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Buy New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer available and for sale on Brightsurf
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by Stephenie Meyer
| | List Price: | $19.99 | | Price: | $10.99 | | You Save: | $9.00 (45%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 15 | | Studio: | Little, Brown Young Readers | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Reading Level: | Young Adult | | Number Of Pages: | 608 | | Publication Date: | August 21, 2006 | | Publisher: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
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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. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 726 reviews)
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2nd book in series more teenage angsty fun 
Edward and Bella's romance is going along smoothly until an accident proves that her humanity is one issue they just can't overcome. Edward not only breaks up with Bella, but thoroughly breaks her as well by telling her that he doesn't love her and never will. The Cullens leave town, and Bella reacts by first becoming nearly comatose before stumbling through life like a zombie. But then Jacob returns bringing the sunshine of his personality to bear and brings warmth back to Bella and her life. Jacob is warm, open, and sweet all the things that Edward isn't, but despite his open affection for her, Bella can't seem to shake the deep love she has for Edward and the feeling that her life isn't completely full without him. Comparisons with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet abound throughout the story, and they aren't far off. Bella is a shell of the character she was in the first book; she no longer loves to read, and her thoughts revolve almost completely around Edward and trying to fill the hole that he left in her life. Oh, the teenage angst! Bella, while not as interesting this time around, certainly attracts intriguing men, and this book is pure wish fulfillment for teenage girls (and their moms) everywhere. Both the bad boy and the good guy want her, and will do anything for her safety and happiness. Myers has a real flair for portraying Bella's tortured emotions in a way that's sympathetic without being pathetic. I know that Myers fans are split between being Jacob and Edward fans; personally, I'm a Jacob fan (and my daughter is too!). I give the book 4-1/2 stars.
July 06, 2008 | |
Does not let you down
OMG!!! I really like Jacob but Bella sometimes it is kind of hard. I have to say I can definetily relate to her when I was younger and how she can be so annoying. I found myself caring and rooting more for Jacob on this book and sometimes I really wished Bella did not whine so much. But again, It is a good book and again the author saves the best to last. Well, I can't wait for the Breaking Dawn Party at Barnes and Noble at midnight. Hope everyone can go.
July 06, 2008 | |
Drew me in at the beginning and then.... 
Giving my honest opinion, I would say that the second installment of the twlight saga can be skipped. Not alot happens in this book except that Edward Cullen, Bella's boyfriend goes away after freaking out again over Bella getting a paper cut and spilling some blood at his home in front of his vampire family. I do admit the writing in this book in terms of the way the author discribes the part where Edward breaks up with Bella is heartbreaking and brilliant. Other than that, you could really just skip the book and pick up Eclipise (book 3) UNLESS you care about the story of the character Jacob, his history and his flowering relationship with Bella as he draws her out of depression in the wake of Edward's absence.
Just to be clear with some of you if might think of purchasing this book solely to see if Bella:
Turns into a vampire
Loses her virginity
Gets Married
The answer to all of the above is NO. There I saved you some cash, now go by the 3rd book, it get into *cough* more of THOSE issues.
July 06, 2008 | |
Great! 
A friend recommended this series, and I absolutely love it! Easy to read, and it is very hard to put down the book once you pick it up!
July 06, 2008 | |
Interesting take on vampires 
Although the Twilight series creates some new concepts on what it means to be a vampire and has altered the physiological aspects of vampires, the writing focuses more on the relationships that Bella forms with those around her. It is a romance novel more than a vampire fantasy novel, and is a good "beach reading" choice. I was, however, a little annoyed in my edition of this novel (ISBN 9780316160199) because some of the editing was not as thorough as I would hope for a sequel to a very successful first book.
All writers have their own styles and make their own flubs when writing, but the job of an editor is to carefully read over the manuscript and catch these mistakes in order to make the writing flow better. I normally don't notice it when there are a few flubs throughout the book, but apparently someone at Little, Brown and Company had not been doing as thorough of a job as needed, for I started to find the same six or seven flubs and started to notice them more. Maybe in a future edition, changes could be amended to reduce the to/too/two and "suppose to" errors and others within the book.
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