Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

First problem with this book: It's very rushed. It starts with Bella and Edward's wedding. It was very elaborate, but before I knew it they were on their honeymoon.

Second problem: It's boring. Now, I wasn't expecting details on their honeymoon, especially if youngsters are reading these books, but really there's nothing going on in this part of the book.

Third (AND BIGGEST) problem: Bella's pregnancy. All right. I have been defensive of these series on some grounds, because I feel that it should be appreciated for what it's worth. I still defend it, but now I realize it's next to worthless. How do vampires even have sperm to make a baby with a human? None of it makes any sense. I'm sure Meyer just wanted to put the main characters in parenting roles to add in her mother's perspective, but honestly it's ridiculous. Then it takes them a long time to find out that a half-vampire baby needs blood to drink. I would think that if a half-vampire baby won't eat, I would try feeding it blood, but maybe that's not common sense to vampires.

Then, the moment everyone's been waiting for, Edward finally turns Bella into a vampire. I was expecting romance, passion, beauty. Instead, Bella was passed out and it was like Edward was preforming surgery on her. I understand he was saving her life, but it was very disappointing.

The rest of the book is spent building up a huge battle between the Cullens (Edward's family plus Bella) and their allies versus the Volturi (vampire government). The Volturi are angry at the Cullens for turning a child into a vampire. The Cullens know they are innocent and can prove that they did not turn a child into a vampire, but prepare an army for battle anyway. Apparently, out of all the vampires in the world, the Volturi have nothing better to do than to bring everyone in their employ to the scene of this small, isolated incident. Anyway, the Volturi arrive and have words with the Cullens. The Volturi realize the situation, and leave without a fight. This was the most anticlimactic of all anticlimactic stories. But don't worry, everyone lived happily every after. There was some other stuff going on with Jacob too, but at this point, I can't imagine anyone caring.