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Breaking Dawn


Title: Breaking Dawn
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Genre(s): Young adult, Fantasy, High School Romance
Publisher: Little, Brown
Publication Date: August 2, 2008
Chapters: 37
Pages: 754
Preceded by: Eclipse


Summary: WARNING SPOILERS
Book I: Bella
The book opens with Bella Swan driving a Mercedes Guardian that Edward has bought to protect her. After informing Bella's parents of their engagement, Bella and Edward marry in a traditional wedding ceremony. Edward and Bella soon depart for their honeymoon off the coast of Brazil. Edward then fulfills Bella's wish and makes love to her. The next day they argue because Edward's passionate lovemaking leaves dark bruises all over Bella's body. Upon seeing a box of unused tampons in her suitcase, she realizes that her period is late and she is pregnant. Though Bella has never longed for a child, she becomes immediately attached to her baby when she becomes aware of its existence. Edward, however, is only concerned for her health, and wants to be rid of the baby. Book One ends as Edward prepares to bring Bella home where he says that Carlisle will "take care of it", and as Bella secretly calls Rosalie for help.

Book II: Jacob
The book then switches to Jacob Black's perspective as he receives news of Edward and Bella's return, and that Bella is quarantined because she has contracted a rare disease on her honeymoon. Jacob assumes that Edward turned Bella into a vampire while they were gone. He is upset when Sam Uley, leader of the werewolf pack, declares that the pack will not retaliate. Jacob, full of anger, decides that if the pack will not retaliate collectively, he will act singly. Formulating strategies of attack, he runs to the Cullen house. When he arrives, however, he discovers that Bella is already heavily pregnant with Edward's child. It is clear that the child's rapid growth is starving Bella. When Jacob tells the werewolf pack, it causes fear and anger among them; they don't know what sort of a threat the unborn child will be. Sam commands the pack to obey his decision to destroy Bella and her unborn child. Jacob, who still loves Bella, disagrees, revolts, assumes his inherited Alpha position and leaves Sam's pack. Seth Clearwater and Leah Clearwater soon join Jacob to protect the Cullen family of any impending werewolf attack. As the fetus continues to develop at an alarmingly accelerated rate, Bella's health worsens. Jacob realizes that the baby requires blood to survive, and once Bella starts drinking it, she starts to recover. During Bella's pregnancy, Edward realizes he can read the child's mind. Finding that the baby was trying to make this easier for Bella, he begins to love the baby as well. Bella goes into labor approximately a month after becoming pregnant. The hard placenta that surrounds the child cracks, and Bella begins vomiting blood. The child breaks free from Bella's body, leaving Bella dying. Edward delivers the baby, a girl, and injects Bella with his venom to her heart, starting the transformation of Bella becoming a vampire. Believing that Bella is dead and that there is no hope she will be resuscitated, Jacob leaves the room and goes to kill the baby whom he holds responsible. He finds her in Rosalie's arms and as soon as he looks into the baby's eyes, Jacob imprints on her.

Book III: Bella
The book then returns to Bella's perspective, after she has just given birth to her daughter, and is now experiencing the painful transformation from human to vampire. After two days, she opens her eyes. The Cullens are wary of Bella, as newborn vampires are volatile. Yet, Bella manages to exhibit self-control unseen in normal newborn vampires. She sees her daughter, named Renesmee, who is growing at an astonishing rate, a half-human and half-vampire child. Bella learns of Renesmee's gift - the ability to communicate by sending images to people's minds through touch. Bella is infuriated when she learns that Jacob has imprinted on Renesmee. However, his imprinting leads to a truce between the Quileutes and the Cullens. Differences between Sam and Jacob's packs are soon settled as well, and they become co-existent Alphas. Irina, a vampire from the Denali clan, sees Renesmee and mistakenly informs the Volturi that Renesmee is a forbidden immortal child, a violation to the rules of the vampires. The Cullen family decides the only way to enlighten the Volturi and prevent an attack is to present Renesmee to them with a large group of credible witnesses. Very suddenly, Alice and Jasper leave the Cullens. Since the couple does not provide a warning or reason, the Cullen family assumes that Alice has foreseen there is no hope for their situation. Bella finds a note from Alice that leads her to the office of a lawyer who forges documents. Bella requests fake documents for Jacob and Renesmee, should they need to escape if a fight ensues with the Volturi. Meanwhile, clans of vampires arrive at the Cullen estate after the family begins to seek their friends' assistance with the Volturi. Most of them are enthralled by Renesmee, and almost all agree to bear witness to the Volturi that she is not an immortal child. Bella also discovers that she has a shielding power over her mind that she can extend over others. When the Volturi and Irina finally arrive, all of the vampires and the werewolves meet in a clearing in the forest. The Volturi discover that they have been misinformed and immediately execute Irina for her mistake. However, the Volturi are not satisfied to leave because the Volturi leaders want the exceptionally gifted vampires to join them. The vampires with the Cullens are protected when Bella's shield disables the attacks by two Volturi members, Alec and Jane. The leaders of the Volturi, Aro, Caius and Marcus, decide to vote on whether or not Renesmee will be a danger to the vampire world when she attains maturity. Just before Aro can cast his deciding vote, Alice and Jasper return with another half-human, half-vampire from South America who explains that he is no danger to the vampire world. Facing no other choice, Aro chooses to give up the fight, and the Volturi leave. After Bella and Edward return to their cottage, they tuck Renesmee into her bed and proceed to their bedroom. Bella then is able to let Edward hear her thoughts, and she recalls moments in her life for him to hear her feelings. The Twilight series then closes with "And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever."



Cover

Breaking Dawn's cover is a metaphor for Bella's progression throughout the entire saga. She began as the physically weakest player on the board: the pawn. She ended as the strongest: the queen. The title Breaking Dawn is a reference to the beginning of Bella's vampire life.


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