Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn is the fourth and final novel in the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer which also includes the novels Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse. The novels present the tale of a love triangle between the human Bella Swan, the vampire Edward Cullen, and the werewolf Jacob Black. Released August 2, 2008, Breaking Dawn began as a book called Forever Dawn, a sequel to the Twilight prior to the creation of New Moon and Eclipse.http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bd_faq.html

Breaking Dawn broke book selling records when its release led to the sale of 1.3 million books on the first day alone.http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2008-08-03-breaking-dawn-sales_N.htm The paperback edition of the book was released August 2, 2010.http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/

In Breaking Dawn, we follow Bella through her wedding to Edward and the through their honeymoon which they spend on a remote island off the coast of Brazil. During this idyll, they make love and she becomes pregnant.

The viewpoint of the story then moves to the perspective of werewolf, Jacob Black, as the werewolves become aware of the child and attempt to prevent its birth by killing the mother. Jacob separates from the pack and helps protect Bella until the birth of the child, which is violent and injures her to the point that Edward must transform her into a vampire to save her life.

After the child, Renesmee, is born, another vampire makes accusations that the baby is an immortal child and should therefore be destroyed. The Volturi, the enforcers of Vampire law, decree that the child must die, but the parents, with the aid of other vampires, are able to prove that the accusations are false. A 150 year old human/vampire child comes to their aid, and they are able to prove that the crossbreeds are no threat to the vampire community. With this verification the vampires consider the apparent threat alleviated and the couple returns home with their daughter. http://www.twilightseries.ca/books/breaking-dawn-summary-book/

1. "You're awfully small to be so hugely irritating."—Edward Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn Quotes
2. "Jasper? What do vampires do for bachelor parties? You're not taking him to a strip club, are you?"—Bella Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn Quotes
3. "I'll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors."—Alice Stephenie Meyer: Breaking Dawn Quotes

• "Fans finally get what they want at the beginning of this fourth book in the bestselling Twilight Saga: a fairytale wedding, a honeymoon, and s-e-x. Once that's out of the way, teens who are just in it for the romance shouldn't go any further. All the books in the series always ran too long, but they made up for the length with fun fantasy characters, plenty of romantic tension, and a good final battle at the end. This time the characters get everything they want at the beginning of the book and leave fans hanging at the end."—Common Sense MediaCommon Sense Media: Breaking Dawn Book Review

The movie version of Breaking Dawn, will appear in theaters in two installments, titled "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2."http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37628571/ns/today-entertainment/ Both films will be directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon. Screenwriter, Melissa Rosenberg, is returning to the project.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673434/ Rosenberg adapted the screenplays for all three previous movies.

The release date for Part 1 is set for November 18, 2011, and Part 2 will follow a year later on November 16, 2012.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1324999/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673434/ Cast members from the original three Twilight movies will be returning for the two part finale of the saga.