GJSHS book reviews

Why would a family of extremely good-looking, amazingly brilliant, and shockingly pale people live in a small and rainy town in Oregon? Maybe because they are vampires; sun hurts and they don’t want people to pay much attention to them.Bella Swan moves in with her father for her senior year because her mother has gotten remarried to a man who travels too much. She meets Edward and they are instantly drawn to each other…until Edward becomes hostile. Bella can’t figure him out. Sometimes sweet and kind, sometimes powerfully rude, Edward is trying to prevent himself from falling for Bella. He can’t promise she will be safe with him. He is part of a group of humanitarian vampires who survive on animals instead of humans, but it takes real restraint and Bella tempts him. Once they decide to give it a go anyway, Bella is threatened by a brutal group of vampires passing through town and Edward and his family must defend her.

Three parts love story and one part thrilling vampire story, this book was unique and captivating. I especially liked the side plot about the local Native American tribe lore about this group of humanitarian vampires.

-M. Funke, Librarian