The Short Second Life of Bree Walker By Stephanie Meyer

When her first-ever novel, "Twilight" was being turned into a movie, author Stephanie Meyer wanted to be involved and available to the film's director, Catherine Hardwicke (who was unceremoniously dumped for the subsequent films). Meyers decided she wanted to give British actor Robert Pattinson a great understanding and feel for his character and started to "re-write" Twilight, but this time, instead of from Bella's point-of-view, it was from Edward's. As Meyers began to write and write, she realized she had another potentially fascinating story to share.Somehow, and likely inadvertently, "Twilight-from-Edward's-POV," "Midnight Sun" was released on the Internet and the 248 pages went viral.Meyers was incensed. Despite the cries for her to finish the book (which would've covered territory that she'd already examined and that she'd undoubtedly had the notes for), she was so put off, she announced on her website that she would eventually finish "Midnight Sun," but it would be aw
hile coming, one assumes, while she seethed.And then, Meyers announced to the world and disappointed fans that she was would not be finishing "Midnight Sun," that she was abandoning that project. She would be writing a kind-of spin-off novella of "Eclipse," from the point-of-view of one of the newborn vampires, a young impressionable (and potential-filled) teen named Bree Walker.Victoria, introduced in "Twlight" as the mate of the dispatched-by-the-Cullens' sociopath, James, has been planning her revenge against the family - and specifically Bella (whose intoxicating scent made tracker James wild to find and kill her). "Eclipse" finds her behind the scenes in Seattle. For a year, she's been building a "newborn army" to set against and battle the Cullens for Bella. Since she knows prescient Alice Cullen is likely tracking her movements, she has enlisted the help of one-time Forks, Washington resident, Riley to do her bidding.One of the newborns Riley turns is Bree, who is unc
haracteristically (of newborns and certainly in comparison to her fellow "soldiers") sensitive, alert and not without compassion. Riley finds himself having to continually keep creating newborns since they are traditionally so reckless they often turn on each other.Bree is the story's narrator, and reveals how the newborn army was created (from disenfranchised teens who won't be easily missed) and how they live and interact. Some of the newborns are already displaying the kind of special talents some vampires soon exhibit (like the way Edward can read people's minds, and how Alice can see the likely future). One of Riley's newborns has a quality in which he repulses people - perhaps by smell or something psychologically suggestive. This vampire is savvy enough to realize that Bree isn't just a wild killing machine like the rest of Riley's brood and finds himself protecting her.Meanwhile, Bree finds a kindred spirit in another newborn Diego and the two of them discover that R
iley has been lying to them - they can go out in the sun (Riley has them hiding from the sun, telling them they will burn at the sun's first touch), and glitter when they do. That's just one of several things that bonds the teen couple, in addition to their burgeoning attraction to each other.Anyone's who's read "Eclipse" (and who would want to read this novella, who hasn't already read "Eclipse?") knows the fates of Meyers' latest creations. The story is bittersweet and does have moments of genuine suspense. It's a very fast read, fits within the saga well, but it is in no way a better choice than the internet-revealed "Midnight Sun," which proves to be the best of all of Meyers' novels to date - and she has apparently given it up. Could this be a case of Meyers' "cutting her nose to spite her face?" Was she so angry that "Midnight Sun" was leaked that she gave up the opportunity to show the snide literary critics the one and only book which proves she can actually write -
and write well?

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