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

stop being so realistic...it's fiction
I thought this book was great!!!! Everyone is talking about how unrealistic things are. Are we not reading about a love affair with a vampire??? We are so far from reason!!! JUst enjoy the world she created with the rules she made.

It's her world in those pages accept it for what it was!!!

Love Love Love

It was better than I thought based on the negative reviews.
I was afraid to read this book because I really liked the first three and then I read so many negative comments about this one. I enjoyed it - maybe not as much as the first three - they were more romantic but this book was still pretty good.

Amazing Ending
First of i have to say to those who are giving the hard reviews, please give the author a break, its only a story and if anything she's not sending bad messages to young girls or boys through the series. I enjoyed reading Breaking Dawn as much as I enjoyed the first three books. Truthfully I loved the whole "Twilight" series, and as much as I wish the author didn't end it, I was still completely satisfied. You Rock Stephanie Meyer!! dont forget about the Fans that loved all of your work, were still out here. IF it wasn't for you Edward wouldn't constantly be on our minds 24/7 lol. Thank you. What an amazing fantasy story. Perfect ending!