Review: Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, Part 1

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer tackles three major events of a lifetime by page 138 - engagement, marriage, and pregnancy. What's the story behind the first 138 pages of Book IV?

Breaking Dawn spawns a new life into the Twilight Saga in a spellbinding love story between a human female with the right amount of intense blood and the chillingly handsome seemingly well mannered vampire that likes testing his control.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn story begins with Edward Cullen and Bella Swan's engagement. Charlie, Bella's father, questionably on edge about the engagement, was forced to deal with the vows after Bella's mother threw off his last attempt to stop the wedding by agreeing with the ribbon flowing event. The guests included one a female that had "fancied" Edward, Bella's cautious loving friend Jacob, humans, vampires, and four legged howling friends humanly dressed.

There's time to enjoy the Edward versus Jacob's eye to eye combat as things get heated between the two during the wedding. So tense that Jacob is encouraged to leave, unwillingly.

During the mix an old story surfaces surrounding a woman that created a baby vampire and how baby vampires were frowned upon, illegal and morally wrong in the world according to Volturi. When observing the young biters Caius came to the conclusion that the young ones were not able to protect their secret of existance. Therefore, they had to be destroyed.

Back to the post wedding bells...

The classic wedding happened as did the honeymoon. Where did they go? An island, located nowhere, undetected by others, Isle Esme, a gift from Carlisle to Esme, Carlisle's companion. There Bella and Edward would endure in sexual moments, their first time.

The first experience leaves Bella bruised and Edward full of regret surrounding his powerful force and her fragile body. After the second sexual encounter Edward gets used to his gentle side of romance. He's simply on top of the world knowing he isn't hurting her like the first time.

But something unusual occurs, at a fast rate - Bella becomes pregnant. The baby bump shows without hesitation, while still on the honeymoon. Poor Bella can't keep nothing down and is hungry as a horse, indication one and two.

While on the honeymoon Alice, the vampire that can read into the future, calls Bella and Edward - could she have seen what's to come? Did Alice share information surrounding the pregnancy with the Cullen clan? And why did Carlisle Cullen, head of The Olympic Coven, suggest abortion to Edward?

The plot thickens as Edward seemingly is for getting rid of the vampire slash human kid, but Bella is not. Question is, will the newborn baby story spoken of earlier in the book play part in not allowing the child to be born? Stay tuned...

Review of Part 1 / Breaking Dawn, Book VI, The Twilight Saga:

The humor hasn't died down, though it simmers, from telling Charlie about the marriage to Bella's first sexual experience fears and put offs. By page 138 of the book three major things occur - engagement, marriage, and a pregnancy. It leaves open the imagination as to what's next. What possibly could be left from page 138 to the end of the Breaking Dawn book to page 754, other than the birth or abortion?

After reading The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer and watching Twilight Saga: Eclipse (should be in that order) dive into Breaking Dawn instead of waiting for the first part to be released into theaters next year.

A note surrounding The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner - the writing style is different from that of Breaking Dawn. Breaking Dawn is more complex in nature and defined fuller in description.

Breaking Dawn, thus far, receives high marks for the fast non-stagnant style. Breaking Dawn continues twisting and turning the Saga into unexpected angles, a plus for readers.

Breaking Dawn comes with dark corners as to what will happen next, leaving most readers wanting to cheat and flip towards pages to come - but don't do that! Get the full story, or you will miss some important details that ties the story together.

Part 1 in this review covers 138 pages of the 754 page book.

Book Benefits:

Included in Breaking Dawn is a vampire index, acknowledgments, concert series interview with Stephenie Meyer, and a songbook for the concert series. The songbook includes lyrics to Balance Beam, Ugly Side, Blue Skies, Hate Me, "Overweight" Excerpt, My Never, Sound of Pulling Heaven Down, and where available - a concert series disk. The last pages share other book offers by Stephenie Meyer.

Dive your teeth into Breaking Dawn!

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (film) is set to release Part 1 on Nov. 18, 2011. Part 1 of the film does not yet clarify where it ends to build into Part II. Part II, last of the film addition, is set to be released in 2012.

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Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Released: 2008
ISBN 978-0-316-04461-5