New Moon by Stephanie Meyer

Easy reading. I think that's what helps people like me continue to read New Moon and books like it. It has the same qualities as the Left Behind series in terms of writing.

This is the second book in the Twilight series and the main character, Bella, continues to be the simple teenager who has some major, complex and destructive issues to deal with.

She has this dream to become a vampire so she can be with her vampire-boyfriend, Edward, forever.

The story begins with a birthday party where Bella gives herself a paper cut and the vampires go nuts over her blood. In order to keep her safe, they move away from the area. (Begin chapter after chapter of Bella being little more than a wet noodle) But, who am I to judge the mental state of a teenager in love, right?

So that's the end of the vampires - until the end of the book. What's Bella to do? Befriend a young boy who, it turns out, is changing into a werewolf. That's right. You can't have a vampire story without werewolves and they have to be arch rivals. LAME! What's in store for me when I read the third novel, Frankenstein? Maybe Stephanie Meyer could write a remake of The Louis and Costello meet Frankenstein movie. It has vampires and werewolves.

But back to this book, Bella is so in love with Edward, but as she spends all of her time with Jacob (werewolf boy) she finds that she begins to have feelings for him. Hold a second! She really is just using Jacob so she can hear Edward's voice whenever she does crazy life-ending stuff.

Really, these Twilight books are an easy read and you can find yourself enjoying the characters, but then we get to spend two or three chapters of Bella and Edward blaming themselves for the other's problems, begging the other not to leave, and moaning about how they can't love each other to0 much.

Maybe the Loch Ness monster will show up and eat them all and we'll have a great climactic story!