The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella (Twilight Saga)

Even diehard fans of the Twilight Saga may wish to skip this one. Although Meyer adds some nice touches the narrator is herself a vampire, for example critics had few positive things to say about Brees life story. Intelligent and gifted, Bella, Jacob and Edward are intrinsically glamorous to readers, Salon notes. But Bree is PVT (poor vampire trash) and she knows it. While Bree could have been interesting, shes less than the wild, amoral, bloodthirsty teen protagonist (Guardian) critics hoped to see; clunky prose and dialogue dont help. Still, the Washington Post speaks for many readers: The satisfaction of Twilight novels cannot be measured by such terms as ‘good and ‘bad. ... All fans will read and all haters will skip [this novella] regardless of the reviews.