Twilight ♥

Bella Swan goes to the tiny town of Forks to live with her dad so her mom could be happy with her husband in Jacksonville. While there, people seem to like her a lot more & she notices some strange but intriguing people[5 people, Cullen family] on the other side of the lunchroom. They had beautiful faces and they were very graceful. She asks around & finds out they're adopted. She has a class with one of them and notices that he acts very strange, almost like he's mad at her. Accident-prone Bella starts seeing him more often and starts talking to him, knowing that he can't possibly be human. She tries to find out who is and meets Jacob Black unexpectedly and he tells her this old story about Vampires and that the Cullens are Vampires. Jacob thinks its just a legend, but Bella researches and finds it to be true.

Bella eventually finds out the Cullens' secret and they start bonding more & more.

Soon they fall in love.

The question in this book is Love or Safety?

Edward drawn to Bella because the way her blood smells in different and mouth watering to him.

Bella drawn to Edward because of his perfect face, his perfect voice, & his 100 year old elegance.

All that with a hint of suspense makes this a truely amazing book, & i strongly recommend this book.

I never thought I'd see the day when I would love a vampire novel.  Frankly, I never thought I'd ever even read one, since I'm not a fan of scary things.  But there was so much buzz over Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series, and it's being made into a movie, so I felt like I really should read it and know what the teenagers were raving about.  Plus it arrived on the Holds shelf right on time for my book group's books-that-have-been-made-into-movies theme this month.

I absolutely loved this book because, first of all, it's not scary (tense at the climax near the end, but not "scary").  It's actually a pretty funny story of a teenager, Bella, from Phoenix who moves to Forks, WA, to live with her dad and ends up falling in love with a vampire, Edward.  Edward & his family live in Forks because it's hardly ever sunny there, so their skin doesn't glitter and give them away.  The Cullen family are "good" vampires because they choose not to feed on humans. 

I could keep talking about this book for a very long time, but I'd just end up giving too much away, so I'll merely encourage you all to read it for yourselves.

If you're recommending it for someone else, know that although Meyer depicts teenagers pretty accurately, she doesn't include swearing, and the closest she gets to including sex is some kissing & petting.