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Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final installment of the Twilight series and Stephanie Meyer didn’t hold back with her descriptions of Bella’s pregnancy and birth. This book starts out with the marriage and honeymoon of Bella and Edward (yeah!) and Bella becomes pregnant with Edward’s child, something the vampires did not realize could happen. The pregnancy is in super fast forward and threatens Bella’s life, but she refuses to abort the pregnancy much to Edward’s dismay (he believes the child is killing Bella). When Bella gives birth most of her bones are broken and she loses an incredible amount of blood, forcing Edward to turn her into a vampire. The girl born is a hybrid human-vampire and Jacob imprints on her upon meeting.
The second chapter in Breaking Dawn is written from Jacob’s point of view, something the author has not done in her previous books. He struggles with the news of Bella’s pregnancy and works to convince the wolf pack not to destroy her or her unborn child. When Bella’s baby is born Jacob immediately imprints on her, something werewolves do to indicate their soul mate. This freaks out both Bella and Edward since it is their newborn child and Jacob is in his late teens, but he guards his little angel with his life and refuses to leave her side.
The final chapter in Breaking Dawn is again written from Bella’s point of view. Irina, a member of the Volturi family sees Renesmee, the new child, and believes she is an immortal child which is uncontrollable and a great threat to all. The Cullen’s need to convince the Volturi family that Renesmee is not an immortal child, but a hybrid and poses no threat to anyone. This is difficult and they need to gather many witnesses that can back up their story and possibly fight the Volturi, should it come down to that.
I found Breaking Dawn to be an interesting take on what a hybrid vampire-human could be like; I’ve never heard of such a thing, although maybe it’s mentioned in other vampire stories. In talking to others about this fourth installment of the Twilight series I found that people either love this book or hate it. The topic of discussion mostly focused on the first chapter which is extremely graphic and quite disturbing if you ask me, but I still loved every page. I also enjoyed reading the middle chapter which focused on Jacob’s point of view. Although I am team Edward, I found myself liking Jacob a lot in this novel, probably because he’s given up on Bella and now has a new obsession. The only thing that bothered me about this book is that it was the end of a series that I enjoyed immensely. I almost wish I am a slower reader because then I would have more time with Bella, Jacob, and Edward. I did hear that Stephanie Meyer was starting on a fifth book that would be written in Edward’s point of view, but since the beginnings of the novel was leaked onto the web, she decided to put it on hold. I am very disappointed with this decision, but understand her point. What artist wants their unfinished work out for the public to see and criticize? I just hope she gets re inspired and decides to reopen the project and continue with the series.
If you enjoyed this review you may also enjoy Twilight Book Review, Eclipse Book Review, and New Moon Book Review.
If you messed up and read Breaking Dawn first then you need to read Eclipse, Twilight, and New Moon also authored by Stephanie Meyer.
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