Breaking Dawn

**Links: Book 1 * Book 2 * Book 3**

This truly is my favorite book of this series. I think the reason is because Bella's character is less whiny than in the other books. The story is much more mature, and the characters are less like teenagers and more like adults.

Bella and Edward get married. They have a baby. Bella becomes a vampire. And then the danger comes from the Volturi, the vampire "rulers". It's a story that has excitement, and you fully understand Jacob's purpose in the story, the reason he became so crucial and couldn't be cut out.

I wish that I could say this would be an amazing stand alone book, but I know it's not. I know that so many of the connections that are prominent in this book are developed throughout the entire series. So, you'd have to suffer through the teenage melodrama that the first three books have (although by Eclipse, it's become less angsty and more serious), to get to the great story in this one book. But I love it. And that's not just through my teenage girl reader.

I'll still stand by the writing not being exceptional. I joked to my husband that the most complicated word on the page I happened to be reading was "chagrin", so that should tell you something. The vocabulary is great for a young adult novel, but I like complex words that take a little time to figure out. But that's just me.

Give this series a chance, if only to develop your own opinion of it. It starts of okay (Twilight), goes to extremely angst-ridden (New Moon), transforms into a more complex story (Eclipse), before ending with a story that will leave you hoping for a happy ending (Breaking Dawn). Or, at least, that's how I see it. Your opinion might be different.