems very unromantic to me. And, the fantasy dynamics of Meyer's world don't quite make sense. I don't buy her argument that vampires have gone undiscovered for all this time. She just makes them too damned powerful and super-heroey for them to subtly stay under the radar for all of history. Overall, after five-hundred pages, I still didn't feel drawn to either the characters or the fantasy world she'd created.

Bri Billaney

I was about 100 years late to actually reading this for the first time but now that I've done it, I can say it's one of my favourites. I always watched the movies monthly, but this month decided to read them instead. It's like a whole new series, there's so much different between the books and the movies, and I think I will now do a monthly re-read instead of re-watch.

When I first read this, I was bit younger and thought it was amazing lol. But now being that I am a great deal older, I see that it was still good, but not quite as amazing as I initially thought. 

Victoria Maier 

Hadeer Tarek 

3~rainy~stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 
1.5 for Edward Cullen 
1.5 for the weather

I love Stephanie Meyers use of language, it’s one of my favorites.

McKenzie Ives

Anum Memon

I read the whole twilight series the past week and my thoughts before reading the books were that I wanted to know why there was a whole fandom about this one series. If I'm speaking truly about all of the series it was okay and I mean that in a reasonable way. The first book definitely hooked me in but I felt like it was a little cheesy for my taste if I'm being honest. I definitely felt a connection toward the characters by that I mean I do ship Edward and Bella. When I read the first book I was delighted because it was an excellent first book to a series. I enjoyed this book and I most likely will be recommending it.

Dimi ♡

Απλώς δεν μπορώ να μισήσω αυτό το βιβλίο, δε φιλς μαν, δε φιλς. Υπήρχαν κάποια πράγματα που δεν μου άρεσαν, αλλά δεν νομίζω πως αξίζει τόσες κακές κριτικές. Εννοώ είναι απλώς ένα ρομαντικό βιβλίο το οποίο δεν σου προσφέρει τίποτα πέρα απο καθαρή ψυχαγωγία (καιιι λίγη νοσταλγία), όπως και τα περισσότερα άλλωστε βιβλία του είδους του. Έδουάρδος φορέβερρρρρρρ

Ken ! 

Maggie Berver

El primer libro entretiene simplemente porque te introduce a la historia y te presenta a los personajes de la saga, pero en realidad muchas partes resultaron tediosas y varias descripciones me parecieron innecesarias. Es una buena trama que, en lo personal, no me gustó cómo se contó. 
Aún así, recomiendo que lo lean y formen su propia opinión. No es un mal libro (por algo es tan famoso), aunque sí se necesita paciencia para seguir pasando las páginas.

Alexa M

literally so fucking FUN. proof i will always stan. so so glad i decided to reread these

Emmalie Stearns

anna near

Reading this makes me realize how truly terrible the movie adaptations are. Like Edward is such a retriever boyfriend. And Bella?? She is so not "not like other girls". I actually adored her. She's literally an icon. She's funny, sarcastic, popular, a really great friend, and a feminist. Like idk why the movies gave her sm internal misogyny when in the books, she was friends with so many other girls and loved to gossip and shop. Book Bella was literally the most popular girl at school, and had all the guys drooling over her. Like she literally flirted with Jacob just to get her way?? Iconic.
Anyways, I could do without the weird angsty:"You're too good for me, I'm going to tell you to break up with me every other chapter" thing Edward did. But whatever. I love this book.

When seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away - until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.

Twilight

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