New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

How would you feel if you loved someone with all your heart and one day they just left you? Wouldn't you be depressed? Well, in New Moon Bella Swan has to deal with this problem.

Isabella Swan (Bella) has been dreading her eighteenth birthday ever since she learned that her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, never ages. The Cullen family is made up of vampires who swore off human blood and substitute it with animal blood. To lighten Bella's mood, the Cullens decide to throw her a birthday party but something goes terribly wrong. While Bella was opening a present, she accidentally slits her finger on the wrapper and got a paper cut. The newest member of the family, Jasper, looses his self-control and tries to attack Bella.

With this unexpected incident, all the Cullens expect her to run away, but she doesn't. She still loves all of them and wants to be part of their family. Edward, on the other hand, took this event seriously. He realized the danger that he was putting Bella through and decided that the best alternative was for him to leave her. He forced himself to tell Bella that he didn't love her anymore and leave her without any pictures or possessions that she could remember him by. He wanted to get himself completely out of her life so that she could live the best possible life for herself without being in danger.

Months after Edward leaves Bella can't do anything but think about him and moan around all day. She looses all her friends after ignoring them and even looses herself. Her father, Charlie, encourages her to go out and do something active to get her spirit up. As a result, she goes to visit her friend Jacob Black. Hanging around Jacob is the only thing that helps Bella keep her mind off of Edward. Not too long after Bella and Jacob become best friends, Jacob turns into a werewolf because it was in his genes. Bella of course, still loves Jacob for who he is and doesn't worry that he's a werewolf.

A visit from Alice Cullen surprises Bella but the news Alice brings her isn't too good. Apparently, Alice saw a vision of Bella jumping off a cliff and didn't know if she was alive and that was why she came to check on Bella. Glad that she was Alice stays a day and finds out about Jacob. A little disappointed at Bella she tells her about how having a werewolf would be a problem. Apparently for many years, the vampires and werewolves have always been enemies. It is in their nature to hate each other. Thus for the time Alice is spending in Forks, Jacob doesn't come around to see Bella anymore. Before Alice has time to tell Edward that Bella is okay, Edward assumes that Bella doesn't make if off the cliff and goes to kill him. Desperate to catch Edward in time, Bella and Alice flee to Rome. Will they be able to make it in time?

After reading Twilight this book was incredibly depressing because most of the book just talks about how depressed Bella was when Edward left her. I still really like how Stephanie Meyer has such a superior word choice that you feel like you know exactly how the character in the book is feeling. Overall I would rate the book 4 stars because besides the depressing mood, this book is very well written. Even though there is no action Stephanie Meyer still manages to end every chapter with a cliffhanger, making you want to read on. This book is a fantasy book because it talks about vampires and werewolves. The theme of this book is friendship because Bella needed a friend who would stick by her at all times and Jacob was that someone. If you want to read this book I truly recommend that you read Twilight first because if you don't, most of the book won't make sense. I recommend this book to young adults and to teens that want to read about love, friendship, and depression. The only thing that you should be careful about before you read this book is that it is a very depressing in the beginning then in the middle it picks up the pace. I love Stephanie Meyers writing style, words, and I applaud her creativity in coming up with such a story line.
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