Book review: 'Twilight' right for the young romantic in all of us

"I'D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD die -- though I'd had reason enough in the last few months -- but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this."

By Seili Lewis

February 15, 2008 | Twilight is the exciting adventure of a 16-year-old girl named Bella, who out of love for her mother exiles herself to the rainy town of Forks, Wash.

If you're looking for a teen romance gone right, then this book is the way to go. This story is fast paced and so easy to get caught up in the main character.

Bella is the type of average girl who everyone knows is pretty but can't see it in herself.

She quickly discovers that being the new kid in town makes her a bit of a novelty. She makes new friends and falls madly in love with Edward Cullen, a young man with a dark history and a seemingly impossible secret. Edward is easy to love because of the intense way Stephanie Myer writes her male leads -- it's almost impossible not to fall in love with him: "Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon."

I highly recommend this novel by Myer to anyone who enjoys stories about love and adventure. It was an exciting whirlwind adventure that left me hungry for more of the intensely emotional stories about Edward and Bella as they try to overcome obstacles in their relationship, which seemed doomed to begin with.

Twilight by Stephanie Myer will be a major motion picture, due to be released Dec 12.

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