Product Description

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved?

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife have led her to the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or to pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fates of two tribes hangs.

Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating, and unfathomable, consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life-first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse-seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?

The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic that has entranced millions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6 in Books
• Published on: 2008-08-02
• Released on: 2008-08-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 768 pages

From Publishers Weekly
It might seem redundant to dismiss the fourth and final Twilight novel as escapist fantasy--but how else could anyone look at a romance about an ordinary, even clumsy teenager torn between a vampire and a werewolf, both of whom are willing to sacrifice their happiness for hers? Flaws and all, however, Meyer's first three novels touched on something powerful in their weird refraction of our culture's paradoxical messages about sex and sexuality. The conclusion is much thinner, despite its interminable length. [...] But that's not the main problem. Essentially, everyone gets everything they want, even if their desires necessitate an about-face in characterization or the messy introduction of some back story. Nobody has to renounce anything or suffer more than temporarily--in other words, grandeur is out. This isn't about happy endings; it's about gratification. A sign of the times? Ages 12–up. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

About the Author
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English Literature, and she lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona. Stephenie is the author of Twilight,New Moon, and Eclipse.

Customer Reviews

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I'm quite amazed by the number of indignant and vituperative reviews for this last book in the Twilight saga. It's definitely a credit to Ms Meyer's writing ability to have drawn readers into her story and made them so possessive of her characters. But the reality is these are just stories. I'm sure she wasn't trying to ignite the world with some earth-shattering message; she was just telling a love story.

I was lucky, absolutely, to have discovered this saga after all four books were written. So I got the gist of what was going to go down before I started reading Twilight. Nevertheless, I become addicted, "bitten", with the first page of the first book and devoured all four in the course of seven days. What fun! I was immediately drawn to Edward Cullen - loved the premise of this story and tore through these books like my life depended on them.

I give the first book the highest rating - five stars. New Moon and Eclipse held my interest but mostly because I was head over heels for Edward. Breaking Dawn was a bit of a disappointment; it dragged for me. It was like a ten hour one-act play. Not a lot of action and I felt as though there were a lot more words on the pages than necessary to tell the story that Ms. Meyer's was telling. I almost got the impression that there was a deadline to meet and a lot of filler was used to get the page count up to a respectable level.

Yeah, the last book kind of pushed my limit just a wee bit. But then the whole darn saga is fantasy and who's to say what's plausible and what's implausible when it comes to fantasy? It's Ms. Meyer's story to tell and if one doesn't want to read it then don't. I'm just amazed at the fortitude of the one-star reviewers who read an entire book that was so appalling to them. If you don't like the book - put it down. Write your own ending.

So, yeah, tied up in a neat little bow but I prefer a happy ending. I'm not one to be entertained by rip-your-guts-out kind of endings. I'd much rather shut the book after the last page with a smile.

I'm going with a 3-1/2 stars for Breaking Dawn. I do wish that there had been as much passion and imagination in this last book as the first, and even the second. I will be looking forward to Ms Meyer's next book. Fingers-crossed that she has another spectacular dream and starts a new saga and not bring Edward/Bella/Jacob back in reruns. I'm content to leave them right where they are.

Good show!

What's wrong with a happy ending?
I loved this book as much as the previous three. I would not have been happy if Edward and Bella did not end up living 'happily ever after'. End of story.

Fast Shipping and Reading
I received this book in two days and I had just finished the third book, I was able to start reading right away. I loved this book just as much as the other three. Pass your book on to someone else after you are done, so they can have the same enjoyment you did!