Friends of the Forks Library Book Reviews
Courtesy of the Forks Forum
New Moon
(reserve this book)
By Stephanie Meyers"My world is not for you," Edward said grimly.
Stephanie Meyer brings us another fantastic tale of vampires and other phenomena in "New Moon," the sequel to Meyer's debut book "Twilight ". Similar to her last book, "New Moon" focuses on the adventures of Bella Swan a girl who moves to the "dreary, gray town of Forks." Ms Swan has made some interesting friends while she has been in Forks, namely a family of vampires, the Cullens. In the last book, Bella fell in love with Edward Cullen, Dr. Carlisle's adopted son, who roped her into a deadly situation involving three traveling vampires. After the family saves her, Bella tries to convince Edward to turn her into one of the damned, so she can be with Edward forever, but Edward rejects this, saying he doesn't want her to live "their life."
In "New Moon," an eighteen year-old Bella Swan is trying to get over her birthday, but the Cullen family doesn't want to pass up this occasion, so they throw her a birthday party. Bella doesn't mind though, because as long as she had Edward in her life, she is happy and content. But after a freak accident involving Jasper Dullen; the family decides to move away, so Bella won't have to deal with their kind anymore. Edward tells her that all wounds heal over time, so she will forget him eventually, but she doesn't. After a four-month depression, Charlie (Bella's dad) tells her to go out and do something productive, or he is going to send her back to her mother. Bella befriends a sixteen year-old LaPush teen named Jacob Black, and together they try to fix up a couple of motorcycles.
When Bella finds out that an old adversary is in town, looking for her and killing tourists while she does, Bella gets tangled into a situation involving the werewolves of LaPush.
My opinion of this book is that it was better than the last book. "Twilight" was more about character development, and the lack of knowledge of the actual town of Forks. However, Meyer has outdone herself this time, with a decent storyline that has it moments. The only part of the book I didn't like was the ending, but I won't spoil that for you. I recommend "New Moon" for young teenagers (11-14) or for people who want a different kind of love story.
Friends of Forks Library guest book review by Eric D. Howell, who is an intern at the Forks Library. FOFL welcomes new book-loving members. Meetings are held at 5:30 on the first Wednesday of the month in the Library Meeting Room.
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