The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

I’m sure the receiver loved it.

Even knowing her fate you want to route for her. She wants to maybe start something with Diego, yet doesn't know if she can trust him fully. I would love to know Fred's fate.

This novella is typical of Stephanie Meyers writing, in that, if you enjoyed Twilight you should enjoy this - but it is short. It does paint a fuller picture of the intentions of Jane and her crew, when they came to the Seattle area to "take care of business".

Spoilers ahead, if you're unfamiliar with the Twilight saga.Bree Tanner is starving in the back-alleys of Seattle--a teenage runaway fleeing an abusive parent, contemplating how to sell her body for lunch money. Just as she hits rock-bottom, a friendly young man happens by and offers to buy her a cheeseburger.Unfortunately for Bree, the charming philanthropist is a vampire, and in short order, Bree is made a vampire herself and sucked into a little community of vampirized teens who spend their days locked in a basement playing video games and tearing off each other's limbs, their nights devoted to de-sanguinating hapless Seattle-ites who stay out too late in the wrong part of town.Superhuman strength and regenerative power don't quite compensate for muddled memory and a constant, searing thirst for blood. The tearing-off of limbs is also a major buzz-kill. Unlike most of her cohort, Bree clings to the tenuous shreds of humanity remaining to her, though she doesn't know why it seems important.Then, she finds an ally, and a friend, and Bree dares to hope there might be a way out of this un-living hell that's claimed her.If you've read the books or watched the movies, you already know precisely how Bree's odyssey among the undead will end. Bree shows up without fanfare in the aftermath of the climactic battle in Twilight: Eclipse, and is summarily dispatched, offstage, after about five minutes in the spotlight (about 2.5 minutes in the movie). She's a redshirt, a throwaway character, a tool to showcase the icy brutality of the Volturi über-vampires who stand in the way of Bella and Edward's dream of glittering eternal bliss.It's odd--in those five minutes, Stephenie Meyer had me caring more about the fate of this pitiable young lady, trapped in a world she never made, than I did about Bella, Edward, or any number of Cullens.Then, without missing a beat, Meyer sent in the brute squad to twist off poor little Bree's head.As you might expect, I found that outcome less than satisfying. It seems Ms. Meyer felt the same way. Sometimes a minor character will pop into a story and refuse to "go gentle into that good night." Thus, this novella.In The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, we get Bree's backstory, most of it, from her point-of-view, plus the scoop on the kamikaze army of newborn vampires dispatched so efficiently by the Cullens and their werewolf allies in Eclipse. Bree and company are, in her words, the "dregs," the lost children of the night, thrown away by an uncaring society, gone half-mad and feral. There's a very strong reinforcement of an idea lurking in the background of the Twilight stories--Bree's situation is typical of vampires. Bella and company are the "one-percenters" in their universe.Bree remains a sympathetic character at her core, a good girl struggling to survive in a very bad place, but there's a sinister edge to her condition that moves her beyond the innocent simplicity of a lost waif. Her transformation has made her simultaneously superhuman and something less than human. She hates what she's become, though she can no longer imagine any other way to live. She's ruled by her bloodlust and shows no compunction or remorse about killing humans to satisfy it, whether singly or en masse. Humans are food. She can barely remember what it was like to be one.Even as Bree begins to ponder the morality of how she and the others like her are treated as disposable and are being manipulated to support a larger agenda, she remains a stone-cold killer. Ironically, it's the expression of one of the last vestiges of her humanity that leads her to reject a chance for escape and seals her fate. Her doom is all the more tragic when we discover she had a way out.There's a deeper metaphor here about what it means to be human and to be dehumanized--marred by sin and the evil of a broken world. Like Bree, these ideas deserve more time than they received in Twilight-proper, but there's only a taste of the powerful story that might have been, had it fallen into the hands of a more formidable author.Still, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is a solid story, pared of its parent novels' excesses--a stark, sorrowful tale of a lost girl bound to a fate she didn't seek, whose courage is admirable but insufficient to save her, and whose brief life as a vampire is anything but sparkly. It stands on its own, but is best appreciated with some prior background in the Twilight series, particularly Eclipse. Teens and up.

Of course there is no point in reviewing anything Twilight these days, because if it has to do with Edward and Bella, people are going to buy it. But this story might go unnoticed for its hidden uses if someone didn't bring them up! The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephanie Meyer was short and fun as part of the bigger series, but can serve a greater purpose!Bree's life begins when she is turned by a mysterious woman (Victoria). There are so many newborns, and they are all kept together by a vampire named Riley and their collective fear of burning in the sun. They are ordered to be careful when hunting and stick to the "dregs" (people who won't be missed) in order to maintain a low profile. This is easier for some than others. When Bree and Diego see a group ravaging an intersection and creating an obvious scene, they wait until the newborns were gone and clean the mess up. This is the start of a wonderful, albeit brief, friendship.Bree and Diego are late returning to the house only to find it destroyed and the rest of the group had moved on. With no place to stay and the sun coming over the horizon, they know they must find a place to hide to escape the burning agony of the sun. While hiding in a cramped cave, Diego shows Bree a theory- that the sun doesn't actually cause vampires to burn. After this revelation, they start to wonder what else Riley and this mysterious woman who created them are hiding. They are especially concerned about this "threat" they suspect is coming.While we are all familiar with Meyer's writing style, it is a little hard to sink your teeth into a story that is only 170+ pages. Without 500+ pages, how could she possibly weave her magic?? But this might be the redemption of the story. I know Harry Potter and Twilight have done more for encouraging children and young adults (especially LD young adults) to read than any other franchise out there, but let's face it- they are HUGE! I know so many kids who would love those stories, but they look at those giant books that could kill a person if wielded with any force, and they are instantly deflated. They start to think, "I could never read a book that big!"So what if you had a much smaller book that piqued their interest? This is the beauty of Short Second Life. If a student takes a chance with this much less daunting story and is interested, maybe, just maybe, it would open the door to Twilight. Which might open the door to another book, and another book, and so on. And hopefully, after all our scheming and plotting, we might make another kid a reader. Nothing makes me more excited than the thought of a person who hated reading, who was scared of it, finding the magical worlds and exciting characters we all know and love!! So give Bree Tanner a shot and consider what you can do with it!

Me gustó leer sobre vampiros del universo Twilight que no fueran parte del clan Cullen, leer el punto de vista de Bree sobre la batalla de Eclipse y de su vida como neofita fue interesante. Es una novela corta y contiene un capítulo entero de Sol de media noche al final. Mi libro llegó a tiempo pero con un pequeño detalle en el lomo a pesar de que venía en caja.

Livro em ótimas condições, mal da pra dizer q foi de sebo, moinho do livro entregou muito rápido, espero comprar outras coisas deles

アメリカの友達から紹介されて、購入することになりましたが、大変面白く、一気に読み終わりました。おすすめの本と思います。

não achei que tá tãaao bom como descrito pelo vendedor, mas pelo preço em um livro capa dura versão em inglês tá mais do que bom, 10/10

Like the other books in this series, Bree Tanner can't be called a masterpiece. It's not bad, and any Twilight fan or reader in general will enjoy this book. It only took me three days to finish it, but those three days were well spent. The story provides new details about the events of Eclipse from the point of view of the title character, a new born created by Victoria to wage war on the Cullens, including a big twist that will surprise readers. If you haven't read the other Twilight books yet, start at the beginning, then read this later. If you have, you'll love this welcome edition, and won't regret the time you spent reading it.