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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
Eclipse
Stephenie Meyer
--Amanda Brown (Staff Writer)
Eclipse is the third book from the Twilight sagas. It is a great vampire romance book and I recommend it to anybody to read. This book was written by Stephenie Meyer. She also wrote Twilight, New Moon, Breaking Dawn, and a recent book, not included in the Twilight series, Host.
Eclipse is a story of an 18 year old Bella Swan and her vampire lover Edward Cullen. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire, Victoria, continues her quest for revenge. Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf. Werewolves and vampires are ancient enemies but since Edward’s family came into existence, an uneasy truce has taken place. Edward’s families are the “vegetarians” of vampire world, feeding off of animals instead of humans. The truce remains in place unless the vampires “turn” a local which is the plan with Bella. Bella knows her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. Jacob, Bella’s best friend and werewolf, is hurting because Bella has chosen Edward over him. Much of the novel focuses around Bella and her dealings with the La Push werewolves. When Bella visits Jacob because he is “hurting” (from her rejection), he sees this as an opportunity to convince Bella that he is the better choice since his heart beats and Edward’s does not. Edward is an abomination and Jacob is nature’s way of controlling those abominations. Bella, despite her love for Edward, goes on long hand-in-hand walks with Jacob and spends close quiet moments with him in the woods, allows him to put his head in her lap, pets his fur when he is changed. Edward could never stand extended closeness with Bella as the desire to take her blood would overcome him. In Eclipse, Edward is simply over that. Bella has always longed to be a vampire. Yet, when it is offered to her, she changes her mind. And then changes it again and then again. Another false barrier in the form of Bella’s desire not to be married is erected presenting still another weak excuse for internal conflict between Bella and Edward. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
