Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

At first I wasn’t thrilled that this title was on our book club reading list as I don’t really enjoy fantasy reading and didn’t like the idea of reading about vampires. The book is very popular among the students and it rarely sees the library shelf. Bella the main character moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father. Her first day at the new school brings her face to face with Edward, her science lab partner. He glared at her and pulled himself as far away as possible. She wondered what was wrong with him. Edward is a vampire and the smell of Bella made him dangerous. This is a love story between the human, Bella and the vampire, Edward. Meyer keeps the reader turning pages and keeps the relationship tense.
I was bothered by the recklessness of Bella to abandon her caution for her love of Edward. Edward was making choices that were difficult and I wonder if he can maintain his decision to not give in to the ancient desires of vampires. I think young girls need to keep a cautious stance and not be mesmerized by physical attributes and manners. Too many times girls get themselves into abusive relationships and then find it difficult to get away as they can’t see the “forest for the trees” so to say. For fantasy fans, I would suggest you try Twilight. You probably won’t want to stop there. She has two other books that follow the story of Bella and Edward