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Book Review of Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Bk 4)

Breaking Dawn (Twilight, Bk 4)
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The best of the four books in Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga, "Breaking Dawn" is a satisfying conclusion to this hyper-popular series. The plot concerns Bella's engagement and marriage to her vampire lover Edward, and her best friend Jacob's continuing jealousy and conflict concerning his own feelings toward the pair. Suffice it to say that this doorstopper makes up for the PG and PG-13 tone of its predecessors - the sex, violence, blood, and horror are wracked up to a big level in this novel, but the story is all the better for them. The book is deeply disturbing at times (especially during scenes of sexual horror involving a character's out-of-control pregnancy and birth), and even though the ending is a tad underwhelming, the characters are all given satisfying send-offs. If you've read and enjoyed the other books in this series, be sure not to miss this one. It's truly the best of the bunch!