Oh man. Yesterday I finally got to reading some blogs and I found out something interesting. There’s going to be a new book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series. But she won’t just be adding more to the story. Nope.
It’s a gender swap. Not sure if that’s what it’s called, but basically Bella and Edward will be renamed and switch places. So that Meyer can prove that Bella was just a “human in distress” and not a damsel in distress. I’ll sum up my thoughts: , “Um, why?”.
We know why, of course. Money. For everyone involved. And didn’t E.L. James just do something similar with Grey? She didn’t switch the characters completely, but she did switch perspectives.
Are you looking forward to this new book by Stephenie Meyer?
Johnny Reads 
No interest at all, especially for what is such a blatant cash-grab. I mean, if it sells, more power to her, but I won’t be joining in.
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Yes it is. I think it would be hilarious if authors and publishers would admit to that when it’s so obvious. In their press release: “We expect to generate this much money for our company and author. Thanks.” 😂😂
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Agreed! I’d at least have some respect for their honesty then!
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Ha! And maybe a few people would think of buying/reading something else. When you gear that they expect to make tens of millions.
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Nah, not really for me. If it was something entirely different, then maybe.
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Hm. Something entirely different probably wouldn’t generate as much interest or publicity. Or money.
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Sure as Hell not. Those books were the worst. (Mine are rotting on the shelves.)
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Ha! Uh oh.
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Blatant cash-grab. No interest at all.
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Yay. That makes it 4-0. Let’s see if anyone admits that they’ll read it.
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I know I saw someone admitting to reading it on Goodreads, but that’s pretty much it so far.
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Everyone is hiding. Until release day.
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But, you know what? (and I’m having to tell *myself* this very, very, very firmly) If it gets someone reading that normally doesn’t read…its good. Its fine. Its okay. *mumble*
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I agree. *cringe*
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Why couldn’t she have finished Midnight Sun if she was wanting to do more with Twilight. That at least would’ve been interesting seeing it through the perspective of Edward especially since he can read people’s minds. Plus she was supposed to write another in the Host series, which isn’t a series until there is another book. I think maybe she’s just got writer’s block and basically rewriting something that’s already written is easier than coming up with something new.
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Hmm. You could be on to something. Though I’ll admit that I’m not too familiar with her work. I know she wrote The Host. And I think it was adapted. But I don’t know anything about the series or Midnight Sun.
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They’re good books. I know everyone made fun of her for having sparkly vampires and such, but at least she was trying to reimagine something that’s been around forever. And the Host was actually really awesome scifi, and while the movie was good it didn’t really show the full extent of the cool aliens and all the planets that are talked about in the book, it would’ve made a very interesting series and I hate that she hasn’t continued it. And while I sort of get what she’s trying to do here, I do think that the creativity and new ideas she had been bringing to the table has clearly dried up.
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Reimagined what? Vampires? Every author writing today has to reimagine something. Cause everything has been written. So she won’t get any credit from me for doing what every other author also does. I don’t think there’s anything creative about this new book.
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that’s what I was saying, this new book isn’t creative. But reimagine to what degree? I’ve read a lot of paranormal books and for the most part they all have basically the same story for vampires and how they work and what they’re like, of course nowadays most have romanticized them. But there are a few who really push the envelope in trying to approach the idea of vampires and werewolves because they usually go hand in hand and she does do that. Especially with the werewolves in this book, which turn out to not be the traditional werewolves even the vampries recognize but shapeshifters that just happen to have taken the shape of wolves. She did it all very differently. The only other person who really did it more so would be someone like Heather Killough-Walden, maybe Sunny though she does more the story of people that started the idea of vampires but they’re not really vampires so I don’t know if that really counts. But that’s what I mean by reimagine.
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no way. Those books are already awful enough. no need for more of them
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Ha! I haven’t read them. So I guess I’m not missing out.
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Oh God. Seriously? Stephenie Meyer needs to put a stake in these characters and move on!
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Ha! I love the pun! Intentional or not.
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I read the Twilight books… mostly because my ex’s preteen daughter wanted to read them, and I wanted to know what she was reading. They were fine…. for exactly what they are. I didn’t expect great literature, and I wasn’t disappointed.
As for the new one? Meh… my own preteen daughter couldn’t give a rat’s ass about fantasy romance. She’s way more into battling cat clans (Warrior Cats) and the retelling of Greek Mythology (The Pegasus series). So no, I won’t be giving SM any more of my cash for her gender-swap.
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Oh I know. I know she’s not writing or trying to write great, great literature. BUT there’s only one reason to do this after so long. It would be different if the most recent one was published a year or two ago. But that’s not the case. Oh well.
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Eeek… ! I personally found Bella to be a cringe-worthy character. Useless, melodramatic, and far too codependent. Making her a guy and making the girl the heroine wouldn’t improve that element for me.
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Exactly. Won’t change anything in that series.
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Que another six years of tween angst and mind boggling bullshit terminating in four painfully bad films.
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Wait, what?
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The twighlight phase started about six years ago – i think. If this new book becomes anything like as popular then we’ll see the same thing happen all over again.
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Twilight* And this book comes in the same binding as the first book in the series. It isn’t a new series or whatever you’re thinking.
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Oh. Colour me unimpressed either way.
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Obviously.
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Read one of the Twilight books because I’ve been writing YA and Meyers books were huge … And was irritated by it throughout. The main character, Bella, was horrible, wet, whiney, self absorbed ‘Ooh, I don’t know whether I like him cos he’s shiny and got sharp teeth or him cos he’s a hairy wolfman’ – give me the grumpy kickass Katniss anyday.
Cynical, pointless, moneymaking exercise.
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Hahaha yes!
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And the sad thing…people will buy it. Barf.
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I’m sure it’ll become an instant bestseller. *sigh*
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