~spunkyK101

Last July, when I read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I thought that I would never again be so anticipatory of a book. I thought that I would never again quit life for a weekend of burying my nose in a book and losing myself in a completely fantastic world. Last July, I had no idea what I was in for. Boy did I not see this one coming.

Breaking Dawn is the best book I have ever layed my eyes on. The words are the best that I have ever had the privilage of burning into my brain through careful and diligent reading. It...was...perfect.

I don't want to hear all about everyone's negative yadahoo..."oh it was so sci-fi" "Oh that is so gross" "Meyer is terrible" blah blah blah blah blah.

Two days before the book came out at midnight, I had accidentally been exposed to "spoilers" on the IMDB message boards. These "spoilers" sounded completely out of character for what Meyer would write, and quite frankly I was disgusted that people would even try to pass that off as something she would come up with. Imagine my surprise when I opened the book, only to find out that these "spoilers" were true. I panicked. I thought, "No. This book is going to suck. And not in a good way." No matter how much I started out dreading that this book would be bad because of the seemingly appalling direction Meyer had taken the story, my mind was completely changed from the first page. From beginning to end, there was not a single sentence that had my joy in this series budging and inch. I guess you really can't judge a book by it's cover...or in this case, it's spoilers.

I was surprised at how much I found myself identifying with the characters. I mean, of course anyone who reads it could identify themselves with Bella in some way. I did with the other books. But this...this was so much in tune with me that it's almost scary. I found myself identifying with Bella more deeply than I would have thought possible, and what startled me even more, was that I found myself intensely indentifying with Jacob too. So much so that it was almost surreal. I've got to hand it to Meyer, she's got skills, and an intelligence that I most certainly can't compare to.

What scared me the most out of everything, was that alot of the things that either Bella or Jacob said, thought, or did, I have said, thought, or done. (Not in that way you perverts!!!)

But no, seriously. I have had a lot of time to myself to think over the past three years or so, and alot of the things I have thought about or imagined, were topics that were touched on in this book. Even things that I have talked with people about, very personal things, were touched on in this book. Not to mention, if you read Jacob's POV and get to the part of his day trip, know that I have done exactly that. His thoughts, were mine: Exactly. And the part where Bella is realizing that she was so scared of all the things she went through, but then realized in retrospect that they weren't so bad, those things have been brought to my attention recently on more than one occasion. About myself.

Maybe it's no surprise then that this book has probably touched me more than it could do for anybody else.

In technicality review, there were a bunch of typos, but they didn't detract from the story. The book could have easily been split into more than one book however. It was so long!!! Couple that with the fact that I try not to miss any details, and that I have a short attention span, and it took me a collective 24 hours at least to read the entire thing. Basically, It took up my whole weekend. And I was reading it mostly between midnight and 4 in the morning because that is when my house is the most peaceful and I can concentrate. I have raccoon eyes now thanks to that that would even put the Cullens to shame.

The plot had so many twists and turns in it too. It made for an interesting read, and I will probably not pick up the book again for another year so I can let the story sink in, but this is one that I will definately read again.

This is the series that changed my life. This is the book that I will never forget.

All I can say now is, Stephenie Meyer, you are the best. It was beautiful. It is a series that I will truly miss, and it broke my heart reading those last two words, "The End." From the bottom of my soul, Thank You.