Product Description

Shoot, I muttered when the paper sliced my finger; I pulled it out to examine the damage. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut.It all happened very quickly then.Edward threw himself at me, flinging me back across the table...I tumbled down to the floor by the piano, with my arms thrown out instinctively to catch my fall, into the jagged shards of glass. I felt the searing, stinging pain that ran from my wrist to the crease inside my elbow. Dazed and disoriented, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm-into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires.Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15794 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up–Recovered from the vampire attack that hospitalized her in the conclusion of Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005), Bella celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend Edward and his family, a unique clan of vampires that has sworn off human blood. But the celebration abruptly ends when the teen accidentally cuts her arm on broken glass. The sight and smell of her blood trickling away forces the Cullen family to retreat lest they be tempted to make a meal of her. After all is mended, Edward, realizing the danger that he and his family create for Bella, sees no option for her safety but to leave. Mourning his departure, she slips into a downward spiral of depression that penetrates and lingers over her every step. Vampire fans will appreciate the subsequently dour mood that permeates the novel, and it's not until Bella befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles, that both the pace and her disposition begin to take off. Their adventures are wild, dare-devilish, and teeter on the brink of romance, but memories of Edward pervade Bella's emotions, and soon their fun quickly morphs into danger, especially when she uncovers the true identities of Jacob and his pack of friends. Less streamlined than Twilight yet just as exciting, New Moon will more than feed the bloodthirsty hankerings of fans of the first volume and leave them breathless for the third.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library
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From AudioFile
Readers will thrill to Ilyana Kadushin's elegant narration of NEW MOON, sequel to TWILIGHT. Her performance captures the emotional upheaval of mortal Bella's desperate love for vampire Edward and the obstacles to their perilous reunion. Like Romeo and Juliet, Edward and Bella suffer from their own folly, as well as the disapproval of their families. Kadushin's silvery, feminine voice delivers the unfolding events with precise, consistent timing, showcasing Meyer's story without overwhelming it. While the male characters could be slightly more distinct, the dialogue is clear as are Bella's numerous internal monologues. Kadushin ably succeeds at creating an addictive listen from Meyer's tumultuous story of star-crossed lovers. The combination will not disappoint. C.A. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Gr. 8-11. "Which is tempting you more, my blood or my body?" Things are heating up between Bella Swan and her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen, in this sequel to the immensely popular Twilight (2005). Then Bella is injured at her birthday party, and the Cullens' reaction to her blood sends Edward's family packing. Bella is inconsolable until she discovers that reckless behavior allows her to hear Edward's warning voice in her head. To keep him close, she decides to live as dangerously as possible, acquiring two motorcycles and developing a close friendship with Jacob, who helps her rebuild them. Romantics will miss Edward's presence, but the suspense created by a pack of werewolves bent on protecting Bella from a vindictive vampire will keep them occupied until the lovers can be reunited. The writing is a bit melodramatic, but readers won't care. Bella's dismay at being ordinary (after all, she's only human) will strike a chord even among girls who have no desire to be immortal, and like the vampires who watch Bella bleed with "fevered eyes," teens will relish this new adventure and hunger for more. Cindy Dobrez
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Customer Reviews

Two stars, all for Edward and Jacob
I just finished the second book (literally minutes ago), and haven't read the third yet, so excuse my possible ignorance of some facts.

I had this huge rant full of spoilers that I obviously can't post here ready, but the main idea of it is that it's so frustrating that some obvious aspects of Bella's personality don't make sense! She contradicts herself so much. Her actions sometimes just make *no* sense. I obviously can't use real examples here, for fear of giving away the storyline to people, but her reactions to some things are just ridiculously illogical and, most of all, inconsistent. It bothers me. I seriously don't like her.

I guess I'm just a bit bitter about the books, altogether. I'm not going to lie, I enjoy Edward. He charms me as much as he charms every other female who reads this book (well, almost..). I can't stop smiling when he does something ridiculously sweet. And I actually like Jacob Black too. I think he's the least "fake" of all of the characters. Edward has a cockiness about him that I don't think Jake has, which I appreciate in Jake.

But besides the characters, who you can't help loving or hating, I don't actually think that the book is very well written. It's not what I would call "art". Interview with the Vampire is art in novel form. Tom Sawyer is art. Catch-22 is art. I would even argue that Harry Potter is. But I really don't think this is, in any way. In my honest personal opinion, Stephenie Meyer just takes what she KNOWS every teenage girl wants to hear. A "beautiful" and altogether perfect "bad guy" who's actually chosen to be good, who plays piano, who writes songs for her, who repeatedly saves her from grave danger, who words everything flawlessly, and who absolutely can't live without her, an *ordinary* girl (being ordinary and human is something we can all relate to). She takes every girl's fantasy of being swept off her feet by a perfect bad-guy-turned-good despite her flaws, and she milks it for all it's worth, with an overwhelming amount of descriptions of their loving encounters. She adds some fairly weak, simple storyline. It's not intricately written. It's not the kind of book where you can re-read it over and over again and discover something you missed the first time because the story is so well woven.

I don't mean to bash the author. I'm sure she's a very nice person, and she has developed a very strong character in Edward, someone we ALL want to be with. But I just feel like she's cheating because she's writing books she knows we all will like, no matter how badly written they are.

A book by any other name would smell as sweet
The second book in the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer has a star crossed lovers Romeo and Juliette flavor to it. Not enought to say I soo saw that comming, but just enough romance, tragedy, a new possible love interest to keep the tears flowing, and the pages turning.

If you have not read the first book in the series (Twilight). I suggest you do so before attempting to read New Moon. You will fall in love with the characters while reading Twilight. In New Moon first you get your heart broken and then fall in love all over again

Bella Swain finds herself at a loss when a small accident forces vampire boyfirend's (Edward Cullen) family to leave Forks. She befriends the son of a family friend and becomes reckless with her life in the attempt to keep the memory of her boyfirned alive. Her new best friend's secrets will protect Bella and her family, but will eventually make her choose between him and her true love. New and old character (both good and bad) appear throughout the book. Leaving you with fear, a throbing heart, and a thirsrt for the next in the series. (not comming out till next year...hopefully)

I fell in love with these charactes and kept the pages turning till the wee hours of the morning hoping for just one more Edward Fix.

Superficial, silly, selfish.
Those are the three words that best describe Bella Swan, the main character in the Twilight series. I enjoyed the first book enough to make me purchase and read the other two, but I really wish I had my time and money back. Bella's character degenerates so far in the second and third books that I found myself wishing a vampire or werewolf would hurry up and eat her. I've never seen a more helpless, useless character outside of a Harlequin romance. I hate to think that THIS is what young girls are being given as a role model. Elizabeth Bennet she is most certainly not. It would amaze me if Bella could walk the length of herself without having to be carried, or make it through one week without some imaginary emotional apocalypse. I realise that all this drama appeals to teen readers, but I think Stephanie Meyer is shirking her responsibility to provide a strong role model for her reader base. As far as I can see, the message she is sending to young girls basically translates to "You are helpless and useless without a man to take care of you. Your boyfriend should be your entire world." I hope my future daughter doesn't end up so pathetic. She certainly won't be reading this tripe.