Breaking Dawn - Book Review

The book Breaking Dawn is about Bella Swan. She is a human who just graduated from high school. It takes place in Forks, Washington, where she lived with her dad, Charlie. Bella is in love with Edward Cullen, who is a vampire. Edward was “adopted” by Carlisle Cullen. Carlisle is a vampire who changed Edward, Esme, Emmett, and Rosalie into vampires. They live together with Alice and Jasper, who were changed separately and joined the Cullen’s family. Bella and Edward get married, because Bella wanted to be changed into a vampire, but Edward doesn’t want to do it. So he comes up with some “conditions” that Bella has to do if she wants him to change her. One of them involves getting married. Bella goes through with the marriage, but on their honeymoon to Esme Island, Bella becomes pregnant. They don’t know what is going to happen, because there has never been anything quite like the relationship Bella and Edward have.
“’This is certainly going to be the biggest book of the year, without a doubt,’ said Diane Mangan, the director of the children’s department for Borders Group.” This quote is from an article in the New York Times that was written by Julie Bosman.
Breaking Dawn is written in the first person, and it switches from Bella’s view to Jacob’s view, then back to Bella’s. Bella talks about how nervous she is to get married, then all of her insecurities about being the center of attention. As they go on their honeymoon, she describes how she gets pregnant and how she doesn’t understand why Edward doesn’t want her to keep whatever was inside of her. Then it switches to Jacob. Jacob is Bella’s best friend and is a werewolf. His pack is very strict on a treaty they have with the Cullen family. The treaty says that if they change anyone, then the pack is allowed to attack them. When Bella and Edward come back from their honeymoon with Bella being pregnant, Jacob hears that Bella is sick. So he thinks that they have changed Bella already, and he wants to attack. However, the pack won’t attack because they don’t know for sure that she is pregnant. Then there is the problem, should we or should we not? I have never read a book quite like this series. Everything is so well thought out and you never feel like the author is just saying things that don’t make sense. She uses so much detail and leaves nothing out.
“The fire trembled down my spine, throwing tight spasms out along my arms and legs. It only took a second. The heat flooded through me, and I felt the silent shimmer that made me something else. I threw my heavy paws against the matted earth and stretched my back in one long, rolling extension.” (156).
I loved the whole Twilight series. I think they were all so much fun to read and I always couldn’t wait to finish each book. I enjoyed the whole plot and everything about this book. Although there were so many different things happening, it’s so easy to follow.