“I turned off my brain. It was time to hunt. I took a deep breath, drawing in the scent of the blood inside the humans below. They weren’t the only humans around, but they were the closest. Who you were going to hunt was the kind of decision you had to make before you scented your prey. It was too late now to choose anything. Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood…life before she became a vampire. All Bree knows is that living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don’t draw attention to yourself and, above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn’t know: her time as an immortal is quickly running out.”
What is the book about?
This is a story based
on the Eclipse novel written in the point of view of a young girl named Bree
who was one of the newborn vampires sent by Victoria to attack the Cullens and
the Quileute werewolves. 3 months before the fight Riley, Victoria’s head
minion, found Bree, who was just a runaway 15 year old girl, on the streets and
took her to be changed into a vampire. Now Bree can hardly remember life before
she became this powerful creature and the life that she thought was so simple
with only a few rules is changing. Everything she has been told seems to be
lies when Bree meets a strange vampire called Diego. A new friendship forms as
Diego shows Bree hope of a happy life in her new body and suggests things she
never thought of. Bree things she will be able to escape the clutches of Riley
and her creator but what she doesn’t know is her time as a vampire is nearly
over.
What were your initial thoughts on the book?
Once I finished
Eclipse I was really looking forward to reading Breaking Dawn but I found that
this shorter book was the next book in the series. I hadn’t really though that
much about Bree but once I read the title of the book I began to think more
about her and what it would have felt like to surrender but still get killed
for it. Although the vampires in Eclipse were called newborns I didn’t actually
think about how their age could affect them so I was really excited to read
about their lives. When I read the blurb I realised that these vampires were
not ‘vegetarians’ and that they were going to be very different to the Cullens
and wouldn’t be as kind as them. I was really excited to start reading and
wanted to see things from a fresh perspective.
Who was your favourite character and why?
It was really hard to
pick a favourite character mainly because I liked a lot of people in the book
but also because the book was shorter than the other 3 I have read so I didn’t have
that long to get to know the characters and understand their personalities. I
really liked Bree because she was very responsible and smart and was able to
survive in a room full of newborn vampires with personalities completely
opposite to hers. I also quite liked Diego because he was very curious and
brave and had the courage to risk his life to find out the truth. Diego was
also very smart as he was able to figure out the truth about all the lies they
had been told because he was daring enough to challenge everything he had been
taught. Fred was also another character that I liked because he was very nice and
protected Bree from all the other vampires in their coven. I think together all
of these characters made the book that much better.
What was your favourite part of the book and
why?
My favourite part of
the book was when Bella was introduced in the story. I liked this part because
I liked looking at Bree’s thoughts and ideas when seeing Bella and what it was
like for her. When I was reading this, I grabbed Eclipse and had it next to me
so that I could compare what Bella thought of Bree to what Bree thought of
Bella. I also liked his part of the book because I liked seeing what it was
like for a newborn vampire to be near to a human and not be allowed to go near
her. It was interesting to see how much suffering the vampires had to go
through to be near Bella. Bree’s view on Bella and how hard it was to control
herself around her made me think about the first book, Twilight, and how similar
it must have been for Edward when he first sat near Bella and how much concentration
it must have taken for him to not attack her.
What was your overall impression of the book?
Overall I really loved
the book and found it really refreshing to see something from another viewpoint
because I think that everything is a bit biased from Bella’s point of view. I
thought it was really effective how we got to see what life was like for the
newborn vampires and I especially loved learning more about the fight between
them and the Cullens and Quileute werewolves. When I read Eclipse I hadn’t
really thought about Bree that much but as I began to read more of this book I
started to wish that Stephenie Meyer had chosen to give her a much happier
ending. I found that it was a bit harsh to
have Bree feel like she had lost everything and then get killed for not even
harming a hair on any of the Cullens, especially seeing as I had gotten so
attached to her throughout the book. I really liked learning about what it felt
like to be a newborn vampire and I found that some things were really different
to what I first thought; I also thought that it was really strange that Bree
had been deceived her whole life and hadn’t been told that the superstitions of
vampires weren’t real. I had always expected that if vampires were real all the
usual stories of them would be real too but once I read Twilight I realised
that vampires could be really different. It was peculiar to discover that some
vampires still believed all those myths and that life could be very different
for the Cullens and Bella if they were all true.
Would you recommend this book?
I would definitely
recommend this book for everyone who has read Eclipse as it is a great way to
see things from someone else’s view. I think that this book is best for 15 year
olds or older but I’m sure that many other people will love it too.
Summarise the book in one sentence. (Verdict)
A thrilling Eclipse
novel with a new fresh perspective on vampires lives.
Reviewed by Jimena Gutierrez Reviriego
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