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Midnight Sun (Twilight Saga #5)
Stephenie Meyer
662 pages | Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers
In Twilight, we met Bella as she moves to Washington state to live her with dad. At her new school she meets mysterious Edward, who just happens to be a vampire. Their love story is iconic now, but Midnight Sun gives us the story from Edward's perspective - the vampire trying desperately to cling to some humanity as he falls in love with a human.
O-KAY. I went into this REALLY expecting to find the book just "meh." I think the movies have clouded my judgment. I thoroughly enjoyed this trip back to Forks and I'm here to say that I think the movies probably ruined your perspective the books, too.
If you're reading Midnight Sun, you knew Edward already, and you knew he's a moody and emotional boi. We knew what we were getting with an entire book from his point of view. Edward is SO. CONFLICTED. And I love it. But if a constant inner monologue of turmoil isn't your jam, you might want to skip this one. Edward has feelings and BOY does he love to think about how horrible he is for Bella.
While I thought the book was maybe a bit too long, I thought this was a fascinating look at the story. So many details about what Edward was doing and thinking to help piece together the side we already knew from Bella. We get a ton of back story on Edward and the rest of the Cullens which I loved. When you've been around for a century you naturally have more history to think on than a 17 year old.
Meyer spent a LOT of time at the end giving Edward time to think about how he would plan to leave Bella for her own good in the future, obviously alluding to the plot of New Moon. Makes me believe that more of the story from Edward's side isn't out of the question. Honestly? I would 100% read that. Give me all the moody vampires, please.
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