Lilium

Haha, it's mostly found that no sequals rival the first, but Stephenie Meyer makes it a close call!

I've heard lots of people absolutely slate Stephenie Meyer for the series (one comment that stuck in my mind was something of how Stephenie Meyer is trying to make it into a romance that it's not, and that it's completely fake the way they fall for eachother and the name Isabella Marie Swan just proves that Stephenie Meyer is trying too hard to make it sugar sweet. Just basic comments like that) But I don't agree really, an author can write what they like. It's up to the reader to like or hate it for themselves, everyone has personal opinions, and it isn't anyone elses business to slate you for your preferences, or indeed slate the preference. I am seriously passionate about this, as you might be able to tell. But anyway, back to the book.

This series brings back so many memories and feelings when I re-read it (the last time I did a few weeks ago actually made me a tad depressed) and I CANNOT wait for the next ones to come out.
Midsummer Sun is Twlight from Edwards perspectve, Breaking Dawn is the sequel to Eclipse. You can read the first chapter of Midsummer Sun on Stephenie Meyers website (stepheniemeyer.com funnily enough) and it has just completely got me wanting more.
I hope that the movie does it justice (not like the movie Blood and Chocolate - I seriously loath it.)

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bryndavis

I'm sad to say that I tried reading Twilight and well... no. I felt as though I'd read it all before. Its not badly written and I could see why it may be engrossing for some, but nothing felt original about it, there was no fresh slant or perspective on a story that personally I feel has been done before, and better.

I did finish the book but I didn't enjoy it. I do sometimes have a hard time embracing... fantasy, but I don't have a predisposition against it. I love Neil Gaiman's work, I love Buffy, so that genre isn't what turns me off - it's when books in the genre fail to challenge it.

Necromortis

Around where I live, the only people who've read the series are female.

And then there's me. I absolutely loved the series. I can't even really explain why, because I don't tend to like 'romances' or stories like that. I don't know, I just found the characters' personalities incredibly easy to relate too. I've read them so many times, it's almost ridiculous.

At the risk of sounding like a fangirl...or fanboy I guess, it's probably my favorite book/series at the moment.

~Christian

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TheOneTheyCallWriter

I love Twilight! Though I only know one other person who has read it - everyone else is like Twilight? Isn't that the time of day?

It's not so popular here in Australia, I don't think.

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Ilasir Maroa

Bryndavis- Technically, the series belongs more in the Horror genre than in Fantasy. personally, I couldn't get through more than a few chapters of the first book. It was just a bit cheesy, and like bryn said, I found little originality in it. Just another human-vampire romance.

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RinK

Am still waiting to read it - lol. I put a hold on it, and never get called. Then I came in and put a second hold on it, and still never called. Finally, I asked for it a third time, and she told me that it had been destroyed. So then I ordered for them to buy it again, and, go figure, still have not gotten a call.

Oh well. Life sucks.

VinrAlfakyn

Yeah!!!! Someone else who loves those books!!!!!!!!!

I already posted about the Twilight series, but I'll add that I loved Eclipse and I can't wait for Breaking Dawn to come out in August.

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