Eclipse by Elise Skeens

Eclipse is the third book in the Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyer. This is a fictional and fantasy book. I chose this book because I was not very far along in it when the school year started and I had already read the other two, Twilight and New Moon. They have become my favorite books which would make it a enjoyable book to choose.



Eclipse takes place in the small town of Forks Washington. It is a love story between a mortal girl, Isabella Swan and her love for Edward Cullen who happens to be a vampire. There are many challenges for the both of them to overcome such as Edward being attracted to Bella's sent and resisting the temptation her blood gives off. Bella is put in many dangerous situations to stay with Edward. In Twilight she had to face almost dying by a vampire eating her, although the Cullen family pulls through for her and kills the attacker James. New Moon was mostly based on Edward knowing he's taking Bella away from everything human in her life and he chooses to leave her for her own good. Although he was falsely told that Bella attempted to kill herself for him, although she was deeply in love with him and was in a zombie like stage when Edward left her. So Edward learned that him leaving only made things worse for the love of his life. The main event that takes place in Eclipse is that the lover of James wanted revenge on Edward for killing him, so she wants to kill Bella. Another event in this story is that Bella wants to be a part of the Cullen family. Not by marrage, but by becoming a vampire. Although Edward loves her too much to take her away from humanity. The only compromise they come to is that Edward will change her, if she promises to be his wife, which is what Bella has dreaded since she was a little girl.

The signifigance to the title is that it had "atmosphere". Meyer said that it is not perfect, but she doesn't believe there is a perfect name to give to this book. In other countries there have been other titles such as "Bite", "Blood Tastes Sadness" or "Until Dawn". Stephanie Meyer goes into great detail in her writing. She has a very creative mind. Although there a couple things that puzzle me. Such as, I don't understand how Edward could get an erection if he does not have flowing blood.