Well, my friends all told me how absolutely, breathtakingly wonderful this book is. And how it was so so good they read it in a day. So I went out and bought it and so far it’s DEFINITELY NOT living up to its hype. I’m on page 300 and something and the same thing’s been happening. And I hate the characters and I really hate how Bella keeps saying what a gorgeous hunk Edward is. And Edward keeps talking about what a wonderful scrumptious scent Bella has. So I guess “true love/first love” is all about looks and scents. Plus the author tries to sound all poetic and lyrical but it just doesn’t work. The “love story” is so friggin’ contrived!
And isn’t this supposed to be a suspense?

This is what makes me hate teen fiction sometimes. It’s the same old story trying to be something it’s not. And where there’s supposed to be suspense, there’s really nothing more than dull characters talking about the same dull things over and over and OVER. Ugh! Thank god for authors like John Green, Sarah Dessen, Libba Bray and David Levithan.