What a phenomenon!  I had heard the rumblings of twilight from my young cousins and on the television but I was not about to jump on the tween bandwagon.  Then my 40 year old best friend said she was reading them because her 13 year old daughter was, she would go on and on about how incredible they were, there are four books in the series, she said after she picked up the first one she could not put it down she instantly became addicted.  I laughed and thought how silly is she to be that excited about a teenage vampire story.  It wasn’t until I was walking through the store and I saw a paperback copy, that I thought why not buy a copy at least I could say I read it so I picked  it up.

It took all of three pages and I was hooked I couldn’t believe what I was reading, it was so compelling it took over my every thought I ate breathed and slept Twilight I stayed up into the wee hours not wanting it to end and then waking early to pick up where I left off.  Stephanie Meyer’s, the author, writing style is fluid and eloquent she creates a connection instantly to the characters even though they are vampires..  She took the old clichés about vampires and she created her own vegetarian style blood suckers.  She created a leading man, vampire, who was chivalrous, caring, kind, thoughtful and gorgeous, not at all like the bad boy images that have been plaguing our tv’s and movies.  It was a great feeling knowing  that millions of teenage girls were reading these books and falling in love with a character that is decent and intriguing, hopefully helping them realize that they deserve to be treated with respect and love not just as objects.