Ok, so the students have been insisting I read this. I bought it on FRIDAY, and just finished it. Haven't done much else (though I have alternated with reading Stephen King's On Writing too), and now that I am done I am quite irritated that I only have $2 and can't order the second book New Moon so I can read it.Pretty quick read for a 497 page monster.
A modern, teen-age fairy tale of sorts--if you consider a story with great characters, vampires, and teen angst a fairy tale! :) The ending was sappy and I would have been fine with a different one, but I was pleased overall I spent the time with it.
