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: #3 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

What age group was she writing for??
I read this whole series as my young teenage daughter and all of her friends are seriously obsessing about them. I am still trying to figure out which age group the author and her editor (if she used one) really meant these books for! It all starts out so Romeo and Juliet and then the whole thing falls apart. The 18 year old getting married and skipping college and basically isolating herself from the entire world for a guy...what bold choices she makes...what dreams she chases. Such an empowering message. Afraid to get older than her stuck-at-17- boyfriend?

But the part that takes the cake in the age inappropriate award category is the whole get married so we can have sex, get pregnant, carry a baby to term under any circumstances (here the near or real death of the mother) and the incredibly messy yucky birth scene. What young teenager wants to read this? This is so out of touch with reality!

Stephanie Meyers started with such a good premise and an edge of your seat story...the ying and yang of the physical attraction (Jacob) versus the spiritual (Edward) and then proceeded to fall into a bottomless pool of ultra conservative Disney meets the vampire muck. (She did go to BYU)

I truly believe in having conversations and not censoring garbage just because I don't like it, but how many of us have time to read what our kids are obsessing about? Mothers should read this with their daughters and have a conversation about the choices women must make in their lives and other subjects touched upon in this series. I have pledged to read (even if I just skim the sludge) with my daughter after this experience. I watch her tv shows and movies to see what she is taking in...and Gossip Girl gives us a lot of interesting topics to talk about. Yikes! It's tough to be a parent these days!

A disappointing end-relatively spoiler free
I'll try not to spoil this for those who haven't read it yet.
Okay, First the good parts: We finally get a look inside Jacob's head. I know a lot of people hated this part, but I felt he was the only interesting character, and, despite being female, the only character I could relate to. He's also the only character who actually develops after Twilight. He's the only reason I gave this review 2 stars instead of 1.
The bad parts: The rest of the book. While Twilight was an intriguing new twist on an old story, the writing and plot throughout the rest of the series falls apart. From the 2nd book on, Bella is selfish, obsessive, worthless, has no redeeming qualities, nor is there any character development for her. She is so unrealistic that she becomes impossible to relate to. I honestly hoped she would die just because she's so annoying. Edward could easily be replaced with a loaf of bread-he has no personality at all, isn't particularly likable, is also impossible to relate to, and just downright boring.
For me the ending was a huge cop out. Stephenie Meyer spends an entire series leading up to what appears to be an epic vampire war, but it seems like she got lazy at the end and didn't really feel like finishing the book. Everything fits into place way too neatly, as every character gets a perfect happily-ever-after. Now I am all for happy endings, but you can still have a happy ending that does not insult the audience's intelligence by just making everything as simple as possible (think Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, LoTR). And the fact is, SM will completely change a character to get them to fit into her happy ending (imprinting is just so convenient, isn't it?).
Like most people I loved Twilight, but after reading Breaking Dawn I have lost all respect for Stephenie Meyer as an author. The book was rushed, sloppily written, poorly thought out, and not creative (seriously, did anyone really not see how this book would end?) There is a good reason why great series have several years between books. In her haste, SM ruined what could have been one of the greatest sagas ever.

Loved the whole series
I really liked the whole series and I'm sad that it's over. I spent more time just reading and enjoying it than picking it apart like other reviews. What's relaxing about trying to find mistakes in the book instead of just reading?