MOONLIGHT VAMPIRE SOCIETY

Can't wait for that Unbound anthology! Thanks again for all of these, Drea. I keep coming back and using this page as a reference!

YEAH, another Jeaniene Frost convert!!! She is just the best! Love my Cat & Bones.

I am hard at work already gathering the September list so if any members have any books they want me to include just PM the title/author to me!

I'm going broke on Amazon.com....I need to buy stock in them!

SEPTEMBER 2009

This month will be off to a great start with a new addition to the Dark Series by Christine Feehan, I think next to Jeaniene Frost she is my favorite with this series!


Christine Feehan
Dark Slayer (Dark Series/Carpathian Series)
9/1/09
A rumor has persisted in the vampire world of a dark slayer—a woman—who travels with a wolf pack and who destroys any vampire who crosses her path. Mysterious, elusive and seemingly impossible to kill, she is the one hunter who strikes terror into the hearts of the undead. She is Ivory Malinov. Her only brethren, the wolves. Long ago betrayed by her people, abandoned by her family, and cast out by everyone she held dear, Ivory has lived a century without companionship or love. She has sustained her sanity by the habit of the hunt and the custom of the feeding. Until the night she picks up the scent of a man, her unexpected salvation. Her lifemate. The curse of all Carpathian women.
He is Razvan. Branded a criminal, detested and feared, he is a dragonseeker borne of one of the greatest Carpathian lineages, only to be raised as its most despised—and captive—enemy. Fleeing from his lifetime of imprisonment, Razvan now seeks the dawn to end his terrible existence. Instead he has found his deliverance in the Dark Slayer.
In spirit, in flesh and blood, in love, and in war, Ivory and Razvan are made for each other. For as long as they dare to live.


Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews & Meljean Brook
Must Love Hellhounds (Anthology)
9/1/09
Follow paranormal bodyguards Clovache and Batanya into Lucifer’s realm, where they encounter his fearsome four-legged pets, in Charlaine Harris’s The Britlingens Go to Hell. Seek out a traitor in the midst of a guild of non-lethal vampire trackers, one that intends to eradicate the entire species of bloodsuckers, in Nalini Singh’s Angels’ Judgment. Find out why the giant three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hades has left the underworld for the real world – and whose scent he’s following – in Ilona Andrews’s Magic Mourns. Embark on a perilous search for the kidnapped niece of a powerful vampire alongside her blind – and D*mn sexy – companion and a hellhound in Meljean Brook’s Blind Spot

And now my pick for Odie for this month!

Lora Leigh, Angela Knight, Anya Bast & Allyson James
Hot for the Holidays (Anthology)
9/29/09
Featuring four all-new novellas of sensual surprises and seasonal spirits, this collection includes a new tale of the Breeds from Lora Leigh and a return to the world of the Mageverse from Angela Knight.


Megan Hart
Pleasure and Purpose (Order of Solace, Anthology)
9/1/09
The handmaidens of the Order of Solace are each named for the exquisite service that best reflects their true calling. Their greatest delight is giving pleasure – devoted as they are to fulfilling the desires of the mind, the needs of the soul, and the cravings of the body. Meet Stillness, called upon to soothe the conscience of a man in need of redemption after a shocking act from his sexual past. Then there’s Honesty, whose vow of Solace is to a prince looking for a submissive handmaiden. Instead, he gets the unexpected. And finally, Determination, a handmaiden confronted with a client lost in a haze of random sex and drugs. She has just the plan to literally whip her man into shape.


Caitlin Kittredge
Witch Craft (Nocturne City, Book 4)
9/1/09
Someone, or something, is setting fire to the homes of the city’s most infamous non-humans, racking up a body count that’s growing by the day. And strange, otherworldly creatures no one has seen before – selkies, trolls and harpies – are causing chaos throughout the city. Racing to stop the carnage, Luna turns to sexy federal agent Will Fagin for help. As they work to uncover the source of the bloodshed, Luna’s attraction for Will deepens. But just as she learns Will’s darkest secret, Nocturne City is thrust into total chaos – leaving Luna and Will in a path of destruction they may not be able to stop…or survive.

Let's call this one...looks like just plain fun! Love the cover art!

Justine Larbalestier
How to Ditch Your Fairy
9/29/09
Everyone in New Avalon has a fairy. Though invisible, a personal fairy is vital to success. It might determine whether you pass a maths class or find the perfect outfit. But all fourteen-year-old Charlie can do is find parking spaces – and she doesn’t even drive. At first, teaming up with Fiorenza (who has an all-the-boys-like-you fairy) seems like a great idea. But when Charlie unexpectedly gets her heart’s desire, she’ll have to resort to extraordinary measures to ditch her fairy.



Gena Showalter
Intertwined (Intertwined, Book 1)
9/1/09
Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him: One can time-travel. One can raise the dead. One can tell the future. And one can possess another human. With no other family and a life spent in and out of institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But now, they’re causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he’ll blink and suddenly he’s a younger Aden, reliving the past. One wrong move, and he’ll change the future. Or, he’ll walk past a total stranger and know how and when she’s going to die. He’s so over it. All he wants is peace. And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Well, for as long as he’s with her. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total opposite. He’s a loner; she has friends. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks; she tries to make everyone happy. And while he attracts the paranormal, she repels it. For her sake, he should stay away. But it’s too late…Somehow, they share an inexplicable bond of friendship. A bond about to be tested by a werewolf shape-shifter who wants Mary Ann for his own and a vampire princess Aden can’t resist. Two romances, both forbidden…doomed. Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and danger…but not everyone will come out alive…

We are going to file this under WTF??? But I had to post it, if nothing more than to share the cover art!

Libba Bray
Going Bovine
9/22/09
All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school – and life in general – with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure – if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.


Jessica Verday
The Hollow
9/1/09
When Abbey’s best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead and rumours fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but privately, she refuses to believe that Kristen is really gone. It only makes things worse that everyone now treats Abbey like either a freak show or a charity case. Thank goodness for Caspian, the gorgeous and mysterious boy who shows up out of nowhere at Kristen’s funeral, and keeps reappearing in Abbey’s life. Caspian clearly has secrets of his own, but he’s the only person who makes Abbey feel normal again…but also special. Just when Abbey starts to feel that she might survive all this, she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about her best friend. How could Kristen have kept silent about so much? And could this secret have led to her death? As Abbey struggles to understand Kristen’s betrayal, she uncovers a frightening truth that nearly unravels her – one that will challenge her emerging love for Caspian, as well as her own sanity.


Robin Wasserman
Crashed (Skinned Trilogy, Book 1)
9/8/09
Before the accident, Lia Kahn was happy. Before the accident, Lia Kahn was loved. Before, Lia was a lot of things: Normal. Alive. Human. Lia no longer believes in before. Six months after the crash that killed her, six months after being reborn, Lia has finally accepted her new reality. She is a machine, a mech, and she belongs with her own kind. It’s a wild, carefree life, without rules and without fear. Because there’s nothing to fear when you have nothing left to lose. But when a voice from her past cries out for revenge, everything changes. Lia is forced to choose between her old life and her new one. Between humans and mechs. Between sacrificing the girl she used to be and saving the boy she used to love. Even if it means he’ll hate her forever.


Megan Crewe
Give Up the Ghost
9/15/09
Cass McKenna much prefers ghosts over “breathers.” Ghosts are uncomplicated and dependable, and they know the dirt on everybody…and Cass loves dirt. She’s on a mission to expose the dirty secrets of the poseurs in her school. But when the vice president of the student council discovers her secret, Cass’s whole scheme hangs in the balance. Tim wants her to help him contact his recently deceased mother, and Cass reluctantly agrees. As Cass becomes increasingly entwined in Tim’s life, she’s surprised to realise he’s not so bad – and he needs help more desperately than anyone else suspects. Maybe it’s time to give the living another chance…


Laurie Faria Stolarz
Black Is for Beginnings (Blue Is for Nightmares, Book 5)
9/15/09
Prophetic nightmares. Near-brushes with death. Killers pursuing her and her friends. Stacey Brown knows that being a hereditary witch isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. All she really wants to do is work things out with Jacob and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. But before Stacey and Jacob can have a future, they must face their pasts. Ever since he lost his memory, Jacob hasn’t been able to remember Stacey – his own soul mate. He leaves Massachusetts, returning to his childhood home in Colorado, hoping to jog his memory. What he remembers is Kira, his ex-girlfriend. As Jacob works to piece together his past, will there be room for Stacey in his future?


Jocelynn Drake
Dawnbreaker (Dark Days, Book 3)
9/18/09
Those of her race fear Mira for the lethal fire she bends to her will – a power unique among nightwalkers, both a gift…and a curse. The naturi despise Mira for what she is – as they prepare the final sacrifice that will destroy the barriers between the worlds. And once the naturi are unchained, blood, chaos, and horror will reign supreme on Earth. Mira can trust only Danaus, the more-than-mortal vampire slayer, though he is sworn to destroy her kind. And now, as the day approaches when titanic forces will duel under cover of darkness, destiny draws them toward an apocalyptic confrontation at Machu Picchu. But all is not lost, for a wild card has been dealt to them: a rogue enemy princess who can change the balance of power and turn the dread tide.


Trisha Telep (ed.)
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance 2 (Anthology)
9/21/09
There are typical vampires who would be right at home in a horror story or a Gothic romance; historical vampires; contemporary, gritty, urban vampires; fang-in-cheek comedy; boy-meets-girl sweetheart stories (if a little bloodier!); and erotic tales of inhuman passions and midnight pleasures. Look out, too, for stand-alone stories relating to existing series and characters of contributing authors, or stories which develop more fully characters who have only walk-on parts in those authors’ longer fiction. Includes writing by big-name authors such as Jennifer Ashley, Kim Harrison writing as Dawn Cook, Caitlin Kittredge, Diane Whiteside and Eileen Wilks.


Amanda Marrone
Devoured
9/22/09
Megan has been haunted by the ghost of her twin sister, Remy, since the accident nine years ago. Megan doesn’t want anyone to think she’s crazy, so she keeps this little “talent” to herself. But when she meets Luke at her summer job and discovers he can see ghosts too, she’s thrilled. Finally, someone who can relate…and, even better, can possibly help Remy move on. Megan’s not even worried about the fact that Luke’s supercute and nice, because of course she’s totally into her boyfriend (even though he’s been spending way too much time with another girl). And she definitely didn’t mean to kiss Luke (especially since her friend has a thing for him). Messy much? But when the visions Remy haunts Megan with get crazy violent, Megan must turn to Luke to figure out what her twin is trying to say. Because someone’s definitely in danger…she’s just not sure who.


Ilona Andrews
On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1)
9/29/09
Rose Drayton lives on the Edge, between the world of the Broken (where people drive cars, shop at Wal-Mart, and magic is a fairy tale) and the Weird (where blueblood aristocrats rule, changelings roam, and the strength of your magic can change your destiny). Only Edgers like Rose can easily travel from one world to the next, but they never truly belong in either. Rose thought if she practised her magic, she could build a better life for herself. But things didn’t turn out how she planned, and now she works a minimum wage, off the books job in the Broken just to survive. Then Declan Camarine, a blueblood noble straight out of the deepest part of the Weird, comes into her life, determined to have her (and her power). But when a terrible danger invades the Edge from the Weird, a flood of creatures hungry for magic, Declan and Rose must work together to destroy them – or they’ll devour the Edge and everyone in it…


Jennifer Armintrout
Queene of Light (Lightworld/Darkworld, Book 1)
9/29/09
In a time not long from now, the veil between fantasy and reality is ripped asunder – creatures of myth and fairytale spill into the mortal world. Enchanted yet horrified, humans force the magical beings Underground, to colonise the sewers and abandoned subway tunnels beneath their glittering cities. But even magic folk cannot dwell in harmony and soon two Worlds emerge: the Lightworld, home to faeries, dragons and dwarves; and the Darkworld, where vampires, werewolves, angels and demons lurk. Now, in the dank and shadowy place between Lightworld and Darkworld, a transformation is about to begin…Ayla, a half-faery, half-human assassin is stalked by Malachi, a Death Angel tasked with harvesting mortal souls. They clash. Immortality evaporates, forging a bond neither may survive. And in the face of unbridled ambitions and untested loyalties, an ominous prophecy is revealed that will shake the Worlds.


Kelley Armstrong
Frostbitten (Otherworld, Book 10)
9/29/09
Being the world’s only female werewolf has its advantages, such as having her pick of the Otherworld’s most desirable males. And Elena Michaels couldn’t have picked a more dangerously sexy and undyingly loyal mate than Clayton Danvers. Now their bond will be put to the ultimate test as they follow a bloody trail of gruesome slayings deep into Alaska’s frozen wilderness. There’s nothing the werewolf community dislikes more than calling attention to itself. So when a pair of rogue man-eaters begins hunting humans, it’s up to Elena and Clayton to track down the predators. But any illusions their task would be simple are quickly dispelled. For even in werewolf terms, there’s something very disturbing taking place in the dark Alaskan forests. A werewolf more wolf than human and more unnatural than supernatural is on the hunt – a creature whose origins seem to spring from ancient legends of the shape-shifting Wendigo. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Clayton and Elena find themselves confronting painful ghosts from their pasts – and an issue neither of them is eager to discuss. For one of them has been chosen to become the new Pack leader, and as every wolf knows, there can be only one Alpha. They’ve always been equals in everything. Now, when their survival depends more than ever on perfect teamwork, will instinct allow one of them to lead…and the other to follow?


Claire Delacroix
Guardian (Republic, Book 2)
9/29/09
The victim of what she believes is a malicious kidnapping, seer Delilah Desjardins quickly realises that her abductor is on a mission to save her from assassins. Rafe, a fallen angel, must ensure that Delilah, blessed with the gift of foresight, reaches her true calling as an oracle for the Republic – and if his divine calling results in a more earthly relationship between the two of them, well, he doesn’t mind that at all. Drawn to Rafe, but fearing the loss of her gifts should she surrender to his charms, Delilah knows she has to leave him. But fleeing his guardianship sets the assassins on her trail again. As Rafe races to save Delilah, he knows he isn’t just saving her for the good of the Republic, for the angels, or for the future – he’s saving her for himself.

Now this is hilarious... "With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome" OMG I almost spit Diet Coke across my desk! Very cool and "out there" stuff Drea, THANKS! Someone help me out... didn't Gena Showalter used to write for Buffy TVS and Angel?

Thanks for my dedicated book D!!!
I do want that guy for Christmas!!

xoxo

How to Catch and Keep a Vampire

How to Catch and Keep a Vampire is the title of Diana Laurence’s latest book that will be released on October 23.
In How to Catch and Keep a Vampire, Diana Laurence explores the romantic fascination we mortals have for the undead.
Why do perfectly normal people fall for such sinister beings?
And more importantly, what should we do about it when we do?

Diana Laurence knows.

With loads of personal experience to draw upon, Diana does everything from explaining the attraction to blood-drinkers, to sharing what red satin ribbon signifies to them. In this book, she has created a road map to show readers how a vampire relationship can be achieved and conducted in harmony with everyday existence. Diana is here to guide you on this challenging but rewarding journey, as she notes in the Introduction:

I’m not claiming this quest is without its challenges. Having a successful relationship never is. And it’s even tougher when you throw in the special problems of being with a vampire: his ego, the crazy hours, your inability to deny him anything, his natural aversions to garlic and monogamy.

There will be days that being in love with a vampire will seem like, for lack of a better word, a curse. But take heart; I’m here to be your guide, and show you that you do have the wherewithal to balance your vampirophilia with a full, happy, successful life.

By the time we’re done you’ll know all you need to realize your dreams of bringing a real vampire into your life.

Meet some of Diana’s vampires.

Hmmm... that last picture looks like Brad Pitt from his long hair days! Maybe I should be looking for a vampire man instead of a mortal? LOL - thanks for posting this D!

OCTOBER 2009

Kresley Cole & Gena Showalter
Deep Kiss of Winter (Anthology)
10/13/09
Under the cover of wintry dark shadows, passion’s magic ignites a fire too hot to touch – and too wicked to die…Kresley Cole delivers a breathtaking tale of a brutal vampire soldier about to know love for the first time…and a Valkyrie aching to be touched. Murdoch Wroth will stop at nothing to claim Daniela the Ice Maiden – the delicate Valkyrie who makes his heart beat for the first time in three hundred years. Yet the exquisite Danii is part ice fey, and her freezing skin can’t be touched by anyone but her own kind without inflicting pain beyond measure. Soon desperate for closeness, in an agony of frustration, Murdoch and Danii will do anything to have each other. Together, can they find the key that will finally allow them to slake the overwhelming desire burning between them? Gena Showalter puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted…and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. Aleaha Love can be anyone – literally. With only skin-to-skin contact, she can change her appearance, assume any identity. Her newest identity switch has made her an AIR (Alien Investigation and Removal) agent and sends her on a mission to capture a group of otherworldly warriors. Only she becomes the captured. Breean, a golden-skinned commander known for his iron will who is at once dangerous and soul-shatteringly seductive, threatens her new life. Because for the first time, Aleaha only wants to be herself…


Becca Fitzpatrick
Hush, Hush
10/13/09
Romance was not part of Nora Grey’s plan. She’s never been particularly attracted to the boys at her school, no matter how hard her best friend, Vee, pushes them at her. Not until Patch comes along. With his easy smile and eyes that seem to see inside her, Patch draws Nora to him against her better judgement. But after a series of terrifying encounters, Nora’s not sure whom to trust. Patch seems to be everywhere she is and seems to know more about her than her closest friends. She can’t decide whether she should fall into his arms or run and hide. And when she tries to seek some answers, she finds herself near a truth that is way more unsettling than anything Patch makes her feel. For she is right in the middle of an ancient battle between the immortal and those who have fallen – and, when it comes to choosing sides, the wrong choice will cost Nora her life.


Erica Hayes
Shadowfae (Shadowfae Chronicles, Book 1)
10/13/09
Imagine a secret world veiled in fairy glamour and brimming with unearthly delights. A city swarming with half-mad fairies, where thieving spriggans rob you blind, beautiful banshees mesmerise you with their song, and big green trolls bust heads at nightclubs. And once you’re in, there’s no escape…Enslaved by a demon lord, Jade is forced to spend her nights seducing vampire gangsters and shapeshifting thugs. After two hundred years as a succubus, she burns for freedom and longs to escape her brutal life as a trophy girl for hell’s minions. Then she meets Rajah, an incubus who touches her heart and intoxicates her senses. Rajah shares the same bleak fate as she, and yearns just as desperately for freedom. But the only way for Jade to break her bonds is to betray Rajah – and doom the only man she’s ever loved to a lifetime in hell.


Keri Arthur
Bound to Shadows
10/27/09
In the darkness, demons come out to play…and someone must bring their sins to light. Part vampire, part werewolf, Riley Jenson knows what can happen when vamps don’t play well with others. But she’s never seen anything like this: a series of brutal murders surrounding the latest hot spot for vampire-human hookups – and the victims aren’t just killed, they’re beheaded. Now Riley is launching into action, toying with a seductive – and highly suspicious – club owner, and finding herself in the middle of another mystery: women being killed one by one, without a trace of violence. For Riley, solving multiple cases – in a world going mad with human and vampire passions – would have been tough enough. Instead she has two jealous lovers on her hands: Kye Murphy, the amber-eyed werewolf who makes Riley’s wolf blood howl – and Quinn, the cool, elegant vamp who has over a thousand years’ experience at fulfilling women’s desires. While she’s busy juggling these two sexy beasts, Riley’s detective work takes a stunningly violent turn. Finding a murderer is now a matter of life and death. Especially since the killer has long since found her…


Laurell K. Hamilton, Yasmine Galenorn, Marjorie M. Liu & Sharon Shinn
Never After (Anthology)
10/27/09
The bonds of love…The bonds of matrimony…The bonds between husband and wife…Let’s face it – some bonds are made to be broken. Here, for the first time ever, are four stories from today’s most provocative authors that take the classic idea of the “faerie tale wedding” and give it a swift kick in the bustle.


Amanda Ashley
Immortal Sins
10/1/09
Three centuries ago, vampire Jason Rourke succumbed to temptation with a wizard's lovely daughter - and that brief taste of pleasure earned him a powerful curse. Trapped within a painting, unable to quench the hellish thirst that torments him, Jason has given up hope of escape until Karinna Adams purchases the painting and unwittingly frees him. At first, Jason plans only to enlist Kari's help in navigating this strange new world so he can find and punish the wizard who entrapped him. But Kari's enticing sensuality and innocence incite a growing need in Jason to touch and taste her, to possess her utterly. For the gulf between them - and the danger that awaits - is nothing compared to a potent, primal hunger that will last for all eternity...

oooh I'm interested in Hush Hush since I'm slightly obsessed with idea of Armageddon and Fallen Angels now thanks to Supernatural. Good stuff, Drea! Many thanks!

I think Immortal Sins sounds good or maybe it is just the hot man with the blue eyes on the cover!

Yes he is sure to sell quite a few books!

'Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga'

Review by Examiner.com Amanda Bell
Beth Felker Jones’ Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga was just released yesterday on Amazon. The book promises to examine the Twilight series through a biblical lens, and it makes good on that promise – and perhaps a bit too closely, at times, in all honesty.

Jones treats the Twilight saga as though it is a story of earnest impact upon its readership. One of the assumptions clearly made in Jones’ analysis is that the Twilight series holds for its readership a source of learning about life and about relationships. It is a given to Jones’ analysis that the books are not a merely mode of pure escapism but that they instead carry special weight with regard to their readers’ understanding of life or happiness.

That said, Jones approaches the nuances of the story with fluidity and understanding of the appeal and emotional impact upon the reader.

She begins by recounting, quite nicely in fact, the plot and major events of the four books.
Jones then addresses the logistics and morality in the various books and sequences – with a very strictly Christian ethic. Though she does lend credence to some of the subtleties of modern society in her review, most of the basis of her analysis lies in the relationship (or lack of relationship, it seems, in this case) between the Twilight series’ events and characters and the Christian faith.

Jones is often at odds with some of the protagonist’s viewpoints on life, self, and relationships, and she offers her critique of those aspects against a background of doctrine and scripture.

The book is very fluid and comprehensible. It is also interesting and does raise a great line of inquiry into right and wrong as it exists in the fictional Forks as opposed to the real-life situation of the modern person.

However, there is this innate sense of tearing down the story that comes with Jones’ analysis. In fact, in only one chapter of the book is the analysis completely devoid of criticism. For the thicker-skinned Twilight fans or followers of the Christian faith, there is this comprehensive and all-encompassing line of inquiry offered by Jones' examination.

That’s not to suggest that this book is for everyone – quite the contrary. Jones makes a point, in framing her audience at the outset, to infer that the book is intended for an audience that is both familiar with and agreeable to the Christian teachings. There is no room, quite simply, for disagreement in that regard. That said, for Twilight fans who adhere to the Christian teachings, there is some correspondence and contradiction drawn between the series and what might be presumed to be of Christian virtue (i.e., no pre-marital sex, etc.) and what is in actuality.

In most chapters, Jones re-presents the storyline as it relates to the chapter’s topic (i.e., family relationships or marriage) and then breaks down the plot by contrasting it with the teachings of the Bible – particularly the New Testament.

One passage that illuminates the aim and gist of the book particularly well is as follows:

In the world of the Twilight Saga, good stands up against evil, and people struggle heroically to combat their own worst desires. The universe Meyer has created is, without a doubt, a moral universe, but the rules of goodness in that universe have crucial differences from the way Christians understand goodness and morality to work.

As you can see, the book offers a Christian viewpoint on the issues raised in the Twilight series. In other words, the Twilight series seems almost an avenue of discussion point-making that segues into a discussion of Christian faith – not the other way around.

There is one chapter, as mentioned, that does the contrary. In the chapter wherein Jones is discussing [*spoiler*] the Breaking Dawn transformation of Bella into a vampire, a portion of the series that she admits to be her favorite, she uses the occurrences as a jumping-off point into new teachings. Instead of warning her readers against the dangers of buying into a hope or passion like that of the characters in the Twilight series, Jones uses a more metaphorical and symbolic view of the events to transpire into a discussion about theology. This, perhaps, is the strongest (or at least most convincing) bit of analysis offered in the book.

Overall, the book is quite interesting, and, given that it offers a new framework for reading the series (though the book is not friendly to the Mormon faith, at times), it challenges some of the passions that Twilight readers might have about the books. On the other hand, it is not necessarily for the most avid of Twilight fans as it could be seen as destructive of some of the lighter, more escapist moments in the books

Fascinating - I don't think I'll be adding this one to my reading list but I'd love to hear from anyone who does read it.