Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

This is the much awaited fourth and the final book of the Twilight Saga. All I can say is, what a finale Meyer has written! This book has received plenty of mixed reviews from Meyer’s fans. Some hate it while some absolutely love it. As for me, I adore it! I am happy with the way Meyer ends this love-triangle mess, happy for Bella, Edward and Jacob, although the ending might come across as a tad too ideal for some.

I admit that I’m guilty of reading some reviews and spoilers (because I can be very impatient) before reading this book and some of those reviews were really disheartening and some fans even started a return-your-Breaking-Dawn protest. However I decided to read it for myself before judging the book because I have to give it a chance since I’ve come this far in the series.

In my opinion, this book is really not a bad read after all, although after reading four books from Stephenie Meyer, there is still room for improvement in vocabulary usage or her sentence structures. There are words that were overused throughout this book because it appears to me that Edward ‘chuckled’ a whole lot .

English language aside, this book paints a lighter shade for Jacob’s character because I was a little miffed with him in the end of Eclipse due to his manipulative way in getting Bella’s affection. But in Breaking Dawn, I enjoyed his part of the story the most. His character outshines Edward’s in this last book and I’m a little disappointed about it because Edward’s character is what attracts me and his relationship with Bella is what holds me to this whole series and in this last book, Edward appears to me as a secondary character and his relationship with Bella is overshadowed by the many new characters.

The twists and the plenty of information that Meyer throws in to save the day were too much to absorb at first. After a second read, I began to accept how she wanted the whole story to end where everybody wins, except the bad guys of course.

If you have come this far in the Twilight series, then you will have to read this last book of this saga. I honestly expected a little action during the final showdown with the bad guys and I even prepared myself for some casualties but I was in for a little disappointment. Not that I wanted any of the characters that I love to be sacrificed, on the contrary, I’m glad that everyone is alive and happy in the end.

After two sleep-deprived nights of reading this book, I finally reached the last page of this saga with a deep, contented *sigh*. Looking back at the days when I was completely absorbed into this spellbinding tale of vampires, werewolves, myths and legends, days when I was utterly enthralled by the journey Meyer has brought me, I can only recommend this series!

I’ll give this book 4/5.