There is no sex before marriage, no adultery in these books. I don’t want to spoil the read for you by clarifying, but there isn’t.

In my opinion, there is no ‘fatal attraction’…looks like teenage(Bella is 17) hormones from a teenage perspective to me…but I often tend to ignore media hyperbole and ‘reading between the lines’ conversations.

It is fiction, written to gain readers,and should be treated as such. My girlie and I have had some great conversations about relationships because of these books…but every one of those conversations began and ended with ‘this is a work of fiction, of imagination, written to draw a reader in’.

…I ramble lol…

I’m interested to see the conversations/thoughts you have!

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Basically, I feel that these books (like most modern media) preach that “the heart wants what the heart wants” and that logic cannot win over emotion. The reason I feel they are especially “dangerous” is simply that they are geared toward a young audience. As the victim of adultery, I am cannot help but campaign against this message….and my feelings have nothing to do with vampires (although I do think vampires are icky).

Young girls (and boys) need to be taught that they have a choice whom they love, and that they should be looking for certain qualities *before* awaking their hearts to someone. It’s not just about abstaining from *sex*. Abstinence is important, but it’s not the first step!

Maybe the people having emotional affairs are the ones who put all their eggs in the abstinence basket.

Sorry for the novel; it’s a touchy subject with me.
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uh oh.

I hear these are fast reads (and I’m one of the FASTEST readers ever – tis true, I took a test). So you probably won’t have to wait too long.