Again, read through patent pending Editor-O-Vision. This book was actually quite short seeing as....not that much happens.

I think this by far is going to be the hardest of the series to translate into a movie people want to watch.

There's a lot to like in this story about a teen trapped in 1984ish hell courtesy of the Department of Homeland Security. Accurate descriptions of technology. A believable telling of our near future. Revolting against 'The Man.' LARPing. Vampire LARPing. Vampire LARPing in San Francisco. I could go on.


The main character, Marcus, is written a little too perfect to be believable. Still, would recommend to geeky teens or teens looking for a good book written from a male POV.

Renesmee?

After talking to a lot of friends/family about this book in particular I've been able to come up with a conclusion. People who like happy endings love this book. People who find happy endings smarmy hate this book. Having that knowledge equipped I tried to keep myself impartial because it is a happy ending but I was not on board with a significant portion of the book, and it's an enormous lump of a book...Bella doesn't have to sacrifice anything. Not that she is required to by any means but...she gets every thing she wants, I suppose readers are conditioned into expecting some sort of tradeoff.

There was a lot to like...I liked the pack stuff with Jacob, any scene with Seth in it is a great scene! I liked hearing about the other vampires' abilities...but I just got supporting character overload in the last section of the book. One thing Nate and I brought up several times during the reading of this one is how much Edward seems to lose his bite (hah).

Could not finish. :(

Usually I love Eco, but I didn't like the flow of this book, even though the premise was intriguing.

I actually had a really hard time finishing this book. From what I remember, I liked the backstory of Kavalier a lot better than that of Klay, but it's been a few years now.