![]() ![]() The guy literally talks about wanting to kill her for half of their conversations, and she’s like cool, come closer. Clumsy isn’t cute, and she lacks street smarts. ![]() Besides her luscious floral-smelling blood and all the boys thinking she’s beautiful, I thought she was perfectly average and didn’t understand what Edward loved about her. ![]() I need a spinoff of Rose and Emmett's love story for clarity. Refusing to trade outfits when Bella’s life is in danger is petty and absurd (you're a hundred, get it together). But to be a hundred years old and have as little emotional control as Rose makes no sense. She found the love of her life (Emmett) and married him multiple times, was never interested in Edward, yet is upset that Edward finds a random human more attractive? Enough to glare from across the room, pout with crossed arms, and give Edward the cold shoulder like they’re twelve? It makes sense that at least one of the Cullens would hold the opinion that Bella is more trouble than she’s worth and be upset with Edward for putting them at risk. Rosalie is often described as vain in Twilight, but Midnight Sun amplifies that in a way that’s just ridiculous. Her initial hatred toward Bella stems from vanity, because she was originally intended to be Edward’s life partner and he wasn’t interested. In the new book, Rosalie may as well be an angry pre-teen. She grew softer toward Bella as the books progress, especially when we learned how desperately she wanted a child, and I was fully Team Rosalie by the end of the saga - but now Midnight Sun has me questioning that. That made sense to me, and while I found her sort of annoying, I pitied Rosalie because being immortal in the world of Twilight, especially the way the Cullens live, isn’t so glamorous. In Twilight she was standoffish toward Bella, and Edward explained that Rosalie was jealous because she wanted to be human. She sucks (not a bad vampire pun she's plain awful). While Jessica bothers me, I loathe Rosalie the most. It’s all about what she can get from proximity to Bella, and if Bella disappeared I doubt Jessica would be sad. She befriends Bella only to boost her own popularity, and is interested in Bella’s life only because Bella is the center of attention, not because Jessica has any personal interest in her. All of her thoughts are self-serving and everything about her is fake. Midnight Sun reveals that is not the case, particularly the thought “Oh, who cares about Bella?” when she and Angela are discussing returning to the store in Port Angeles instead of looking for her, or staying in a place where she could easily find them. Sure, she was jealous that Edward chose Bella when he wasn’t interested in her, and she cared more about herself than others, but she was still a friend to Bella. Twilight casts Jessica as more than a gossip. It made the overall story more believable, because after decades of playing high school students, the Cullens still failed to really talk or act seventeen, and Bella wasn’t much better (though she had the excuse of a backwards relationship with her mom). In Twilight, she was a little self-absorbed and superficial, but thought and acted exactly as a traditional high schooler would, so I wasn’t particularly bothered by that. There's clearly so much more to Jasper than we've been given and I would read an entire spinoff series about him. This seems like a similar type of power to Bella’s vampire power shield that’s unlocked in Breaking Dawn, which is very interesting. When meeting James, Jasper covers himself, Alice, and Bella in a haze of tediousness to make them seem uninteresting so James does not notice them. We also learn that, not only can he feel and manipulate the emotions of those around him, but he can also conceal people. Everything is calculated for the good and protection of those he loves. Jasper easily shifts to becoming her protector when that’s what’s best. He contemplates killing Bella early on, but that's more due to thinking about what's best for his family, not out of bloodlust. Perhaps not physically as strong as Emmett, but better prepared for a fight with his military background, and Jasper is better equipped mentally and emotionally than the others in Carlisle’s coven. ![]() Midnight Sun reveals quite the opposite - Jasper is the strongest. The film didn't help, with him constantly appearing confused and in pain. He was the weakest link he couldn’t do anything without Alice or another family member standing next to him, he was at risk of losing control every second of every day, and I just felt bad for him. When reading Twilight I kind of saw Jasper as a wounded puppy. I’ll start off with Jasper, because while Emmett has always been my favorite Cullen (and still is), Jasper delivers the most surprises in Midnight Sun. ![]()
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