New Moon

Meyer, Stephenie.  (2006).  New Moon.  New York: Little Brown & Company.


Why would a beautiful young woman go into a fit of depression?  Because her vampire boyfriend and his family left town and didn't take her with them.  The sudden shock of the Cullens leaving town sent Bella Swan into a nose dive off the first ledge of her sanity.  Without Edward she was nothing. Her days and weeks turned into a impossible life.  When it was evident that the Cullen family would not return to Forks, Bella would try crazy things to force the sweet voice of Edward to reprimand her for doing things that would risk her life. It was at this time that she found Jacob Black.  He was her crutch, even though she really wanted him for a friend, it turned into something more for the young boy. 
After a stunt of cliff jumping almost killed her, Alice returned to console Charlie on her death.  Alice was shocked to find Bella alive and well (as well as could be expected).  Edward learned from Rosalie that Bella was dead, so he didn't want to live either.  He went to the Volturi in Italy to convince them to end his existence.  Alice convinces Bella that she is the only one who can save him.  Bella and Alice make it to Italy in time to save Edward and they return to Forks to pick up where they left off before he left.  Charlie is not a happy father.  He wants nothing to do with Edward and Bella tells him that he should just get over it because he is back in her life.  Bella goes to the Cullens asking them for a vote for her to become one of them.  They vote her into the family and Edward promises to change her himself if....she will marry him.

This book followed the first book in the series "Twilight".  The transition from the first one to this one was very easy to read.  I love a good love story.  This one is extra special because Edward is really good for the image of vampires and Bella's naivety is super easy on the rest of the audience.  Overall, a very good read, but I would change things a bit if I had been the one to write this book.  I didn't care for most of the turn of events that made up half of the book.  You know that Edward and Bella are meant for each other, and putting a wolf into the mix just stirred the pot more.