The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

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Title: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Year: 2010
178 pages

Bree is one of the "young" Seattle vampire horde that battles the Cullen coven in Eclipse. She is a Mary Sue character; it seems like every vampire is darned nice and rational if we see the world from his or her perspective. I have no argument with this, except that it suggests a different world than the one Meyer asserted existed in the Twilight novels. It can be said of Bree that in comparison to whiny, self-absorbed, problem-causing Bella, she is alert, resourceful, and low-maintenance, even if she, too, falls instantly for a sparkly vampire boy. I leave aside, and to the reader's imagination, how, if vampires kissing each other equals unyielding stone on stone, they manage to have sex, or put on clothes, play piano, or pick up a pencil to do their homework when they pretend to be in high school.