Bella and Edward are both finally getting their wishes, Bella's to be with him for eternity, Edward's to make her his bride. Just a couple of the negotiations are still up in the air but they're both as stubborn as ever and so eventually, both will get their way. Bella has told Edward that he needs to be with her before she changes, something Edward adamantly refuses but eventually he gives in. And that's when the trouble starts. Because Bella is not yet immortal, she has conceived a child. A child that, while in womb, is causing her a great deal of pain. Bella loves this yet to be seen baby, while Edward loathes it for the trauma it's wreaking on Bella. Bella enlists Rosalie to help her win this fight against Edward. She will not lose this baby. Jacob has sided with Edward in trying to convince Bella nothing good will come of this. Right before birth though, Edward realizes he can read the baby's mind. And the baby adores Bella and is trying so hard not to hurt her.

In childbirth, things go wrong for Bella and Edward fights to save her life, errr bring her to her vampire life. Everyone is shocked when Bella is not the typical newborn with only a taste for blood. She's still the same Bella. Things go wrong again when the Volturi are told that Bella and Edward have created an immortal child, something that wrought much trauma to their kind centuries ago. So the Volturi head to the Cullen clan, and the Cullens are busy trying to get all of their friends to testify for them that Renesmee is not an immortal child, but a true child of Bella and Edward.


Honestly? I loved this book about twice as much as any other in the series, and toted it with me everywhere I went, sneaking in pages whenever I could. I'm sad that the series is over but I'm looking forward to it being brought to the bigscreen. Holly thinks there's potential for a satellite series here and I'm so excited about that!