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Midnight Sun

Pages
678
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

Midnight Sun retells the story of Twilight from Edward Cullen's point of view, giving readers access to the inner world of the vampire who fell in love with Bella Swan. Where the original novel followed Bella's wonder and confusion, this companion reveals Edward's restraint, torment, and the relentless pull of his hunger against his conscience.

Seeing familiar events through Edward's eyes reframes the entire romance: his century of loneliness, his family's watchful concern, and the constant danger his nature poses to the girl he cannot stay away from. The stakes that felt mysterious to Bella become, in Edward's telling, a matter of life and death he weighs with every breath.

Published in 2020 after years of anticipation, Midnight Sun is a full-length companion to Twilight rather than a sequel — a darker, more introspective retelling for readers who want to understand Edward's side of the story.

About the author

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Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer (born Stephenie Morgan on 24 December 1973 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American novelist and film producer. She graduated from Brigham Young University in 1997 with a degree in English literature. Her first novel, Twilight (2005), opened a vampire romance series continued in New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007) and Breaking Dawn (2008), and later extended by the novella The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (2010), the reimagining Life and Death (2015) and Midnight Sun (2020). The...

Characters

Edward CullenProtagonist

The vampire narrator, whose conscience wars with his hunger and his growing love for Bella.

Bella SwanProtagonist

The human girl Edward is drawn to, seen here from the outside.

Carlisle CullenSupporting

Edward's adoptive father and moral compass.

All characters in Midnight Sun
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