The Twilight Phenomenon

I was just reading through other people’s blog posts, and I noticed nobody has written about Twilight yet. Considering the Twilight mania that has grasped the world, I was expecting at least a few posts. So I will take this momentous task upon myself. For anybody who have been living in a cave, Twilight is a young adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. Twilight spent over 91 weeks on the New York Times’ Best Seller List. Twilight is the first in a series of four books.

The Twilight series follows teenager Bella Swann who moves from her mother’s home in Arizona to live with her father in Forks, Washington. While settling into her new town, Bella meets and falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen. Edward is a vampire who does not feed off of humans, nor does his family, therefore making his relationship with Bella plausible. Their love is still forbidden and littered with complications. Bella’s relationship with Edward leads her to befriend his whole “family.” Edward’s family is a group of vampires that have come together over the years and who all do not feed from humans. Edward’s family consists of his father Carlisle, Carlisle’s wife Esme, his brothers Emmett and Jasper, and his sisters Alice and Rosalie. Their relationship becomes an increased danger to Bella when another vampire, who does feed off of humans, comes into town and is intrigued by Bella’s relationship with the Cullens. The Cullens fight to save Bella and rescue her in the end, but not before she is bitten. Edward prevents her from becoming a vampires by sucking the vampire venom out of her bloodstream. Bella returns to Forks injured but alive. The first book ends at their prom, where Bella expresses her desire to be with Edward forever and become a vampire.

Twilight was adapted into a film that was released three years after it’s original publication. Robert Pattinson was cast as Edward Cullen and Kristen Stewart plays Bella Swann. Once the movie was announced, Twilight obsession quickly spread the world. Teens and moms alike find interest in the story. The story of forbidden love is timeless and therefore relates to many.