Twilight

Some say it's the next Harry Potter.  I say Twilight phooey.  I just finished the first book, and it was good- but not JK Rowling.  I think teenage girls love it cause they all want to be that special to a guy.  And hey, if he's a vampire, all the better.  I spent many of my teenage years dreaming of Lestat.... But I will read the final three books, cause now I've started the series I have to finish.  

The writing is all around ok, but the world within the cover really is meant for teenage girls.  Harry Potter is so much more rich, and fantastic that Twilight cannot hold a candle to any of the Harry Potter books. HP is easy for anyone to read, but there is so much more substance. I stopped reading books of Twilight's level in the 6th grade when I switched straight from RL Stine  Fear Street (which were shorter, but written just the same) to Stephen King, Anne Rice and the like.  It's a good story- but really, that's about it. There was never a moment I couldn't put the book down....which for me, if it's good, I have to know what happens next.  Twilight never had one of those moments. For all my vampire lovin' I'll stick with Charlaine, Kim and Kelley.