Review Detail

Reader reviewed by Alex (Tales of a Teenage Book Lover)

Fine! I admit it, I like Twilight. And when I first read them, I loved Twilight. So naturally, when I learned that a new Eclipse novella was to be released, I jumped for joy. Going back into the world that I had once been completely in love with sounded so fun. And I wanted to completely fall in love again. Sadly, it didnt happen the way I had hoped.

Though Bree is an okay character, I didnt particularly like her or any of the other characters in the book. Well maybe I liked a few of them at the end *cough* the Cullens *cough* except Bella *cough*, but most of the characters Bree comes to know in her second life didnt stand out to me.

The story was one I didnt like much. I found much of the book boring and didnt really care about what I was reading. Until the end. That is what raised the rating of this book. The ending was killer, pun intended. Before the final battle, I just read along like a good little boy, knowing what the final outcome would be the whole time.

One thing this novella did do well was completely give me a new outlook on the world that Stephenie Meyer has created. I had never really considered what life, or should I say afterlife, was like for the newborns. But now I did, and it was really cool to get that experience. The book also changed how I felt for some characters. I felt so much sympathy for Riley while reading Eclipse, but now I am glad about what happened to him, he deserved it.

I will say that I enjoyed The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, but will never say that I liked it more than the original Twilight saga, a series that I now feel the urge to re-read. Thanks Bree. So if you are a Twilight fanatic, this would be awesome to have on your bookshelf. But if you are just a casual reader, check it out and see what you think.