No spoilers! I wouldn't do that to you!That's right, folks, one of the most delightful things has happened. Stephenie Meyer's new young adult novel, Eclipse, arrived on my doorstep (quite literally) from Amazon last week. I spent a few days finishing a review book for Estella's Revenge, and finally cracked the spine (figuratively) on Eclipse Friday afternoon. As of last night around 6:00 pm Eastern time, I turned the last page in tears and sighed a sigh of the truly satisfied and slightly heartbroken.
What's all the fuss about? A new literary crush, of course!
As you might have imagined, I've had something of a literary girl-crush on Estella of Great Expectations for a number of years now. I'll give you a minute to absorb the shock. I know, I know, you wouldn't have guessed if I hadn't told you.
Before I delve into the details of my obsession, let's talk a bit about the literary crush in general. For most of the bookish women I know, the most prevalent crush is on Mr. Darcy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice fame. For there's something so perfectly, distractingly, fascinatingly wonderful about Mr. Darcy that the bookworm girls of the world have a hard time leaving him to his respective pages. For he is a man so wonderfully written that he jumps right off the page and into our collective hearts and panties. He's suave, he's smart, he's just a bit of a jackass, and he loves Lizzie. Awww. It makes us swoon. Swoon I tell you.
And my new literary crush, while certainly not a classic, is good enough for me. He is one of Stephenie Meyer's characters from her Twilight series, and he's played the biggest role thus far in Eclipse. His name, Jacob Black, his ancestry, werewolf.
As he's described in the book, Jacob is a member of the Quileute tribe--6'7" tall with russett skin and shaggy black hair. That's one tall drink of water, kids. And beyond the yummy physical description, we get the angst. As a Quileute and a werewolf, he's forever the mortal enemy of any vampire, even the (relatively) innocent Cullen family. Which means he's the sworn enemy of Edward Cullen, Bella Swann's, our protagonist's, true lurv.
Twisted? Oh yes. High school? Yep.
Does it matter? Hell no!
There's something so wonderfully tragic and sweet about Jacob that I just can't help but want to
Did I just type that out loud?
Anyway, if you've had any inclination to read Meyer's Twilight series, get your butt off the couch and run down to the nearest bookstore (or Wal-Mart) to pick it up. While Meyer's writing leaves a little something to be desired at times (some overused expressions, etc.) it doesn't matter. The story is involving and wonderful and if you're a hopeless romantic like myself, you will totally dig it. You'll be giggling like a 16-year-old girl before it's all said and done. Even you guy readers. Don't be scared. Embrace it.
6 comments:
Andi, you are a scream! I lol at several spots in this blog entry. I still don't agree about Jacob, though. How about you keep him and I'll just dream of Edward?
Tammy
oooh, literary crushes. I hadn't thought of that category before. I have intellectual crushes (right now I'm in love with Isaiah Berlin) all the time. Now I'll have to think about my literary crushes too!
LOL, glad you enjoyed that, Tammy. I just couldn't keep it to myself. :) Sounds like a plan re: our dividing up Edward and Jacob. Plenty of beefcake to go around, eh?
Sarah, be sure to let me know who they are if you come up with any!
Thanks for the suggestion Andi.
I am pretty positive I have had literary crushes in the past, though I can't remember them at the moment...
If you think of any, let me know, April. I love hearing about a good literary crush. :)
This was a super-funny entry! I'm going to the library soon, and I'll have to see if they have the twilight series. Doubt I'd buy it though.
My very first literary crush ever was Gilbert from the Anne of Green Gables series. He had it all-mischevious, intelligent, tall, sweet, a hopeless romantic. *sigh* Loved him.
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