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: #1 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. Everygirl Bella achieves her wishes quickly (marriage and sex, in that order, are two, and becoming an immortal is another), and once she becomes a vampire it's almost impossible to identify with her. 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

Absolutely Ridiculous and Thorughly Tedious
SPOILERS ABOUND: It seriously took me nearly a month to read this and I can't tell you the number of times I wanted to slam it shut and put it away for good. But, like all great train wrecks, I wanted to see it through. The main complaint I have is that it is waaay too long. There is a very long, tedious, unnecessary section in the middle with Jacob battling against the pack and trying to stop them from attacking the Cullens; then onto the absurdity with the awkwardly-named demon spawn. And then Bella's blood-drenched, burning transformation into... I'm sorry, but pure, sweet, awkward Bella running around snarling and snapping and pulling down mountain lions?!! It's simply too much!! And what about Bella's trip to the seedy side of Seattle to obtain FAKE ID's for a half-vampire and a werewolf? I would assume that the LAST THING you need when you are capable of changing into a wolf is ID!! But the most bizarre nearly book-slamming plot twist to me was Jacob phasing RIGHT IN FRONT OF CHARLIE. I can tell you if the annoying neighbor boy said: "Look what I can do!" and changed into a slathering, slobbering horse-sized WOLF right in front of me I would go instantly insane and maybe die of a heart attack. Was it seriously necessary for EVERYONE to be happy, including Charlie? Where is Bella's sacrifice? There have to be some lasting consequences. And what of the band of Undead X-Men facing off endlessly? This book was in serious need of a MAJOR trim, starting with the character of Jacob. Just disappointing, but I'm relieved I saw it through and that I'm DONE.

Okay, but... Edward the Drama Queen is NOT romantic! and that DUMB name! (spoilers, of course)
I thought this actually was an okay book, for what it is (something really different from the other 3 - that is, NOT a romantic book). Some scenes stuck with me, and I liked that Bella finally got some assets. The battle scene at the end is the coolest part, with some kind of clever parts.

I'd just like to add two points:

1) What kind of editor would let the name "Renesmee Carlie" past? I honestly think the repetition of 'Renesmee', I believe the stupidest name I have ever encountered in a book, reduced my enjoyment of the book by a third. Others have pointed out how immature Bella is - what more thoroughly indicates immaturity than naming a child with a combination of all four grandparents' names?? It might work as a name for a Care Bear or something, but honestly!!

2) In the other three books, Edward at least was actually often ROMANTIC. I don't agree that Jacob was, I agree with others that his behavior was too much borderline sexual assault. But there were plenty of moments with Edward that were satisfyingly swoony without stooping to bodice-ripper status. Edward would gaze into her eyes, or be exultantly thrilled to be in love, or something, and the reader could sigh and imagine being with such an attractive character. Edward's proposal; the moment when she saves him in Book 2; conversations at the lunch table in Book 1. In this one, who would want to be with him? He's a killjoy, even more freakishly paranoid than before, refuses to listen to anything his "true love" tries to say, manipulates her rather than having real conversations, and never really exhibits emotions besides agony and worry. There are a bare couple of moments in this very long book where he's kind of romantic, but even those are so coyly presented to avoid overt sexuality that they barely really exist.

Even in the brief period when Edward is not made emasculatingly helpless by his pathological worrying ... oh, wait a minute, there is no such brief period. He always finds something to worry about, the drama queen. Where did Meyer get the idea that what we liked about Edward was this one characteristic? Did someone say how romantic it was when he saved Bella from being raped, and that made her decide that Edward has to be in a constant froth of freaked-out panic at the very idea of any tiny thing harming her? Jeez, how annoying would that get in an actual partner - especially if you had become at least as powerful as he is? It's certainly annoying in a romantic lead. Can you imagine a truly attractive man - Humphrey Bogart, or Harrison Ford, for instance - constantly pushing the woman behind him and refusing to let her do anything remotely dangerous? If she had written "The Lord of the Rings," would Aragorn have told the Fellowship to go to hell and his future subjects to forget it, because he had to stay with Arwen to lock her up on a ship sailing for the West and safety? Yes, and it wouldn't have been romantic in the least.

Breaking Dawn just doesn't do the rest of the series justice.
Stephenie Meyer has captivated millions of fans with her first 3 books in the series but seems to have dropped the ball in Breaking Dawn. The story is inconsistent with the rest of the series. All of the characters are written out of character in one way or another. There are numerous unexplained plot holes and numerous characters whose stories are left unresolved. It doesn't even have the feel of romance the other 3 had. It reads more like a science fiction novel at best.