New Moon

The book is New Moon, which opens with Bella being distraught that she is celebrating her 18th birthday, making her forever more “older” than Edward. Edward however is not willing to turn her into a vampire because he cannot be sure if vampires have souls and he is not willing to take Bella’s if in fact, they are soulless and damned.

The Cullens throw Bella a birthday party innocently enough but when Bella accidentally cuts her finger while opening presents, Edward’s vampire brother, Jasper is overcome with thirst and he tries to attack her. Bella is thrown into a glass table where she is severely cut on the arm. Only Carlisle, the head of the family and a doctor can stand to be in the same room with her while she is bleeding. He quickly stitched her up but the damage has been done. The Cullens realize that a vampire family isn’t safe for the very human and fragile Bella.

The Cullens decide to leave Forks and start over somewhere else. Edward tells Bella he is leaving her for her own protection and they can’t ever be together again. He makes Bella promise that she will never put her life in danger and when Bella insinuates that she might do exactly that to end her misery Edward promises her that if she were to die he would soon follow by provoking a fight with a large vampire clan in Italy.

A large portion of the book from here after follows Bella for months as she sinks into depression. Only after 4-5 months of depression does she attempt to get back to normal, when her father threatens to send her back to her mom, who is now living in Florida. Unwilling to leave Forks, just in case Edward comes back, she does her best to put on a show that she is getting better. She starts visiting one of her oldest friends named Jacob, who lives on an Indian reservation nearby. Jacob is the one who initially told Bella superstitious stories about vampires and werewolves who lived in area.

Bella discovers accidentally that when she engages in some sort of reckless or dangerous behavior he “hears” Edward in her head speaking to her. In an attempt to keep him nearby…even if it is just his voice, Bella starts engaging in risky activities. She buys two motorcycles and convinces Jacob to get them running for her, one he can keep as payment. She also asks Jacob to take her cliff diving. All the while they work on the bikes together they get closer and Jacob really does help her to tackle her depression. She comes to rely on him like someone relies on the sun for warmth. He becomes her very best friend, although she is soon to discover that he is a werewolf and the mortal enemy of the vampire.

The vampire Victoria is back in the area and hunting Bella in vengeance after Edward killed her mate, James. Jacob and his wolf pack become busy hunting for her most days and Bella decides to attempt cliff diving on her own. When Alice, who has still been monitoring Bella from afar, sees a vision of Bella jumping from a cliff she assumes Bella has commit suicide. She tells Rosalie she must go back to Forks to be sure and she boards a plane. While Alice is in flight Edward calls home to check in and Rosalie tells him that Bella is dead.

Edward calls Bella’s home to speak to Bella’s father (Charlie) but Jacob answers the phone and tells him that Charlie is at a funeral (family friend). Edward believes that Bella is dead and he boards a plane for Italy.

When Alice gets to Forks she quickly “sees” what has happened and where Edward is going. She and Bella take off for Italy to try and save Edward’s life.

The book ends with the Cullens realizing that Bella is family and that they can’t leave her. They decide by vote that Bella will be turned into a vampire if she wants to, without Edward’s consent.

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