To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation , loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the date of two tribes hangs.

Now Bella has made her decision; a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life--first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse--seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?

The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic.
Great love stories thrive on sacrifice. Throughout The Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse), Stephenie Meyer has emulated great love stories--Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights--with the fated, yet perpetually doomed love of Bella (the human girl) and Edward (the vampire who feeds on animals instead of humans). In Breaking Dawn, the fourth and final installment in the series, Bella’s story plays out in some unexpected ways. The ongoing conflicts that made this series so compelling--a human girl in love with a vampire, a werewolf in love with a human girl, the generations-long feud between werewolves and vampires--resolve pretty quickly, apparently so that Meyer could focus on Bella’s latest opportunity for self-sacrifice: giving her life for someone she loves even more than Edward. How close she comes to actually making that sacrifice is questionable, which is a big shift from the earlier books. Even though you knew Bella would make it through somehow, the threats to her life, and to her relationship with Edward, had previously always felt real. It’s as if Meyer was afraid of hurting her characters too much, which is unfortunate, because the pain Bella suffered at losing Edward in New Moon, and the pain Jacob suffered at losing Bella again and again, are the fire and the heart that drive the whole series. Diehard fans will stick with Bella, Edward, and Jacob for as many twists and turns as possible, but after most of the characters get what they want with little sacrifice, some readers may have a harder time caring what happens next. (Ages 12 and up) --Heidi Broadhead

Customer Rating:
Summary: wonderful journey
Comment: Of all the books in this series, Breaking Dawn was my most favorite and fun to read....I think it wrapped everything up nicely, yet left the door open for another series of stories with the wonderful characters that Meyer has created. I recommend this series to all ages.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Better than Eclipse and New Moon
Comment: I don't understand why people hate this book so much. I must admit, I'm not a fan girl, or Twilighter, or anything like that. I got dragged to see the movie, and after watching it, I felt it was a good enough story to spend my money and time to read the books. (PSA: If you're over the age of 20, you'll be laughing at unintentionally funny scenes during the movie. I got glares from several teens sitting around me for that...)

Twilight (the book) was decent. The 2nd and 3rd books, not so much. Awful writing, slow storyline--I found myself skimming paragraphs at a time to get to the next part of the story/plot.

So when I started reading Breaking Dawn, it wasn't without some apprehension. I was afraid I would hate it even more than the 2nd and 3rd books. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find I enjoyed it much more. The story moved along at a good pace, Bella spent less time cooing over Edward's "god-like" face and form, and reading about her new vampire experiences was rather entertaining. She was also less annoying since she wasn't as helpless and whiny.

I get the feeling some reviewers didn't like this book because the plot didn't progress the way *they* wanted it to progress. Keep in mind, people, this is the author's creation, not yours. Read it for what it is and enjoy the story rather than hating how everything turned out. So you want Bella to be an evil vampire rather than good? Go write your own sequel. Obtain the permissions and write your own version of Bella's experiences and struggles as a newborn vamp.

The only disappointment was the ending. I'll not give it away, but the ending was so...cheesy. There's no other way to describe it. Well, sickening is another apt adjective. (And now the flamers will tell me to go write my own ending. Touche.)

And finally, sorry Ms. Meyer, but you're no JK Rowling. The HP series are books I read over and over again; they're well written, the plot moves right along, and I don't get distracted by grammatical or other mistakes, and I delightedly discover (or remember) a new detail that I missed in earlier readings.

So, in conclusion, a good read. Not something I'd read over and over, and I slightly regret buying the book, but it's a good read if you don't want to think too much about anything. Borrow it from a friend or library.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible and totally disappointed!!
Comment: I absolutely loved the first 3 books, I must have read them within 3-4 days. The love story was beautiful, capturing, and mind blowing..it seemed to get more intense once Jacob was involved. I couldn't wait to read the 4th addition..

If this book was mine (I borrowed it) I probably would have burned it by now. It was terrible..in fact, I read only half of it and then skimmed to the last chapter. I couldn't believe what I was reading.

-Bella immediately marrying Edward, after all she put Jacob through
-Bella getting PREGNANT..I didn't realize Vampires had live sperm
-Edward eating the mutant baby right out of her (I had to read that part twice, because I seriously could not believe I was reading the same series)
-Bella becoming a Vampire, after the first 3 books stressed so much on her keeping her humanity. Thats what made it so romantic...a human inlove with the supernatural
-Jacob claiming the newborn mutant baby as his MATE (I guess this part was suppose to be cute since he couldn't have the mother..)

As you can see, the romance that leaves you with butterflies in your stomach no longer exists. Instead, I was left quite disturbed. This whole book was so disappointing, utterly disgusting, and just plain ridiculous...I don't know what the author was thinking, but I sure as heck am glad I don't own this book!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not like Twilight
Comment: I didn't hate Breaking Dawn like a lot of the twilight community did, but to say that I loved it is also a far cry from the truth as well. At first I loved the beginning; Edward and Bella finally got married and had a wonderful honeymoon, things were looking up, but then everything changed.

I feel like Meyer got stuck half way through, like she dug herself into this hole and had trouble getting out of it. There were points where the book dragged where you just wanted to say, "Oh come on lets move onto something different."
I think the biggest problem I had with the book was that it felt nothing like the Twilight series. When I was reading it I didn't feel like I was reading the original Twilight series, I felt like I was reading some sort of fanfiction or something along those lines.
I know most people always say that ALL of Meyer's writing reads like fanfiction but Breaking Dawn really does.
If you like the Twilight series then I feel that you have to at least read Breaking Dawn, it does give closer only to me the closer was a little too sweet, like everything had to come together in this perfect circle and make everything perfect which is kind of boring.
I don't hate it but one of my least favorite out of the Twilight series.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Immortal (Vampire) Love story
Comment: I loved all of the books, and the characters. I see nothing wrong in creating another immortal love story. Its like a new Tarzan and Jane, Superman and Lois Lane, or Radha and Krsna. I for one think these kinds of love stories are the best ones.

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