Book Report: Eclipse

Eclipse is the third novel in Stephenie Meyer’s popular Twilight series. Meyer wasted little time giving previous details and jumped right into this third book. Just as the other two previous books of the saga this book is also very easy to get lost in. Eclipse carries on not long after New Moon left off. Bella’s high school graduation is approaching and she will soon be leaving Forks forever, she is supposedly to go to college, but in reality she is planning to join her boyfriend in his vampire existence and will be unable to return home, due to being dead and possessed by a terrible blood lust for the first few years.The book goes through graduation but then the dangerous vampires from Seattle come to Forks and dealing with them dominates the rest of the book. This is only one part of the story though. Eclipse is primarily a romantic saga, so Bella and Edward’s relationship is the primary focus of the book. Though there is this weird love triangle going on between Eward, Bella, and Jacob. Bella and Jacob have always been friends, at least they were - right up until Jacob became a werewolf. Then the enmity between vampires and werewolves put a huge strain on their friendship. Besides which, Jacob is in love with Bella, who is in love with Edward so this is going to make things awkward between them. At this point, Bella has found her soul mate in Edward but Jacob is the soul mate she should have, could have, would have had if Edward didn’t exist. She loves him too but not as much as Edward. I don't exactly know why she loves Jacob though. He knows that she loves Edward but Jacob still tries to make her feel guilty that she can’t love him like he wants her too. This only shows that he is the younger one with such a immature approach towards trying to get Bella's heart. Though this book is over six hundred pages it sure didn't seem like it. I still read through the book in a couple of days because I couldn't put it down. It is interesting to think about where the next book will take me in this story.