Breaking Dawn

The Twilight series is a collection of four books by author Stephenie Meyer. The first book, Twilight, was published in 2005 and was followed by New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). The series follows protagonist Bella Swan, a teenager living in Forks, Washington. She meets Edward Cullen in high school and learns that he is a vampire, part of a clan that lives off animal blood and refuses to feed on humans. She also befriends Jacob Black, a shapeshifter whose family has had the ability to turn into wolves for generations. The wolves are mortal enemies of the vampires—their abilities originated as a way to protect their community from the vampires’ aggression and need for human blood. The Cullens and the Quileute tribe have formed a truce, with the wolves allowing the vampires to live in the area with the promise that they will not feed on humans. The series explores Bella’s effort to balance all the changes in her life and decide her future as she tries to assimilate into the fantastical world she discovers, navigating her love for both Edward and Jacob.