Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Series: Twilight Series

Rating Explanation – I cannot explain the ratings without giving certain parts of the book away. So if you haven’t read the book and want to be surprised, skip these explanations.

Language: 15 common swear words

Violence: A description of children who, long ago, were turned into vampires. These children were uncontrollable and bloodthirsty. Werewolves kill and eat a deer. Several descriptions of vampires hunting animals and drinking their blood. One vampire is ripped apart and burned (the only way to kill a vampire). Fairly intense birth of a baby, but not your average birth, this one involves lots of broken bones and a vampire’s teeth acting as a scalpel. I’m not sure where to put this bit of information, but Bella, as a human, drinks human blood for her baby.

Sexual Content: One make-out scene on the night before Bella and Edward’s wedding – kissing, legs entwining. Honeymoon description is not explicit, but there is also no doubt about what is going on. After their first night together they discuss the bruises Bella received from their human-vampire encounter. Edward is reluctant to have sex with her again because he is afraid he will hurt her more. Bella is persistent that they continue practicing.

Once Bella becomes a vampire, she has an insatiable sex drive. There aren’t any racy descriptions of their sexual relations, but I would say that overall the book is quite sensual.

Adult Themes: While Bella is pregnant some of the characters think aborting the baby would be best since they do not know exactly what the offspring of a vampire and a human will become. Bella is always resolute about keeping the baby.

Synopsis

In the final book of the Twilight Series, Bella Swan will finally make an eternal decision. She must choose once and for all between the immortal vampire Edward and the werewolf Jacob. Her choice will decide her fate for eternity.

After slogging through the first three books in this series I was glad that Bella’s story was finally going to be over. I am not a huge Twilight fan but I did want to see how everything turned out. The first half of the book was long, a little slow, and irritating because of Bella’s dependence on Jacob. But once Bella became a vampire I actually really enjoyed the second half of the book. As Bella said herself, she was born to be a vampire and I liked her much better as an immortal beauty than as a clumsy and indecisive human. The ending is a little too tidy with everyone getting exactly what they want, but I guess after all she’s been through Bella deserves a happy ending.

I know many young girls who have read this series, but I personally would not recommend it for anyone younger than high school age because of the sexuality and violence.

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