Book Review

So it really hasn't taken me this long to re-join the living, ...and I'll have to say that Nate's post was a bit of an exaggeration. :) LOL. During the 3 days that I read Breaking Dawn everyone still ate three meals a day, children were dressed, and the house didn't fall into disarray. We also paid a visit to the doctor for Kennedy, and I was actually up most nights while Kennedy and London played tag-team between every 2-3 hour wakings for breathing treatments (Kennedy) or feeding/comforting because of teething (London). Needless to say, we all survived. Poor Kennedy's asthma got pretty severe because of an allergic reaction to omnicef (we already knew she was allergic to penicillin). We're now 2 weeks out from the initial reaction and she no longer needs the nebulizer or her inhaler (yeah), but the skin sensitivity remains, although it is much better as well. Some of you may remember her having this reaction before, but the doctors all thought it was a reaction to a virus--nope! it was omnicef and we definitely won't make that mistake again.



London has started rice cereal and loves it, as well as playing with the spoon. And she also has two new teeth on the bottom, her first of many.

Kennedy loves feeding London her cereal and sometimes it's a battle over who gets to do it. :) If it didn't get so messy I would let her do it all the time, especially with how cute the two of them look while doing it.

As far as Breaking Dawn goes, overall I liked it and I thought it had good closure since it was the last book of the series. But I have to admit that the first 1/2 drove me crazy and I was a bit disturbed at some things. The second 1/2 improved drastically but still by the end I think my two favorite characters, Alice and Edward, were robbed and didn't get as much action and I wish there would have been more from them instead of so much from Jacob and Bella. I will list the things I Liked, Loved, and Hated next, so if you haven't read it yet and don't want to know any details, don't read on:

Didn't Like:

Most of the honeymoon- too many details in some spots, yuck! (all I could think of were the YW in our ward who like reading these books too.) Granted, I think SM did a good job at illustrating that they were now married and that Bella was only able to get up off the floor because she knew how committed and tied Edward was to her in every way now, etc.

The "confrontation" with the Volturi- I wanted more action.

The lack of involvement of Alice.

The definite lack of Edward- you can never go wrong with more Edward, even though he was obviously there through the whole book, he really didn't DO a whole lot, or have any true dilemmas like in the past.

Hated:

The whole pregnancy and birth.

Pathetic Edward, "the burning man" (but I asked myself, what else could he have done in the situation and I don't have an answer, it just bugged me still).

Bella during the pregnancy.

Jacob imprinting on the BABY! (I threw the book down at this point)

Liked:

That Rosalie and Bella finally resolved their differences.

That Bella's dad could still be a part of her life and meet his grandchild.

That Bella was able to have a baby- in the past 2 books I always thought it was sad that she would give up being a mother by becoming a vampire, but having a half-human, half-vampire baby was kinda weird for me, especially after the creepy dreams that she had been having.

Bella's self control after becoming a vampire (even though I know this bugged some people, I thought it was cool).

The "confrontation" with the Volturi, since it never really turned in to a fight, but I wish it would have been a little more with some better action. I felt like I was reading about the Xmen or Fantastic Four while reading about the Storm Boy, Vision Lady, and Bella's shield. (I liked all of this but wanted more and thought it was a little too sci-fi.)

Loved:

The wedding and all the details Alice put in to it and how happy Edward and Bella were.

The fast cars.

Bella becoming a vampire.

Edward as he tried to save Bella after she gave birth and then waiting for her to wake up.

Bella losing it on Jacob after finding out about the imprinting.

Bella and Edward's cottage