So here we are giving in to teen vampirism

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

In a nutshell: All-American teen Isabella Swan, rebelliously known as Bella, moves away from Mom and dusty Phoenix to Dad and Forks, rainiest town in America. At school, she falls head over heels with Edward, a mysterious and uber-handsome young man... or is he???

The blurb: Ok, he's not, he's a vampire (don't worry he's not androphage) as one blatantly knows as one opens the book. As a result, the two-hundred plus pages it takes Bella to figure this out are a little frustrating. But this of course is not the point. It's all about the massive electric chemistry and huge sexual attraction between them and the impossibility for them to even do a wet kiss without Edward instincts taking over and eating the luscious Bella. As a result this is a innocent book, more about their blossoming, fusional relationship and aching hormones than a fruity inter-species essay. It was clearly written with a dictionary of synonyms nearby, to describe the irresisitible, compelling, handsome, beautiful, mesmerising, unnerving, surreal strange, seductive, unwordly, marble Edward and his yellow, onyx, golden eyes. Oddly, other than the semi-obsessive relationship there is really little plot or twist except right at the end.

IMHO this was surprisingly addictive given how objectively bad it is. The writing is straightforward, the wet and cloudy atmosphere of Forks and the high school are conveyed and the sexual tension keeps the book together like a tight corset. It's all a bit soppy and stars-in-eyes though which to be fair is the entire point I imagine. A good, light, easy read for breathless crush-ridden teenage girls, i.e. most females between 12 and 70.