Twilight. The first of a series of vampire/dark romance series aimed at obviously the teenage female, it shall be the focus of my post today. Amid shrieks of "Edward Cullen is HOTTT OMGZ!" and "I want to go watch Twilight!!! : DDD" amongst my compatriots and peers recently, I must say my curiosity regarding this evidently popular series was significantly aroused and I so decided to check out the first novel of the series to see whether it lived up to the hype. As usual, I was not disappointed in the general sense. Twilight, while obviously aimed at the teenage female with its themes of forbidden love and dark fantasy, can be said to be attractive enough to warrant more than one read-through.

The plot of Twilight is easy enough to follow. Awkward girl meets shuai but loner kid in school. Its love at first sight, they want to get together but are prevented by the the shuai guy being of a supernatural race. They face another supernatural enemy, girl wants to sacrifice herself so that no one gets hurt, is almost killed and the guy comes to save her, promising never to leave her side again till kingdom come. Along the way of course there are rivalries, love triangles, complications and other things, but the main plot follows this structure.

While the plot is simple, I find myself significantly touched by the themes presented in the novel regarding true love and forbbiden love. Those who know me might find it surprising that I'm commenting on such things on my blog, but hey I did a post on love once. The character of Edward is paticularly refreshing as far as dark fantasy male leads go. Edward is the supernatural handsome vampire love interest of the female lead, Bella. In typical Byrronic fashion, he lacks the self-confidence to restrain himself and shies away from Bella at first, sacrificing his happiness so as not to harm her, and this remains a mainstay for much of the book, where conversations between the lovers often rotating around the same topic of Edward wanting to leave Bella so that no harm comes to her because he loves her so much, but Bella doesn't want him to leave, because she loves him too much, and Edward then blames himself for all of Bella's harms, while Bella says its not his fault. While I believe Edward's love for Bella to be touching enough, such a self sacrifical love it is, the conversations between them revolving the same topic do get a little tedious towards the end of the novel.

Overall, I was significantly moved and gripped by this novel, and I think that yeah its a good read. It certainly changed my perspective regarding certain issues, and mm I think I will catch the movie. Oh and the quote below the picture is my 2nd favourite quote from the book of course, next to the all famous two words: Be Safe. I end off with typical teen-speak: TWILIGHT ROCKS ! OMFGZ!! : DD