Breaking Dawn
I have to admit that I did not read the first three books in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling Twilight Series. I saw the movies and then I decided that I could not wait to find out how this saga ends. I began reading Breaking Dawn with a bewildered feeling about why Bella chose Edward over Jacob. (I was not always on Team Jacob; I vacillated from first being on Team Edward and then jumping over to the wolf team.) Why would anyone choose an ice-cold, blood-drinking being over a warm-blooded teddy bear like Jacob? I felt that maybe if I read the last book in this series I would have a better understanding for Bella and the path she chose with Edward.
Not only did Breaking Dawn provide me with an answer to my question, it also supplied more scenes with the details we love to hear about in the Twilight series: The love between Bella and Edward, the love between Bella and Jacob, the actual wedding of Bella to Edward, Bella’s difficulty of leaving her parents behind as she became an immortal, the strong bond of the Cullens and their protective nature, Alice and her “visions” of the future and finally, the reappearance of the Volturi. Wow, that’s a lot of action! Plus there are surprises “born” in this story line that we would not have guessed—even if we could read minds!
Meyer manages to tie things up nicely. In fact, it seems utterly natural that Bella becomes immortal and chooses the vampire, Edward, to spend eternity with. Bella becomes the comic-book hero she was meant to be from the inception of this series. The idea that everyone is born with certain gifts is taken to the extreme in this case, and we find out why no one can read Bella’s thoughts. In the end, Edward and Bella can happily spend eternity together—Did anyone ever doubt this?
