peoplo who love vampires and wolves would love this book. ( )

Clearly teen novel but fun and many messages to be gleaned from the story. ( )

Edward’s back to stay and, so is the endless, “He’s so beautiful. He’s so perfect. I don’t deserve him. I’m so pale and plain.”

The bits of Meyer’s story that were most fun to read in this third episode were the bits which filled us in more on the rest of the Cullen coven and the vampire life, as well as the werewolves. The more Meyer points the focus away from Edward and Bella, the more the story breathed. The other Cullens are really quite interesting, as is most of the wolf clan. And Meyer has imagined some colorful, moving back stories for them.

One glaring weakness is Meyer’s inability to write about what should be the climatic battles. At the acme of this tale, all of the most interesting and action filled events take place in location separate from Bella and Edward. For example, when the Cullen coven and the wolves battle a squadron or blood thirsty vampires, Bella, and the reader, necessarily, are somewhere else. Meyer describes much of the action by having Edward audibly translate what he reads from a wolf’s mind as the wolf reads other wolves’ minds. Meyer compromises by writing a smaller battle, Edward and a wolf facing off two evil vampires, an anti-climatic scene compared to the other one we couldn’t read about.

Many of these weaknesses in Meyer’s books flow from her decision to write the book solely as first person account by Bella. Though Meyer’s books have become a gargantuan success story, it is really against all odds. I mean, really, how many people are really going to connect with a teen age girl, except for other teen age girls?

Bottom Line: Lot’s of bright spots where the other characters and events overcome the “Bella ♥s Edward” stuff. ( )

I would describe Eclipse as a lunar eclipse. Bella is the small shadow casted on the larger planet behind her. She must choose between her beloved Edward or her old friend Jake. He just happens to a huge werewolf. Jake is sixteen and in a pack of ten wolves, designed to kill vampires. In the midst of a fatal battle with the wolves and vampires protecting her with their lives, Bella make a decision. She wants to have an eternal life with Edward but can't let Jake be in any more pain. The two halves represent jake and Edward. Imagining a Lunar eclipse perfectly potrays the theme of eclipse.
After James is killed in Twilight and laurent in new Moon, the last of their coven Victoria, is now craving Bella death. Seattle, Washington, is struck with over 40 deaths by a mystery killer.Meanwhile, the cullens set false scent traila nd learn from Jasper how to bring a new vampire out of existence. During th battle Jake, is in his werewolf form and gets tragically injured. He was taking down a vampire and was unexpectidally crushed. The entrie right side of his body was completely shattered. Being a werewolf he recovers fast, but is unable to phase he is offically healed. Bella visits Jake often while he's recovering from his injury. She finds she loves jake more than what she thought. Now her heart is torn between Jake and Edward. Bella knows her decision may ignite the past battle of tyhe Cullen Vampires and the Quileute Wolf Pack. With her graduation vastly approaching will Bella decide Jake over Edward before the lethal battle begins, to find read ECLIPSE

Addicted...Probably one of my favorites in the series. ( )