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Marketing campaigns

The first chapter of Eclipse was released in a special edition of New Moon. Meyer released the first chapter on her website and has also posted a "quote of the day" from the novel on each day leading up to its release. New Moon is a young adult, horror, and romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. ...

Cover

The book jacket features a torn red ribbon. Although it was supposed to be disclosed to the public in May of 2007, at the Eclipse Prom, Barnes & Noble and Stephenie Meyer's official website premiered the newly released cover in March 2007, along with a preview summary of the book's plot. A typical Barnes & Noble bookstore. ...

The first chapter is available to read at Stephenie Meyer's Official Webpage [[1]].

Early book release and critique

On July 25th, an incident similar to the early release of the seventh Harry Potter book happened with shipments of Eclipse. Barnes and Noble booksellers accidentally shipped advance copies of Eclipse to some of those customers who had pre-ordered. Barnes and Noble said that it was a computer error, as their entire online store is computerized. “HP7” redirects here. ...

To prevent any spoilers from popping up online, many fansite forums for the Twilight series had been shut down, such as the Twilight Lexicon. It was also suggested that Stephenie Meyer lock her MySpace comments so as to avoid spoilers being posted. In an open letter to fansite, The Twilight Lexicon, Stephenie Meyer pleaded with these "lucky readers" to please keep the ending to themselves until the rest of the Twilight fans have had the chance to read and enjoy Eclipse as well.

A particularly pointed criticism for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series comes from Balehipo, who derides her scant plot and perfunctory characters, saying Meyer has "taken the SparkNotes article on 'Pride and Prejudice', the first season of 'The O.C.' on DVD, a vapid romance from the supermarket shelf and a few supernatural themes (the natures of which she has an aggravatingly flimsy grasp) and blended them all together in a Cuisinart food processor, fed it to a St. Bernard and waited a few hours before collecting the steaming end result between two covers, passing it off for contemporary literature." He is also quoted as saying, "Meyer should save the paper doomed for her future tomes of clap-trap and go work at the WB network where she can gratify her growing audience at a venue more apropos to their sophomoric sensibilities."

General response from readers has been positive. Additionally, Eclipse managed to unseat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from first position on New York Times bestseller charts. “HP7” redirects here. ...

Plot summary

The preface of the novel begins in the same way as the previous novels. Bella Swan is once again in a largely undescribed life and death situation.

Chapter one begins with a note from Jake to Bella. It explains that he misses her as well, but that this changes nothing between them. Charlie still wants nothing to do with Edward, attempting to show with every word and gesture that the vampire is unwelcome in the house. Seattle is revealed to be plagued by a string of unsolved murders. Charlie 'un-grounds' Bella, but on the condition that she spend more time with her friends, especially Jacob, and not just Edward. Edward and Bella continue filling out their college applications, while Bella explains to Edward her desire to see Jacob again. Edward refuses explaining that werewolves are "unstable" and that those who associate with them often get hurt. Meanwhile, Alice has a vision that Victoria, the vampire that is hunting Bella, is back in town, so Edward, keeping this knowledge from Bella, talks Charlie into letting them take a weekend trip to Florida to see Bella's mother. When they return, Jacob confronts Edward as to why he is keeping Victoria's return a secret form Bella, also discussing the treaty's bounds as the Cullens crossed the territorial line while chasing Victoria into werewolf territory. Edward explains to Bella that he took her away from Forks as an attempt to keep her safe. Jacob and Bella reconcile to Edward's disapproval, however, he assures Bella that the only reason he doesn't want her seeing Jacob is because werewolves can be dangerous.

Bella insists that Jacob and the rest of the pack are safe and that Jacob would never harm her. Edward finally agrees with her and willingly takes her, on occasion, to the border (the area where the pact between the Quileutes and the Cullens was made, and where both can travel freely), where Jacob picks her up and takes her to his house. During one of these visits, Jacob clarifies his emotions toward Bella; he reveals that he loves her and forcefully kisses her, much to her displeasure. She reacts by punching him as hard as she can, succeding only in breaking her hand as werewolves are almost as durable as vampires.

Edward threatens Jacob when Bella is brought back home. Jacob clarifies what occurs, and they make a treaty and promise to work together. Later that night after Jacob leaves, Bella agrees to marry Edward on one condition: that he sleep with her before their marriage. Edward initially refuses, explaining to Bella that he could very well kill her. He eventually agrees that he is willing to try in the future as long as they are already married, however. Bella expresses the worry of what other people will think if she gets married so early, as she remembers the problems that marrying fresh out of high school caused her mother. She realizes that spending the rest of eternity with Edward is more important to her than anything else, however, and when Edward formally proposes to her, she accepts. She is still reluctant to the marriage and engagement as a whole, however; she refuses to wear the engagement ring, which belonged to Edward's mother.

Bella discovers that a vampire has taken things from her room for the purpose of using her scent to locate her. Meanwhile, the Cullens realize that there is a coven of newborn vampires committing the murders in Seattle. Bella soon makes the connection between both incidents, and realizes that the new vampires are being led by Victoria. Alice foresees a battle between Victoria's coven and the joined forces of the werewolves and the Cullens.

Edward and Bella camp up in the mountains, where they are joined by Jacob and Seth- a younger member of the pack- in wait of the war. Bella and Edward use Bella's scent to set a trap for the newborns to follow, which will lead them to face the Cullens and the werewolves. Bella succumbs to the numbing cold at the top of the mountain where they are staying, and Jacob, with the intention of taunting Edward, slips into Bella's sleeping bag in order to keep her warm (a werewolve's normal core body temperature is 10 degrees above that of a human). Feigning sleep, she hears a conversation between Edward and Jacob, in which Jacob openly confesses his feelings for Bella to Edward. And Edward admits that Jacob can give Bella some things that he, Edward, can't. The two of them come to an understanding.

In the morning, Edward and Bella begin talking about their engagement; they hear a howl of pain, and Bella realize that it is Jacob, who had been listening in to their conversation. He runs away before Bella can reach him, and so she asks Edward to go after him. When they come back, Edward gives them some space to talk. Jacob threatens to join the fight and get himself killed; when Bella begs him not to, he insists that she ask him to kiss her so he won't kill himself (later on, it is revealed that he had tricked her into believing he would). She does so, and she realizes that she is in love with Jacob after they kiss, but is not in love with him the same way she is with Edward.

When Edward returns, he admits that he overheard everything and that he's not angry at her for loving- and kissing- Jacob; this makes Bella feel guilty. As the two stay at the camp with Seth, Victoria attacks with her newborns. She soon arrives to confront Bella and Edward, along with one of her newborns, Riley. A fight breaks out, and in the end Seth, in his wolf form, kills Riley as Edward destroys Victoria.

The Cullens, as well as the pack, are unharmed during the fight; but it turns out that Jacob was injured. Carlisle assures Bella that he is healing and that no permanent damage was done. The Volturi arrive to clean up the war, but they are too late. They remind Edward of the agreement they had to change Bella into a vampire, to which Alice replies that the date has been set.

Bella goes to visit Jacob, who is on the mend. After talking, they admit that they love each other, but Bella insists that she cannot live without Edward. However, Jacob tells her that if she ever changes her mind, he will always be there for her.

Edward places the engagement ring back on Bella's finger, as she no longer fears what others think. Bella agrees to let Alice plan her wedding and asks her to be the maid of honor. She also tells Edward that it is time for them to tell Charlie about the engagement.

The epilogue is from Jacob's perspective. He receives an invitation to Bella and Edward's wedding, and feels angry now that it is clear Bella will go through with "killing herself." He also finds a letter from Edward within the invitation; Edward tells Jacob that he doesn't have to come to the wedding if he doesn't want to, and thanks him for all he's done for Bella. The letter only angers Jacob further. Ignoring the questions and pleas of the pack, he changes into his wolf form and runs off, wanting nothing more than to "leave Jacob Black behind." He decides that he is no longer hurt that Bella would choose Edward over him; however, he questions how things would be between them once Bella becomes a vampire.

Series

Eclipse is the third installment in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. The story begins with Twilight, followed by New Moon. Eclipse was released in bookstores on August 7th, 2007. A discounted iTunes audiobook version was released the following day. A fourth novel, titled Breaking Dawn, is set to be released fall of 2008. For other uses, see Twilight (disambiguation). ... New Moon is a young adult, horror, and romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. ...

Midnight Sun, release date unknown, is another addition to the series. A rough first chapter was released on Mrs. Meyer's website preceding New Moon. It will parallel Twilight from the character Edward Cullen's point of view. Meyer says on her website that Midnight Sun will definitely be published, but there is no release date as of yet. ^[1] Midnight Sun is a novel written by RC Duggan. ...

See Also

For other uses, see Twilight (disambiguation). ... New Moon is a young adult, horror, and romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. ... Breaking Dawn is the fourth book in the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. ... Midnight Sun is a novel written by RC Duggan. ... Isabella Marie Swan, known as Bella Swan, is the fictional main character of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Midnight Sun, and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer. ... Edward Anthony Masen Cullen, also known as Edward Cullen, is a fictional character in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. ... Jacob Black is a fictional character in the books Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. ... Mary Alice Brandon Cullen, known as Alice Cullen, is a fictional main character of the novels Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer. ... Carlisle Cullen is a fictional character in the books Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer. ... Esme Anne Platt Evenson Cullen is a fictional vampire in the young adult/horror/fantasy/romance novel written by author Stephenie Meyer. ... Emmett McCarty Cullen is a fictional character in Twilight, a young adult novel and series written by author Stephenie Meyer. ... Jasper Whitlock, also know as Jasper Hale, is a fictional character from Stephenie Meyers Twilight series. ... Rosalie Lillian Hale is a character in Twilight, a young adult novel and series written by author Stephenie Meyer. ... Charlie Swan is the father of Bella Swan in the novel, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... Seth Clearwater is a fictional character in the books New Moon, and Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... Emily Young is a fictional character from the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ... The Volturi are an organized coven of vampires in the Twilight series of young adult novels. ... In the series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, there are several vampire characters besides from Edward Cullen and his family. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Stephenie Meyer's Midnight Sun Page

External Links

• Stephenie Meyer's Official Website
• Stephenie Meyer Spain
• The Twilight Saga's official website
• [2] The Official Twilight website
• Twilight Lexicon