New Moon (Twilight #2)

Reader reviewed by Stephanie

To be sure, NEW MOON is not as romantic as TWILIGHT. But fans of TWILIGHT will not be disappointed.

Edward and the rest of the Cullens disappear right in the beginning of the book, after Bella almost loses her life in a birthday party accident. Heartbroken and shattered, Bella spends the next few months in a zombie-like haze... until she meets up again with Jacob Black, her Quileute Indian friend, who helps Bella put together a motorbike. With Jacob's warmth and friendship, Bella finally feels like she is coming out of her haze.

However, strange things have been occurring on the Quileute reservation. Nearly every teenage boy has suddenly joined Sam's clique, and pretty soon, Jacob does too. But it's not just any clique. All the young men are werewolves: huge, intimidating, and extremely hot to the touch. This influx of werewolves was brought about because Victoria, partner of the James who was killed in TWILIGHT, is seeking revenge on his death by going after Bella.

Meanwhile, Bella continues her reckless behavior in order to hear Edward's voice yelling at her in her head. One time, a cliff-jumping attempt nearly results in her death. Unfortunately, it was at this moment that Rosalie decided to check in on Forks. Believing Bella had died, Rosalie told Edward, who resolved to go to the Volturi in Italy and break a vampire law so that they would kill him. Alice and Bella must head to Italy to stop Edward and escape from the Volturi's clutches before it is too late.

NEW MOON is full of questions that will hopefully be answered in the succeeding books. The Cullens have basically promised the Volturi that Bella will be one of them one day... so when will that happen? Werewolves and vampires hate one another on principle, so how will Edward (the boyfriend) and Jacob (the best friend) be able to stand each other?

Reader reviewed by Catherine

bella is concerned with turning older than Edward. After a surprise party gone wrong he starts acting unusual. Bella learns that he is going to leave her, and will never come back. After a heart breaking moment in the forest she tries to live her life as she used to.
She tries but to no avial. Her life is meaningless with out Edward. She forms bonds that become even more unusual with time, with new friends. Until she learns that Edward is about to do something very foolish on her behalf. she rushes to save him. I personally loved this book. i do not understand why no one has expressed enthusiasm for this book! i applaud Stephenie Meyers!!! if you read it you won't be sorry. i cried for this book!! Thrilling, and breath taking. Extreamly hard to put down, i finished it in one day!! STEPHENIE HAS STILL GOT IT!!!

Reader reviewed by Natalie

this book is the sequel to Twilight. Although i liked the book, it was not what i expected. but dont worry the next book , eclipse , will be better.
the story continues with bella and her vampire boyfriend edward. on her birthday bella accidentally gets a papercut putting bella's life in danger(she was at edwards house,full of vampires). edward fears for her safety and that she wont have a normal life so he makes bella believe that he does not love her and leaves town. MONTHS pass by and bella is very depressed therefore she goes to her friend jacob. they instantly become best friends. bella hears edwards voice everytime she does something wreckless. so to keep hearing his voice, she jumps off a cliff (recreational purposes/fun). alice,edward's sister, has a vision of that and thinks that bella committed suicide. somehow edward finds out and decides to kill himself becuase he cannot live without bella.he goes to italy to get a family of ancient vampires to kill him. (thats the only way a vampire can die)

bella finds out wat edward is going to do and her and alice go to italy to save him. they end up saving him. now there is a problem. she is human and knows about the vampire world. the solution, either become a vampire (edward wont allow it) or die. if she does become a vampire (edward's family agreed to turn her)jacob ,who became a warewolf a vampire's enemy, and his warewolf friends will have to kill edward, his family and even bella because it soes against this old agreement or contract. What will bella do? We will find out in the next book, Eclipse.

Reader reviewed by Nikki

I was so excited when I finially got my hands on NEW MOON. I have been waiting since January for its release. I feel in love with TWILIGHT so I knew that NEW MOON was going to rock. And I must say that I was not disappointed at ALL! I finished NEW MOON in 2 days. I couldnt put it down. I related so much to Bella and its like you can really feel her pain in the wriiting. Edward is breath taking as usually. And now there is a new character and a few new plot twists that include the La Push cutie Jacob Black. I love this book so much. Such a great sequal to TWILIGHT. and now I cant wait until ECLIPSE is released!

Reader reviewed by Kadi

I found this book to be quite depressing acutally. By no means I found it was badly written, but I was kind of expecting something different from it. After I finished reading, I knew what my friends were talking about when they said it would be better to leave the adventures of Bella and Edward at Twilight. I loved the references to Romeo and Juliet though.
The begininng was an extension of Twilight. Then when the "incident" happened,you knew something major was about to happen. When Edward left even though it was to be expected it was a shock. Bella's reaction afterward was a bit high in the melodrama but it still was realistic. The pages that were blank except for the month was quite ingenius. Nothing was written but everything was said. I felt kind of sorry for Jacob because the relationship between he and Bella deepened but did'nt shift in the way he wanted. I think the seemingly physical pain Bella felt is realted to some supernatural power ahe may have. Perhaps it is to be reveled in the next book. When she and Alice were running off to Italy, I was bitting my nails in anticpation. It was welcomed because the greater part of the book was quite deviod of any feelings except sorrow. When they got back together, her reaction was very human. I was surprised that she did not know he loved her though. But one of the most heartbreaking events in the book, is the breakup of her friendship with Jacob. The ending left a lot of questions hanging in the air.