Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Review of Life and Death (Twlight Re-imagined) by Stephanie Meyer



My Rating: 2/5 stars


For the First time in 10 years we have the new stand alone in the Twilight Saga. This is a new and compelling alternative to the story that we are used to which surprises the loyal fans. As every reader knows there is always two sides of the story. This novel introduces us to Beau Swan and Edythe Cullen - a role reversal changing the gender of the two lead characters along with the same changes to the rest of the twilight ensemble.


When Beau moves to, one of the wettest towns in Forks and when he starts the local high school he meets the mysterious and compelling Edythe, who gives his life a new thrilling and terrifying turn. With her doll like features coupled with the golden eyes, whimsical voice and her abilities, Edythe is able to draw him in with her irresistible and enigmatic charm.


What Beau does not realise that the closer he brings her into his life unbeknown to him, he is putting himself and all of his family and friends in a position of danger. However when he does realise this it may be two late for him to cut ties and turn back....


I have to say that this is not my favourite book in the Twilight Universe. I found this a hard one to read as i kept changing the names back to the original characters and this is the way i imagined them before they put the world on the silver screens. Like many fans, the reason that I bought this as i wanting to read it once and have it in my collection in my library. I felt that all that was done in this book was the names were changed and the possible character traits for the new characters did not defer to the original story.


 The Twilight Saga has caught the attention of it's die hard fans and this has been too long in the making for us all. To get your copy using the following link: https://amzn.to/2YcNKRF