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: #4 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

Breaking Dawn
As always Stephenie Meyer has out done herself again with the fourth and final Twilight series novel,a book I could not put down until I finished it!! Great Job!!!


Janet Harris

A Good Saga That Tripped Before The Finish Line
I own and have read all the books in the Twilight saga and have this to say: Let's just pretend it was a trilogy. Out of all the books, Breaking Dawn disappointed me with how Stephenie Meyer dealt with her characters.

Twilight was an amazing book thats descriptions made people believe they were there. I thought what Meyer did was very very good, and also hard to duplicate. New Moon proved that hypothesis for me, as I was happy that she gave other characters time to grow a little bit before getting Edward back in the story. Eclipse was the one book I seriously considered burning as I thought the love triangle idea was so overdone and was sad Meyer used it in such a lame way.

I had low expectations for Breaking Dawn to begin with and it was more then I imagined it to be, but it was nowhere near my opinion for Twilight. All the pre-conceived notions that Meyer let us make were blown out of the water. It was an utter crackfic.

I didn't like it but I don't hate it. I also do NOT recommend this book to ANYONE.

unbelievable - in a good way
Going into this one, I couldn't imagine how it could end on any kind of a good note. No matter which way it went, I thought our heros would take an unacceptable loss. I guess that's why I'm not a writer! Every chapter was a surprise, and it's amazing how it works out. Stephanie brought us down to the edge of the chasm of loss, and then gave us the fruits of sacrafice. This is the capstone of the series. Very Well Done.