Rating: 3 stars
Cover synopsis: Bree can barely remember her life before she became a vampire. Living with her fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself, and above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn't know: Her time as an immortal is quickly running out.
This is the story of a minor character we meet in Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight series. She's a newborn vampire who surrenders during battle with the Cullens -- who are willing to teach her the ways of the world -- but that the Volturi eliminate anyway.
It was interesting seeing the story from Bree's perspective. But there was a lot of overlap with what we already read in Eclipse. I was hoping for something a little more revealing. The gist: Newborns fight a lot, they don't trust their maker, and they don't form friendships easily (except, of course for Bree -- I felt Meyer took the easy road and wrote about her as another potentially moral vampire instead of trying to write about a different kind of character).
The only revealing thing we learn -- which is something we suspect after reading Eclipse -- is that the Volturi are in cahoots with Victoria, asking her to take out the Cullens.
Still, it was entertaining enough, so I give it 3 stars.
