New Moon
by Stephanie Meyer
Young Adult (my opinion is age 16 & up)
ISBN 0316024961
Pages: 608
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
www.StephenieMeyer.com

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Book Blurb: modified from Children’s Literature Review, August 2006 Bella remains incredibly enamored with her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, and continually hints at her desire to become a fellow nosferatu. A disastrous birthday celebration leads to the Cullen’s' exodus from Forks, leaving behind a devastated Bella. Morose and depressed, she discovers that reckless activities elicit auditory hallucinations of Edward chastising her to stay safe. Bella's new friend, Jacob Black, helps bring her out of her melancholia. As their friendship begins to shift into something deeper, Jacob himself undergoes an unexpected metamorphosis. Misunderstanding and miscommunication lead to Bella's flight from Forks and into the clutches of the Volturi, an influential vampire family in Italy, [and Edwards rescue].

My Review and Thoughts:
This, to me, was in essence, Jacob’s book and by far my favorite. I think I devoured this book in like three or four days and as a stay at home mom of a 2 year old who runs her husbands business by day and writes her own books by night, that says a lot for a book of this size. LOVED IT!!! I even felt myself reluctantly feeling sorry for Bella in this book, briefly, that is until the end…but I digress.

Edward is in the first three chapters, I think, and then, THANK GOODNESS, he’s gone…can you tell I am NOT an Edward fan. Sorry to all you Edward people out there, but vampires just don’t glitter. **rolling eyes**

To help pick up the pieces of a broken heart, **again, rolling eyes**, Bella turns to cute and lovable, six foot five (by the end), hunky Jacob. Did I say I was a Jacob fan? Is that YA appropriate? Oh well, no one said these reviews were going to be tween friendly.

Back to the story. Bella goes off on a suicide mission, figuratively speaking, and Jacob is the one to pull her back from the edge of demise. Every time she does something dangerous, read that stupid since the girl is accident prone, she hears Edwards voice in her head. She covets the dulcet tone of Edwards ethereal …yadda, yadda, yadda.

Meanwhile, Jacob starts to come into his own. Growing in muscle, height, and a yummy physique that anyone but Bella would be all over. No, she covets cold flesh and rainy days. Okay, I confess for anyone to feel this strongly about a book they must be a die-hard fan or at a minimum a mere fan. Maybe this is why Eclipse is yelling at me to pick it up. Back to the nitty gritty…Jacob finally experiences his first shift, yes, he is a werewolf. “Who let the dawgs out? Woof, woof, woof, woof!” I know, that was kinda corny, but I couldn’t resist.

The danger in this book is not Jacob eating Bella, as fun as that would be to watch, no, no, no, she unfortunately lives to swoon over Edward even more. The danger is Veronica, I think that’s her name, something like that. James’s girlfriend. She is hell bent on avenging her boyfriend and what better way to do that then to kill Bella. After all, it was Edward that killed James, right?

Anyway, back to Jacob. *smiles* Now a wolf, he is all grown and hunky and vibrates with strong emotions. Again, is that all over? Ha. Ha. Ha. Did everything grow? Oh, yeah, YA. Sorry. I meant did his ears grow…yeah, that’s it. Jacob and his pack are charged with protecting Bella and her father while tracking Victoria.

One bored day, Bella decides to go cliff diving, no really. For “fun.” Alice sees this in one of her visions, tells Edward, who thinks Bella is dead and goes off on a suicide mission. Pity it didn’t work. Why? Bella comes to save the day and the Cullen’s are back, yippie. Did I mention that I am not an Edward fan? I called a very good friend, pleading for her to tell Bella leaves Edward and goes to Jacob. She told me, but I’m not telling you, you have to either read the books or wait for my other reviews.

All joking and Edward bashing aside, this was a good book. It was none stop from beginning to end, especially once Edward was out of the picture for a while. Sorry, couldn’t resist. Awesome story development and Myers first person POV was much better executed here to me then in Twilight. Can’t wait to see what Eclipse has to offer.

Happy Reading…