SYNOPSIS: The main character, Bella, moves to a small Oregon town to live with her father. While living there, she meets Edward, a vampire, and falls in love with him.
AUNT SHARON'S TAKE: These books are wildly popular for a reason. The stories are engaging, romantic, and exciting. Girls can relate to Bella, and daydream about her love interest. However, I don't think the best audience for them is a teenage one. For one thing, there is quite a bit of sensuality in the books, which gets a bit explicit in the final book. Also, Bella is obsessed with Edward, which I wouldn't encourage in any healthy relationship, but would actively discourage in a teenager. I would recommend the first two, but not the whole series, and would only recommend them for older readers.
RATING: PG13 (Sensuality and Violence)
AUDIENCE: Young adult
STARS: 3 1/2
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