After all the hype about this series I had decided that I wasn't really interested in reading a vampire love story. I mean, I'm not 16 and not gothic so why would I be interested in this book?
For the last few months I heard about this book over and over from ladies that I work with. People that I didn't think would be into this book but they were...it intrigued me. I had to read it to find out what was so great about it...and then I was hooked. I tried to look back to see how this could have happened-15 minutes waiting in the doctor's office, 30 minutes while I was getting my hair dyed, an hour long plane ride. Then I was obsessed. Staying up late to finish the book because I couldn't stand not knowing what was going to happen next. I put my foot down on the second book. "I'm not going to start reading it until summer when I have extra time" I told some co-workers. Somehow a week later I was finishing the second book and then the third. I couldn't stop.
So what was it that I liked so much about the book? Am I secretly obsessed with vampires? Not at all. The part of the book that really did it for me was the love story. I'm not really a sappy movie type person nor do I really believe in the hollywood, make believe way of falling in love, white picket fence, etc. What I really liked was that the author really captured the essence of what it feels like to be with someone new. To learn about someone new and feel the pleasant sexual tension between you both. This is the most exciting part of a relationship, the new, the unfamiliar, the intoxication. This is also the part that can never be relived and I think that this what many misconcieve as love. Of course it seems accurate to label this feeling as love because it is such a strong and pleasant feeling...how could it not be love? The author does a great job capturing the newness of a relationship, something that I haven't had in a long time. I think that's why I loved the book so much. I was able to live a part of my life through the characters and feel how they felt.
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I was the same way, then I read it and was hooked. I read them all in about two weeks. Then a couple months later, I read them again. Crazy. Many late nights because I had to know what was going to happen.
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