It’s hard not to take issue with the prissy no-sex morals, Cullen’s stalkery behaviour and the endless references to his car. I suppose it does, but more because of the nostalgia that comes with it. Like Meyer I hoped it might transport fans the way the stories did a decade ago. In May, when the news was so bleak, I wondered whether this might be a perfect time for the release of Midnight Sun. He expresses some guilt, but dude, get out of her room!. But in Midnight Sun readers get a first-person account of that spying with unsettling details. In Twilight Bella learns that Edward watches her while she sleeps. Bella is dodging unwanted invitations to the school dance, meanwhile, Edward was sired as a vampire during the 1918 flu pandemic. Also, Edward Cullen is a centenarian who falls for a teenager. Yes, many vampire tales feature characters doing bad things, but Twilight, as a young adult novel, seemed to rest on metaphors of boys not being able to control their urges, and only appreciating the girls who are most mysterious to them. If you are a die-hard Twilight fan (I am, by the way), you know that some of Meyer’s narrative choices have long been problematic. Meyer wrote with her biggest fans in mind, dedicating the book to them, and plunging into the mind of Washington state’s most complicated teenage vampire as he falls for a woman who is more determined than we’ve given her credit for.

So, will team Edward be happy with this book? The original team Edward from 2005 who binged the books and watched all five series-inspired movies that pulled in over $3 billion at the box office? Absolutely. But leaving those aspects unchanged adds a staleness to what is in many other ways an entertaining page-turner carried by frisson after frisson, that sexual tension of youth. Meyer said that in writing Midnight Sun she was locked into the original story. They still come off as stereotypical B-list characters. he Edward/Bella power dynamic is still ripe for criticism, as is the depiction of the Quileute characters who don’t get much time in this book, not even Jacob Black. If you came for modern and concise, you’re opening the wrong book. Yes, the writing is still Twilight writing.

The best thing about an Edward Cullen book turns out to be his gift of telepathy, the thoughts of others coming off like the footnotes you never knew you needed. a new look at Edward’s internal struggle concerning Bella, along with deep glimpses into his past and his family dynamics, that make him a more complex, and better, character.

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