In this third installment of the Twilight Series, Bella Swan finds herself torn between a vampire and a werewolf. Once again Bella is in danger, and it is up to Edward and Jacob to save her. With the battle between vampires and werewolves, Bella soon must choose between the love of her life and a close friendship. In the midst of the battle, Bella deals with becoming an adult, graduating high school, and impending maturity. Can she really make the decision to become immortal?

Fans of fantasy and the young adult genre.

I liked the growth of Bella's character. She finally moves away from making selfish decisions without thought of others' feelings.

The writing style and vocabulary of this third book is greatly improved from the last two. I enjoyed the writing in this book much more than the previous books.

The plot of this one irked me. Although there is less downtime in this one (the first halves of the first two books dragged on endlessly), it seems like less happens.

I didn't particularly like where some characters went in this book, the decisions and actions made. I don't want to give away important plot points, but some of it was inconceivable to me. I didn't always believe the emotions and actions of the characters stayed true to the characters themselves.

Move on to something else. I wasn't in love with this series, though I did want to read the books to know the story. It interested me enough to want to know what would happen next, but I'm ready to move on.

I think fans of YA novels, and fans of vampire/werewolf mythologies will enjoy this novel (and the other two in the series). Some of the aspects of each "monster" are unique and interesting.

Although I didn't particularly like this series, I did race to finish it. It's worth a read, really. I just won't be re-reading it anytime soon.

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