The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (The Twilight Saga, #3.5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 30, 2010 Shawna rated it really liked it

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4 stars – Vampire/Young Adult

This provided a nice Twilight Saga fix while waiting impatiently for the "Eclipse" movie to come out, and I enjoyed Bree's alternate viewpoint and insight into the army of newborn vampires that battle against the Cullens.

But I think I speak for a large majority of Twilight fans that what we really want is for Ms. Meyer to move past her hurt feelings and wounded pride and just finish Midnight Sun, darnit! Seriously, the Meyer the Martyr routine is getting a little old ...more

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Jun 05, 2010 Diana rated it really liked it

I had mixed feelings before I started this book. When I think about the Twilight series, I immediately associate everything with Edward and Bella. The whole series is from her point of view (I refuse to mention Midnight Sun since who knows when that will ever be finished, if at all). So to read a book from another POV from someone who wasn't in the whole series, specifically a vampire that had such a small scene in the series, seemed odd to me but definitely intriguing.

I have to say that once I ...more

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Mar 30, 2010 Charlotte (Buried in Books) rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Hmmmm, well, it ain't Twilight, it ain't even Eclipse. I did like it and wanted to like it more, but I don't know. Maybe I need to go back and re-read Eclipse (I'm still trying to re-read Twiight - so I'll get to it).

I was going to read this for free on the website, but in a moment of weakness I picked it up at the bookstore - it was half price and I thought that as I had the rest I might as well get this too.

Bree was a character that made a brief appearance in Eclipse and this novella joins her Hmmmm, well, it ain't Twilight, it ain't even Eclipse. I did like it and wanted to like it more, but I don't know. Maybe I need to go back and re-read Eclipse (I'm still trying to re-read Twiight - so I'll get to it).

I was going to read this for free on the website, but in a moment of weakness I picked it up at the bookstore - it was half price and I thought that as I had the rest I might as well get this too.

Bree was a character that made a brief appearance in Eclipse and this novella joins her 3 months into her vampire life. She basically keeps her head down and hides behind Freaky Fred - who can make people really sick if they look at him. While out hunting one night she strikes up a conversation with Diego - a "friend" of Rileys. They fall for each other pretty fast and begin to question everything that Riley has told them. They live in perpetual fear of "her" their creator, who they've never seen since the night she made them.

About 20 pages in (while Bree and Diego are hurrying back to base so they don't burn in the sun), I suddenly thought - hang on, they don't burn - they sparkle!! Riley/Victoria apparently decided that the best way to keep their Army together was to make them think the old stories were true - that sunlight would kill them. It's stange the things people will believe, but it seems Victoria liked to stick to those that are easily manipulated. And the whole - it's OK to go outside 4 days in each year (when the sun is just at the right angle) - who the hell would believe that???

I did feel sorry for Bree though when she finally realised that Diego was dead - and who killed him. But really Victoria and Riley would never have let him live once he realised that the sunlight/stake thing was just bullshit.

My main problem with this story is that I expected the newborns to be so much more frightening. The way that Jasper always spoke of them I expected them to be out of control killing machines (which they were in the ferry boat incident), but Bree was able to leave the scene of a kill very early on in the story, she didn't rip her fellow vamps to bits to get a piece of the action. In fact she reminded me a lot of Bella when she turned.

It was all so tame.

Oh, and since when has Edward been a redhead. He was always described as reddish blond!!! ...more

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Jun 24, 2010 Adele rated it liked it

First of all you rewally NEED to have read eclipseEclipse before reading this book.not the movie. the book.

it's a really good, book that probaly should never have been made.

why i say that is, i felt sad the first time bree died then this book comes out and you get to know her better, you find out about her fears, her loves and her friend. now i just feel sad all over again. i still think that bree would have made a good cullen :o(

i need to re read eclipse again before i can really give this ...more

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Oct 24, 2015 Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, audio, fantasy

It was definitely nice to see things from another perspective in the Twilight universe. I loved that the perspective is from someone within the story itself, but from someone that is unaware of the things that are going on. I loved Bree's coming together with Diego. I think that they were truly great for one another. I also liked her friendship, if it can be called that, with Fred. At the end I was thinking of how things could have been for Bree if she would have gone to Vancouver with him. I wo ...more

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Mar 30, 2010 DarkHeart "Vehngeance" rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampires, young-adult

This was an enjoyable read that I felt added another layer to the newborns when I watched the Eclipse movie.

Bree is an interesting character and I enjoyed seeing how red-eyed vamps live through her perspective and her interactions with both Diego and Fred. Seeing Riley through someone else's eyes was also quite interesting.

As Eclipse is written from Bella's perspective, we never got a real glimpse of the final battle, as she and Edward weren't there. We may not get great detail on it from Bree, ...more

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Jun 17, 2010 Cheer Papworth rated it liked it

Shelves: supernatural, ya, vampires

Just "okay" for me this time...sorry. ...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Thenia rated it liked it

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A light short story by the author of Twilight from Bree's point of view. Bree is one of the newborns of Victoria's army and gives us the inside scoop on how things were for the newborns before the attack on the Cullens.

Nothing too interesting, nothing too vital to the story, just a little insight on the Volturi and their involvement in the attack. ...more

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