The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

“Don't watch" the redheaded mind reader whispered.
I closed my eyes.

FANS OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA WILL BE ENTHRALLED BY THIS RIVETING STORY OF BREE TANNER, A CHARACTER FIRST INTRODUCED IN ECLIPSE, AND THE DARKER SIDE OF THE NEWBORN VAMPIRE WORLD SHE INHABITS.

BREE TANNER CAN BARELY REMEMBER LIFE before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes, and unstoppable physical strength. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood... life before she became a vampire.

ALL BREE KNOWS IS THAT LIVING WITH HER fellow newborns has few certainties and even fewer rules: watch your back, don't draw attention to yourself, and above all, make it home by sunrise or die. What she doesn't know: her time as an immortal is quickly running out.

THEN BREE FINDS AN UNEXPECTED FRIEND in Diego, a newborn just as curious as Bree about their mysterious creator, whom they only know as her. As they come to realize that the newborns are pawns in a game larger than anything they could have imagined, Bree and Diego must choose sides and decide whom to trust. But when everything you know about vampires is based on a lie, how do you find the truth?

IN ANOTHER IRRESISTIBLE COMBINATION of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

This novella is much darker than the rest of The Twilight Saga but it's so full of energy, plot, character and personality it makes it worth reading. To those who usually after reading Eclipse go straight to Breaking Dawn, I highly recommend reading Bree's story. Look, she is a character that we read about in only a chapter but even dead she's so full of life.
I loved her personality, her story and her tragic end.

It was so great to see the newborns in a darker limelight compared to how we see Bella in Breaking Dawn. While Bella is a bit boring (in the vampire sense), Bree is more on action. We see her struggle, the fire consumes her, we also see her betrayed and being used as a pawn by Victoria.

I hope we get to see Fred someday. He seems like a really interesting character and it seems like if Stephenie Meyer chooses to continue the Saga, even as a spin off, we might get to see him; as per Bree's last words to Edward- "Be nice to him, please."

This novella does make me question that had Bree survived what would it be like for the Cullens? Would they take her in? Taught her? Would she go to Fred? Or would the two join the Cullens someday, if not join, then live like the Cullens on their own? Sadly, we'll never find out. This book is heartbreaking for the helplessness rendered by the Volturi. It moved and seized me up until the very end.