Eclipse (The Twilight Saga)

As the love triangle heats up in the third book, Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her romance with Edward -- and her decision could change the fate of vampires and werewolves forever.
As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob -- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf.
With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view.
"People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time
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528 pages

Average rating: 7.26

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Anonymous
Dec 04, 2023
6/10 stars
Part 3 of the Twilight saga down and 1 to go. I was much less disappointed with this one but Bella still sets my teeth on edge.

Spoilers be ahead!



Eclipse begins exactly like New Moon ended, for the most part. I was beginning to wonder if I had grabbed the wrong book. Seattle is being ripped apart by "serial killers" but the Cullens determine that it is really at the mercy of newborn vampires. Graduation is approaching and Bella is still determined to become a vampire as soon as possible. Jacob Black is back in the picture. Big bads want to kill Bella and truces and alliances are formed between the werewolves and vampires. Marriage is pending and hearts are broken. Ah....love.


My pet peeves with this one are: the almost abusive relationships between Bella and her boys. I think I'd personally be pissed about being treated like that but Bella seemed fine with it. Scary thought. I am glad Meyer backed off of that vibe because this IS a teen series and the diaglogue and the actions of Edward was not needed.

We're led up to a horrific fight between the newborns vs. the vamps and wolves but.... we didn't get to see it? Because we were sidetracked by another visit from Victoria who, for some reason, was pretty easily taken down. BOO!

Bella has now recognized her love for Jacob but still has intentions on marrying Edward and becoming a vampire. What will she do?? (since "someone" already told me the ending, I know, but I'm pretending not too. Book spoilery people SUCK).

The story was good, but ramping up to climaxes and then turning away were not the best way to handle this.
melbeesue
Oct 16, 2023
8/10 stars
The third in the series was better than the second, and I was left dying to read more.
BellaElena
Jul 15, 2023
6/10 stars
I love the Twilight series, because it was some of the first I really got into. But looking back at is as an adult it's.. not what I remember let's say that. Could be better, could be worse. But toxic relationships all together
happeninheidi
Jul 05, 2023
8/10 stars
Real talk, this book has never been my faves. It is very Jacob heavy and doesn’t have as much of the real angst vibe that I love from new moon. I don’t know it’s not the worst, but it’s also not the best
Keith.Yagerman
May 20, 2023
8/10 stars
The story carried on well. This book explored the different options the characters have for their futures and sets up the last novel in the series. Everything is very well tied together with good story telling. With that said, this was still the novel I liked the least in the saga, but this is due to my personal thoughts on Bella ending up with Jacob.
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