Midnight Sun (The Twilight Saga, 5)

Didn't read the last 70 pages or so.

Listen, I know a lot of people didn’t love this book. There’s a ton of people who love to scrutinize the Twilight Saga but I adored it. I have been obsessed with the twilight saga since 5th grade. I read them all with my mom, went to midnight premiers, and movie releases. Had posters hanging on my walls until I went off to college. These books are so very special to me. I remember when the first few chapters of this book were leaked and I refused to read them before the actual book was released.. that’s been years ago.
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While the writing was wordy at times (I’m not sure what anyone expect from an old vampire who is constantly bombarded by people’s thoughts. He has a lot to say - and a strange way to say), I genuinely loved this book. I would love to read Edward’s POV of all of the books to be completely honest and wouldn’t mind reading Jacob’s as well.
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Would I give this book 5 stars if I didn’t have all of the love for the series? Honestly, probably not. If this was a completely unbiased review I would guess I would rate the book 4 stars.

Over the years I have seen so many deep reviews on how annoying Edward’ pov is. I personally loved how all over the place he was. I think if he was a selfish person that the story would’ve gone a different way. Bella would’ve been killed day one. His love for her overpowered his thirst for her. My favorite parts were seeing how the family reacted to her knowing and hearing their stories again.

This book was so much more than I expected. Going into it I was excited to relive the passions of my childhood but I didn’t expect to actually enjoy the story as much as I did considering it was technically one that I had already read. Reading this book I could really tell how much SM’s writing has improved compared to the very first book. I really and truly felt the love that Edward has for Bella and it honestly made me emotional at some points. Their romance feels more like a natural chain of events in this book and it feels more real and passionate. I also enjoyed the freshness that his perspective brought to the story as he added more to Bella’s character than we get in her own book and the insight to all the other characters was entertaining as well. After reading this I feel like I’ve made my inner younger self happy and I feel content to have this story and these characters fresh in my mind again. The only thing I will say is that Edward’s thoughts and rambles do get repetitive and the book is slightly longer than it needs to be. Regardless of this, however, I still loved this book!

I always love hearing from the man's perspective, especially at the sense when they were in the lab class together. Oh the sheer agony he went through was positively worth every moment! I actually read a copy of Stephanie Myer's leaked version of this when her friend betrayed her and leaked it online. Firstly, I hope she got rid of her friend.

Back to the book, I felt it made the experience of all my first book more filling. Although I am a sucker (pun intended) for a good romance, I'm going to have to go with some of the other people's thoughts and say, "really Bella?! You find Edward sitting there watching you sleep okay?!" I feel very uncomfortable with that. Also when he is doing the tango dance with her feelings..."I want you but I want you gone" vibe. No, it doesn't resonate with me. I get it, her blood, oh the aroma but still, give the lady a heads up. I'm glad she spoke her mind and was annoyed at him. Believe me, he got off easy. Just ask any of my exes. ;)

Overall, I did enjoy the retelling of the story and felt it nice to hear the man's perspective.