Stephenie Meyer
264 pages
I did say about two months ago that I was done posting about vampires, but I just finished reading this, so had to write about it. Now, I promise, no more until November :)
Midnight Sun is an unfinished companion novel for the book Twilight written by Stephenie Meyer. The story is told through the eyes of Edward Cullen, as opposed to that of Bella Swan. Meyer said that Midnight Sun "[was] an exercise in character development that got wildly out of hand."
The first twelve chapters were leaked illegally online in 2008, therefore Meyer has put this project on hold indefinitely. As she has stated in several interviews, and on her website, she was just too upset to continue, because it was a violation of her rights as an author.
As with the other four books in the series, I was thoroughly pleased with the way this one was written. Readers will receive entirely new insight from Edward, and a broader understanding of the close-knit Cullen family. What I liked best about this partial draft, is that the reader can really get a gist of Edward's whole "mind-reading thing", something they can't do when the books are written from Bella's perspective. Very cool.
And although I wish very much for her to finish this new take on the world-wide bestselling series, I do understand her feelings for putting it on hold.
If you want to read Midnight Sun for yourself...
Out of respect for the author, I am posting the link here, that will take you to her official website where she has posted the first twelve chapters herself, instead of the link for the actual PDF file.
To read this review, and others about Midnight Sun on Goodreads, click here.
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