Breaking Dawn

For those who do not know about the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, it is a 4 book series (so far) that tells the tale about Isabella Swan who falls in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. It sounds like your average teeny booper love story, but the way Stephenie spins the tale, you can’t help but be drawn into it, imagining the things spinning around in Bella’s head, reasons behind Edward’s actions and the irresistible feel of the love between those two.

The latest book in the series, Breaking Dawn, was released yesterday in Australia. I got my copy nice and early, so that I could sit at the court (another story in itself) and immerse myself in the much anticipated book. I started reading at about 9 am and didn’t finish till 11.30 pm. Throw in the lunch eating, the toilet breaks, dinner eating, showering, shopping and hair cutting, I managed to finish the 700+ page book in less tan 24 hours.

As I walked around the city, there were many people (all girls, strangely enough) that had their hands on the book and were walking and reading at the same time. It was amazing to see.

Anyway, with the court case, I was mildly amused that they took an early plea and saved me the trouble of having to testify but they could have at least let me know beforehand so that I wouldn’t have had to go. But then again, I’m happy that I went, I spoke to the prosecutor and I managed to get 2 hours worth of reading down while waiting

I’m posting spoilers here, so please be warned!

1. Bella is pregnant. This was probably the most shocking bit to me. I didn’t quite expect her to be pregnant with a vampire hybrid and most certainly did not expect her to carry it through. With the graphic explanation of her ribs breaking, I can only imagine how painful that must be. I’ve been hit in the ribs hard before, but have never broken them. Even then, it was horrendously painful and for Bella to be put through that pain and growing at such an accelerated rate, it was amazing.

2. Jacob imprints on Renesemee. This I sort of expected, since Jacob and Bella are so intertwined with each other sometimes I feel sorry for Edward who has to put up with Bella’s feelings for Jacob. The funniest part of this whole thing was when Bella found out that Jacob had imprinted on Nessie. I couldn’t help but laugh that one day, Bella and Edward would have Jacob as a son-in-law. And when Bella realises that, and attacks Jacob it was quite comical.

3. Bella turns into a vampire. The will power she had to not scream out loud when she was turning is amazing. But for Bella to have such strong will power and control to not kill a human, it was not something I’d anticipated.

4. Bella’s shielding power. I knew that she would have a power but I didn’t know that it had already taken form in her even before she became a vampire. The fact that she could shield all their witnesses against the Volturi, and prevent the slaughter of their innocent witnesses is truly well laid out. I’d say the nicest part about being able to control her power is that she could lift her shield from herself and allow Edward to listen to her thoughts were so romantic.

I guess the part that I found rather odd was that Bella is married to Edward and they are now husband and wife. I never referred to them as boyfriend and girlfriend before but to read that they refer to each other as husband and wife is thrilling somehow.

I guess I was quite careful to not imagine specifics so that I would not be dissapointed with the ending of the book.. I don’t like putting numerical values to the quality of the book, but this book satisfied the craving I had to know the ending. It was a well written book, with emotions poured out into it so well that you can almost imagine yourself with Bella and watching every step that they take. Possibly the best book I’ve read.

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