Eclipse

(If you haven't read this book, and will, I may give away some plot points...)

I really enjoyed reading these books. This one not so much. There were several things that really bothered me.

Bella (the main character) is a jerk! The author tries to make her this mature teen, but I really don't think she knows what mature is. She is a twit! She is mean and hurtful and she does it on purpose!!

When do love triangles happen in real life??

What 17 or 18 year old really knows what they want for the rest of their lives? They don't know what life is really about!

Why did she even bother to use vampires? The only similarities to fabled vampires is that they drink blood and are pale. They are killed in different ways (nastier in her book), they can be in the sun, they can have control...it goes on. She should have just made up her own creature, rather than change one so much that it isn't a vampire anymore. I know she tried to make it as if the old type were just legend, but still!

The thing that bothers me the most is that Stephenie Meyer advertises that she is LDS and then she puts LOTS of things in her books that are definitely NOT LDS. (She doesn't claim that these are LDS books, but still!) She is also writing these books for teenagers. She has the two main characters in bed together all night, every night!! Sure, they don't DO anything, but it is a horrible example for the teens reading. She also has Bella hate marriage, but want to spend eternity with Edward. I don't get the point.

Side note: Meyer also has no idea how to properly use foreshadowing.

I will probably read the last book in the series next fall, but I don't think I'll recommend the books to anyone without some warnings.