Meyer, S. (2005). Twilight. Little, Brown & Company.
Bella Swan was just an ordinary girl who moves to a new town, Forks, Washington. This town isn't so ordinary because of the family of vampires who live there and the Indian tribe who shape-shift into wolves. Bella meets one of the vampires in her biology class and he looks like he hates her. Later, he introduces himself to her as Edward Cullen. She doesn't know what to think of him, but finds herself being drawn to him physically. By the time she figures out that he is a vampire, she has fallen in love with him. He fights his attraction to her in an attempt to save her life. His attraction has to do with the way her blood sings to him. She is his brand of heroin and she is in grave danger.
With his iron will he forces himself to keep her safe because he can't stay away from her. They fall in love and Bella keeps the Cullen family secret and they fight to protect her from harm. While out with his family one night, a coven of vampires happen upon the scene. One of the guest vampires catches a whiff of Bella and decides that he wants her blood. They take her to Phoenix in an effort to save her from James, the tracker vampire who is after her. He finds her and convinces her that he has her mother. She goes to find him. Edward gets there before James can kill Bella, but he bites her before Edward can take care of him. Edward had to suck the venom out of Bella and stop before he killed her himself. I believe it took a superhuman effort on Edward's part to keep her alive. He had to love her very much to be able to stop the process of her becoming a vampire.
The first in the Twilight Series and a very good read. The setting is perfect for the story and the unusual twist of the human/vampire love story is fascinating. All in all a wonderful pleasure reading book.
