Product Description

In the dead silence, all the details suddenly fell into place for me with a burst of intuition. Something Edward didn't want me to know. Something that Jacob wouldn't have kept from me...It was never going to end, was it?

Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will easily devour Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. This Special Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller includes:

• The first chapter of Breaking Dawn, the highly anticipated final book in the Twilight Saga.
  
• A limited-edition, full-color print
  
• Two exclusive Eclipse-inspired t-shirt transfers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-31
• Released on: 2008-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 672 pages

From AudioFile
High school graduation looms for Bella, and conventional worries over college applications vie with her plans for immortality and marriage to a vampire classmate, Edward Cullen. In this sequel to Meyers TWILIGHT and NEW MOON, Ilyana Kadushins elegant voice again moves from scenes of typical teen angst to moments of horror, including an attack by newborn vampires on the Cullen family (who have forsaken traditional vampire fodder for big game). Kadushins growling tones and pace are terrific as she differentiates the star-crossed lovers, immersing listeners in the clandestine world that exists around us. D.P.D. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
Praise for Eclipse:
"Move over, Harry Potter." - USA Today

"Has a hypnotic quality that puts the reader right inside the dense, rainy thickets of [Forks]" - People Magazine

"The legions of readers who are hooked on the romantic struggles of Bella and the vampire Edward will ecstatically devour this third installment" - Publishers Weekly

"[Stephenie Meyer is] the world's most popular vampire novelist since Anne Rice" - Entertainment Weekly

"Meyer's trilogy seethes with the archetypal tumult of star-crossed passions, in which the supernatural element serves as a heady spice." - The New York Times

Praise for New Moon:
-"Teens will relish this new adventure and hunger for more."--Booklist
-"[A] near-genius balance of breathtaking romance and action."--VOYA
-"New Moon will ... leave [fans] breathless for the third."--School Library Journal

Praise for Twilight:
-A New York Times Editor's Choice
-A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
-An Amazon Best Book of the Decade...So Far
-An American Library Association Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults

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 and New Moon.

Customer Reviews

Must Read
I have never written a review before nor have I read all 4 or more series in 3 days. I could not put it down. Kinda wants you to look around and say here, you can have my neck :-) -Krissy

Eclipse
In my opinion, Eclipse was a good read, but much too hyped up. It was, at points, lacking in action and drama- Meyer tends to beat around the bush sometimes when it comes to the complicated relationship triangle between Bella, Edward, and Jacob.
However, I am a sucker when it comes to Bella's romances. I almost can't decide if I'd rather see her with Jacob or with Edward. I find it a little naiive that we are all expected to get why Bella literally NEEDS Edward. What exactly did he do to win her over so completely? To me, Jacob's relationship with Bella is more fun & playful, yet they share a deep connection. On the other hand, I see Edward's realtionship with Bella to be a more mysterious, serious bond. The fact that both boys are hopelessly in love with Bella doesn't make it any easier for her - or me- to choose which one she'd rather be with.
Eclipse brought back a fresher conflict that I think was lost in the previous New Moon. The bond between vampires, humans, and werewolves made for an intruiging story line that was not there in the previous book.
The ending leaves me very impatient to read the next book. I'm dying to know what Bella will ultimately choose, although I beleive it will be life as a vampire with Edward. But that brings on a whole new wave of questions: How will she preserve a normal realtionship with her family? How will Jacob deal with the fact that she has turned into the very thing he hates? Meyer will certainly have her fair share of problem solving when it comes to the next book in the saga.
Through the themes of choice, friendship, romantic love, bravery, sacrifice, and even morality, Bella's journey after arriving in Forks has certainly been an unexpected thriller.

A bridge to Breaking Dawn
If you've enjoyed Twilight Collector's Edition (The Twilight Saga) and New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2), you're bound to love Eclipse, as it hurtles toward a resolution of Bella Swan's dilemma: how to cut herself off from her family to spend undead eternity in the company of her beloved Edward. Where most teenagers associate 16, 17, 18 and so on with increasing privileges and freedom, Bella sees each passing year as separating her further from her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen, forever preserved as a (incredibly good looking) seventeen year old boy. Bella wants very much to become a vampire and enjoy eternity with Edward. However one mortal milestone after another gets in the way.

Jacob Black is really the character development study in the novels - Bella falls in love with Edward and suffers for her love, but once she's in love, she stays in love and that's that. Edward remains the perfect vampire boyfriend throughout. It's Jacob who has to cope with personal changes on every level, and who grows into his manhood as he does.

Eclipse has a lot of exciting vampire action, but it's really the bridge to Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4), the fourth and final book in the series. The vampire action is either the backdrop to Bella's senior year in high school, or the other way round. Bella and Edward are filling out college applications in a process that owes as much to fantasy as the vampires do.

Hang on for the ride, and queue up Breaking Dawn, because most readers don't want to pause between them.