New Moon

This follow up to the hugely successful Twilight finds Bella turning 18 and finding that when your a human whose dating a vampire even the simplest of paper cuts can cause huge problems when your boyfriends families lust for blood means that they may accidentally end up killing you.

Due to this accident we find that for much of this book the Cullens are absent as Edward tries to protect Bella from the world of Vampires by leaving town, in his absence though Bella finds herself drawn into the world of Jacob and his friends who are not what they initially appear to be and are equally as dangerous to her as Edward and his family.

I thorougly enjoyed this sequel to Twilight, I'd read in reviews that people couldn't understand how she could simply forget about Edward and seem to move so transiently to the world of Jacob but in understanding her anguish and need to find something to ease her pain I can fully sympathise with the character. I like the way in which the author has begun to bring together the characters and set them up in preperation for the novels to come but my only criticism of this book is that like Bella I found myself pining for Edward - I missed his charisma and romance in much of this novel as he perhaps only features prominently in around a third.

An absolutely outstanding author who has grabbed lots of attention and deservedly so - books for the generation who have outgrown or read all the Harry Potters and yet still yearn for a darn good read!