New Moon

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Today I finished the second novel in the Twilight Saga called New Moon.  Just in time for the movie which I will also be reviewing.  Here's what I thought of the book:

Title: New Moon
Author: Stephanie Meyer
Genre: Action, Romance
Summary: Bella Swan's ultra-beautiful and ultra-sparkly vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, leaves her thinking he is too dangerous for her to be around.  She then reconnects with her childhood friend Jacob Black who just so happens to fall in love with Bella. By the way, he is a werewolf.  Werewolves are vampires mortal enemies.  When Bella does something stupid and nearly kills herself, Edward thinks she is dead and goes to Italy to see the all powerful Volturi, a clan of vampires, that can kill him too. What happens next? Read the book to find out.
Review: I have to say, I am not a huge fan of the Twilight series and I'm definitly not a "twi-hard".  Some of my friends even hate Twilight.  This has influenced me to hold a bias against the series so I will do my best to be fair in this review.
      The main character and narrator, Bella Swan, is a dumbass.  When Edward tells her he is leaving she goes into a zombie-like depression for nearly half a year.  Get over it already.  This is so overly exagurated that it makes me want to rip out the pages. Also, I feel that Stephanie Meyer's writing ability dropped a whole bunch since Twilight.
       The two main things I actually did like about the book was the development of Jacob's character.  However, once he started to put his thoughts toward Bella into actions, he became such a LOSER!!  I also liked the explanation of the history of the Volturi.  It was cool learning about how foriegn vampires live.  I think Stephanie should have made Italy a larger part of the books storyline.  The time in Italy lasts only one or two 20 pg chapters out a 570 pg book.
       Then again, I have heard New Moon is the worst book in the series and I hope this is true because I DO plan on reading the second half of the saga.
Grade: C-