New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)

New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)
By Stephenie Meyer


Product Description
Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.


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Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #16 in Books
Published on: 2006-08-21
Number of items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
608 pages

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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up–Recovered from the vampire attack that hospitalized her in the conclusion of Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005), Bella celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend Edward and his family, a unique clan of vampires that has sworn off human blood. But the celebration abruptly ends when the teen accidentally cuts her arm on broken glass. The sight and smell of her blood trickling away forces the Cullen family to retreat lest they be tempted to make a meal of her. After all is mended, Edward, realizing the danger that he and his family create for Bella, sees no option for her safety but to leave. Mourning his departure, she slips into a downward spiral of depression that penetrates and lingers over her every step. Vampire fans will appreciate the subsequently dour mood that permeates the novel, and it's not until Bella befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles, that both the pace and her disposition begin to take off. Their adventures are wild, dare-devilish, and teeter on the brink of romance, but memories of Edward pervade Bella's emotions, and soon their fun quickly morphs into danger, especially when she uncovers the true identities of Jacob and his pack of friends. Less streamlined than Twilight yet just as exciting, New Moon will more than feed the bloodthirsty hankerings of fans of the first volume and leave them breathless for the third.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library
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From AudioFile
Readers will thrill to Ilyana Kadushin's elegant narration of NEW MOON, sequel to TWILIGHT. Her performance captures the emotional upheaval of mortal Bella's desperate love for vampire Edward and the obstacles to their perilous reunion. Like Romeo and Juliet, Edward and Bella suffer from their own folly, as well as the disapproval of their families. Kadushin's silvery, feminine voice delivers the unfolding events with precise, consistent timing, showcasing Meyer's story without overwhelming it. While the male characters could be slightly more distinct, the dialogue is clear as are Bella's numerous internal monologues. Kadushin ably succeeds at creating an addictive listen from Meyer's tumultuous story of star-crossed lovers. The combination will not disappoint. C.A. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Gr. 8-11. "Which is tempting you more, my blood or my body?" Things are heating up between Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, in this sequel to the immensely popular Twilight (2005). Then Bella is injured at her birthday party, and the Cullens' reaction to her blood sends Edward's family packing. Bella is inconsolable until she discovers that reckless behavior allows her to hear Edward's warning voice in her head. To keep him close, she decides to live as dangerously as possible, acquiring two motorcycles and developing a close friendship with Jacob, who helps her rebuild them. Romantics will miss Edward's presence, but the suspense created by a pack of werewolves bent on protecting Bella from a vindictive vampire will keep them occupied until the lovers can be reunited. The writing is a bit melodramatic, but readers won't care. Bella's dismay at being ordinary (after all, she's only human) will strike a chord even among girls who have no desire to be immortal, and like the vampires who watch Bella bleed with "fevered eyes," teens will relish this new adventure and hunger for more. Cindy Dobrez
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Customer Reviews
This book can be used as a torture device
I never write reviews. Never. But I am so dissapointed. I had to write a review for this book because through reading it I thought I'd much rather pluck my eyes out then be forced to continue on. This book is not a romance novel. I LOVE romance novels, Love them! I love romance movies. The first book Twilight was ok, I would even go so far as to say pretty good. But Stephenie Meyers writing, her describing every itsy bitsy ridiculous detail, (an idea of what I mean) "I placed the lasagna in the glossy microwave oven and watched it spin slowly around on the heated plate filing the house with smell of cooking tomatoes" (this is not a real quote, but pretty close to the torture of giving many* many* pointless details. GET TO THE POINT!! AAAGGGH! Now take that formula and add it to the second book "NEW MOON" which does not have Edward in it until the end, and add it to the fact that Bella seriously becomes deeply and horribly annoying! I found I kept rolling my eyes every time she spoke. She was depressing, childish, spoiled, a major USER (leading on Jacob) I AM SOOOOO SICK OF HER IN GENERAL and sick of HER CONSTANTLY FALLING DOWN, CUTTING HERSELF, HITTING HER HEAD, POSSIBLY FAINTING, PEOPLE QUICK GET THIS GIRL A HELMET!!! SHE SHOULD WEAR IT AT ALL TIMES!! She has nothing going for herself, why does everyone like her? They never say what is actually special about her especially if she is so plain. Why if Jacob is truly her best friend, would she lead him on and use his adoration of her to get him to do favors for her like fix the motorcycle. How can I be happy about Edward ad Bella when I can't stand Bella? I am lucky as I did not actually have to sit and read this book like others, as I had it on my IPOD, however it was equal torture for me as many of the hours I spent daydreaming and ignoring the story completly. This was truly a bad book. I am unsure if I like the series at all. It seems as though Stephenie meyer kept a thesauraus right next to her and used every word out of it just to sound more educated (it came off annoying) The good news is the Twilight movie looks great and I will bet $1000.00 it will be better than the book. (I usually always love the books better than the movies, not the case here) I can pretty much guarantee that. Skip the books wait for the movie.

Shoot me, shoot me now *spoilers*
You end the book hating the character of Bella more then you could have ever thought possible. She comes off as two things throughout the book. First a bit of a bitch to one her father, for ignoring him for months then running off to Italy with only a note to tell him where she is. Also for obviously jerking Jacob around by his heart strings throughout the book.

The second thing? She comes off as very much not in her right mind. She goes catatonic for a week and into a zombie trance for months because Edward left her. I'm sorry I refuse to believe one's soul mate leaving them would warrant a reaction like that. She's obsessive about Edward to a degree that if it weren't for the fact he's equally as obsessed, we would have a set of psychotic stalkers on our hands. Instead it's true love, ain't that just the most darling message?

Edward comes off as a dick for leaving Bella, who is very much not in her right mind (she goes catatonic for a week then goes zombie trance for months?), and honestly seems very suicidal. He constantly tosses around the idea of suicide so much and how he's going as soon as she goes, you get the idea that he's going to cut her brakes, just so he can off himself.

Any actual plot was procrastinated off to the very end, when Alice deus ex machina's in and tells Bella about suicidal Edward. Then it's off to Italy, a narrow save of Edward (who could have seen that coming?), and the Volturi lovingly shoving it down our throats that Bella is the most special snowflake of the lot.

And I very much appreciated the Romeo and Juliet comparisons being shoved down my throat every other chapter. Ms. Meyer, I'm sure you've read it (because Bella is so obviously a young Mary-Sue version of yourself), the main things I took away was a cautionary tale of feuding and how it will destroy what you care for most.I never saw the true love of the play, and it always seemed like a plot point more then anything, for the rest of a more interesting story to go off of. Hey maybe New Moon is more like it then I thought... except with the lacking of a more interesting story.

In review what does her brand of true love tells us what? You can't live without your man. It's perfectly okay to drop entire lives for someone you love. It's perfectly okay to commit suicide just to hear your ex's voice. It's perfectly okay to go comatose because you where dumped.


I only have one question after being forced to read this book. Why. Ms. Meyer, Why?

and the story continues. . .
After finishing book one of the Twilight series I had to run out and buy book two. Once again Meyer's creats charactors that won't let you put the book down. I find more depth to the story each time that I read it. And it is one that I keep picking back up. Although, this is not my favorite Twilight book it deffinatly is not disapointing.