Alright so everyone on here that knows me also knows that I am not the biggest SM fan at times but this interview has made me really appreciate her in ways that I didn’t. I always knew that Summit had way more say than she ever could for the movies, but this interview shows just how much Summit tries to change up the books for the movies and how much SM fights to keep it the same. It is an audio interview so I have posted the transcript below. I know it is long but every TwiHard should read this!

Often scenes from the books are changed or left out all together for the flow of the movie. Stephenie explains how and why she picks her battles when it comes to depicting her books into movies. When do you choose your battles? In seeing the movie and the book. You have the book, they have a vision. They throw out a line, and you’re like “They would have never said that”

SM: It’s really difficult. Because you do have to choose which ones you won’t bow down on. And I know that even when I really say “Okay, I cannot live with that” It’s still 1 out of 10 I’ll get it. When I really throw a fit. Which is rare. It is really rare because I realize ya know, they’re making a movie. When they come to me for advice, I’m happy say things. There are very few things that I will….and its things that just feel so wrong, that there’s no other way. And some of them are such small little things that, like with the…(?) we were talking about. A lot of that was (?) related. It’s harder than you would think. It’s funny. Some things you take for granted in movies. And it’s amazing how difficult
some things are to do. One of the reasons we were back there was because, there was one blocking issue I had. And nobody else cared, but for me, it was such a key blocking thing. It physically had to look this way. That one, I was like “I really have to have this. I can’t see this like this” & everyone was like really?

Alison: All the fans would have cared. Not one fan would have been happy with that.

SM: The one thing I scheduled my whole schedule around in Eclipse was I had to be there for the tent scene was number one. That was on the calendar. And I had the other scenes in order of priority, and I had those dates booked. I was already going to Vancouver and they had a weather problem. They filmed it when I wasn’t there. So I’m like “Okay, I’m not gonna panic.” But in the original version, Jacob gets into the sleeping bag (whispers) and doesn’t touch her.

Alison: Like just his legs are gonna keep her warm from the bottom of the sleeping bag?

SM: It’s impossible to keep someone warm when doing that. And then you have the extra added thing. This is the girl he is in love with and he’s in a sleeping bag with her….I mean, come on. I was just like, “what…why aren’t you touching her? Why isn’t he touching her?” People are going to freak out.

Alison: Everybody would have freaked out

SM: It doesn’t make sense that he would do that and you’d sit there and say “why? He’s supposed to be warming her up, right?” Even if you had no baggage from reading the books, you would still have the same reaction. It was interesting, because the original script for it, I was fine with but then they tweaked the script because they felt like one part of the conversation got a lot more in depth in the original we kind of already knew. You know, you have the whole rehash when Edward’s talking about “when I first met her” and they pulled that and instead went with the later part of the scene where Jacob’s like “how did you cope?” And I think the emotionality of it just went through the roof.

Kim: The dialogue between Rob and Jake, I mean Edward and Jacob

Alison: And it was so long, and I loved how long it was

SM: Yeah! I love that they just let it happen. I think that, that was Rob’s best day of shooting. It was so funny, did you guys hear all the rumors about the problems? Rob was only supposed to be there for the last day. The first two were Jacob and Bella scenes where the wig had been a problem. The last day was the tent was the tent and that was it & it was a pretty easy shoot. The only problem for that day was that Kristen had the stomach flu and luckily, she was supposed to lay there, but between every like scene, oh, she was so sick. And Taylor, he was over digging around, grabbing garbage cans. Why is Taylor taking the garbage? Takes them over there so she could puke in them. It was so sweet. Everybody was taking care of her and everything, but it was a hard day. You look at actors and a lot of people are like “I wanna be an actor” it’s so hard and then to sit there. She’s wanting to puke and she’s all feverish, and she’s having to do the shivering. She was a work horse that day. That was our only drama was that poor Kristen got sick, and I think it was food poisoning. But it was a great shoot. It was one of those days where at the end you’re like “We really killed it today! It’s gonna be great!” It was a great day.

HOW SHE WILL OVERSEE ALL THIS AS A PRODUCER IN ‘BREAKING DAWN’

Alison: What made you decide to put the producer hat on for Breaking Dawn? And what do you think you’ll bring to that last movie?

SM: I don’t think it’s gonna change that much. I do feel like, I mean Breaking Dawn is tricky. It’s real tricky. Now, I feel like we have more of a handle on it. Because the script and with Bill Condon. I am more calm, but originally, I was very much on the fence. Maybe we shouldn’t make this into a movie, ya know. Some things can’t be made into a movie and come across exactly the right way. So it was a big struggle for me to go forward. I knew it would disappoint a lot of people, and that was really one of the main instances, that people would be like “What?” I didn’t want to disappoint people. So I was concerned. And still my plan was and still is, to be there every day. And so as the producer, can do that. So it’s really a lot about being….in the room. And it’s going to be a lot of upheaval in my life, but I felt like it was important. And then also, it’s the last one. So I kinda feel like, I’m going to commit to this for this year, I’ll get it done, and then I won’t do that again. And then also. I get to be more involved with it. Ya know, I think we will have a little more of the same music, which will be a big deal. Instead of hearing about the decisions afterward. We will be there when they are being made. That’s gonna help. With Eclipse, I was pretty much, right on the line with producing. I was very much involved with the script and a lot of the choices. So it’s not a huge difference, but it’ll be really, an interesting experience.

Kim: Well we breathed a sigh of relief when we heard you were producing.

SM: I don’t know if those sighs are a little bit premature. I’m not sure that there will be that much more that I can do. um…..but, I keep fighting. I can’t quite make myself give up, so.

Alison: We do appreciate it.

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AMAAAAAZING!!!

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: an Eclipse Novella has sold more than 1 million U.S. copies since its release on June 5, making it the year’s best-selling book in under a month.

The novella is written from the viewpoint of Bree Tanner, a newborn vampire Stephenie Meyer introduced inEclipse, the third installment of her mega-selling The Twilight Saga.

Nearly 100 million copies of The Twilight Saga have been sold worldwide, according to publisher Little, Brown

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During the APLive interview on the Eclipse Premiere Red Carpet, Stephenie Meyer commented on what she thought the perfect time to break Breaking Dawn into 2 movies would be:

“Eyes open and they are red – CUT!”

Doesn’t she look great, by the way?

This is according to the Associated Press, I swear!

Robert Pattinson isn’t the only famous vampire in his family.

Genealogists say the 24-year-old “Twilight” star is related to Vlad the Impaler, widely cited as the inspiration for the main character in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”

Researchers at Ancestry.com discovered that Pattinson and the Transylvanian leader (real name: Vlad III Dracula) are connected through their relationship to the British royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry are Pattinson’s distant cousins; Vlad the Impaler was their distant uncle.

“Tracing Pattinson’s family back to Vlad was difficult research, but the pieces that unraveled created the perfect accompaniment to the Twilight Saga,” said Anastasia Tyler, a genealogist at Ancestry.com. “Without any myth or magic, we find royalty and vampires lurking in Pattinson’s life — making his story just as supernatural as the one he’s playing on screen.”

Also connected to the prince’s lineage and therefore to Dracula? Stephenie Meyer, the author of the “Twilight” series.

In a new interview with representatives from four Twilight fan websites, Stephenie Meyer gives us some info on her plans for Midnight Sun!!! From what I get, it looks like the book it’s going to happen! In a long time, but it will! Please everyone, pray with me!!!

Click to hear the interview: sm_midnightsun

You can also read it here:

If for some reason you would rather read the interview…

Meghan: What we’ll do is just start here, you’ll do one question and keep going around…

Letters to Twilight: No pressure!

(Laughing)

Meghan: So alright, go for it!

Stephenie: Wait! Wait, wait, wait! Do you all have your tape recorders on?

All: (Nodding and saying yes!)

Stephenie: First question, because we are going to deal with this right now, is Midnight Sun! Right? So we don’t have to…

All: (Lot’s of blabbering…)

Stephenie: I know that’s what everyone cares about.  I also know that the right answer would be for me to say “Oh yah, it’s done! And it’ll be out next month!”  But that’s not true.  It’s also not true that I’ve got a ton of work done on it, and that’s what I’m working on.  What’s true is that I’m really burned out on vampires.  And, I don’t want to write it badly.  So I want to wait until I’m excited about the material again, and I’m excited about Edward, and that it’s something that’s motivating.  You know, when a story is keeping me up at night, and I’m waking up at 4 am in the morning and thinking ‘Yes! That is what is what should happen in this moment!’  Then that is when I can write with happiness! So, right now it feels like homework… it really does.  And when things feel like homework they go very, very slowly for me.  So it’s still not a “It’s not gonna happen!” I want to do it when I can do it right.  You know, I have my share of human stubbornness, and I have to tell you, it’s a little bit hard when people are like “This is the only thing you can do, and it’s the only thing we care about!”  And, you’re kind of like a three year old, you want to be like “I’m gonna do what I wanna do!” Yah.  “You’re not the boss of me!”  So my mom has backed off a little bit.  Actually, I was at The Fray concert, and I was hanging out with the guys backstage.  They’re really cool, and I was talking to Isaac about it.  He was like, “I really want you to do that!”  And I was like “Oh my gosh!  Come on!”  You know I can’t get away from it anywhere.  And, we talked about stubbornness and reverse psychology.  I have this great thing he signed for me, it says “To Stephenie, Don’t work on that stupid book! Nobody wants it anyway!”  I have it by my computer.  That really is the right direction to go with me, because I’m like “Huh!  Maybe I should do it!  I’ll show you!”   Psychology!  Anyway, that’s Midnight Sun!  so, that should disappoint everyone!

TwilightSeriesTheories: I don’t think so!

Stephenie: Ok!  so now we’re done!  (Laughing) So, I’ll see you guys later!

All: (Laughing)

LetterstoTwilight: That’s totally understandable.

Twilight Series Theories: I would rather wait.

Twilight Source: We’re not reading it until it’s done.

Twilight Series Theories: I haven’t read it!

Letters to Twilight: You haven’t!

Stephenie: The people I worry about are the haters. You know, that like to talk about what a horrible writer I am and all that stuff.  When I do write it they’re going to say “Oh, this was worse than the first half because now she did it badly!”  No matter what I do it’s going to be that way.  There’s a mental block there.  You know what people are going to say, so I have wait until it’s just me and the book again.  Then I can feel excited about it!  You know, sometimes I’ll sit and think about the car chase, that we don’t get to see from Bella’s perspective.  I have that one completely mapped out in my head.  That one wouldn’t be hard to get down. Stuff like that, it gets exciting. Cars.  Ya know!  The first car he steals I have picked out, and then the second one.  It get’s messy!  It’s gonna be great!  You have to get excited about things!  But, that’s Midnight Sun!

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David Slade, Melissa Rosenberg & Wyck Godfrey go into the background of the movies in this press interview. Very Interesting! Wyck came up with Edward’s “Does he own a shirt?” line, which is so great to Team Edward fans. Also they talk about a few scenes they plan to put on the Eclipse DVD!  Right at the end of the interview, Rosenberg make some comments on future Twilight Saga movies. Go read it and see what you think she is saying.
Here are a few portions that I thought were particularly interesting from the interview:
(Click here to read it all.)

Q: David, what were the specific changes you wanted to make, going into the film?

David: With Edward, I really wanted to make sure this character was dangerous. In the last movie, he had played a different character arc, but in this movie, I wanted to bring out the carnivore in him. That had to come throughout the film, and he hadn’t really done that so much. That was the main thing. I tried to look at every scene, with that in mind. Underlying everything is danger. That was the intention.

Q: Do you have any special features or extras planned for the DVD?

Wyck: There’s the nude scene we shot that wasn’t in the book. No. I don’t know. With any film, you go through the process of editing it down to its fighting weight and, ultimately, you’re going to have some scenes that didn’t end up in the movie.

David: There were a number of scenes which just felt excessive, in terms of beating the same story, but some of them were really nice.

David: What happens is that the film has its own momentum from the script. When you start going, by the time you hit the third act, you’re just blasting along, and that scene just came to a stop. But, it’s a beautiful scene that’s beautifully performed, and it’ll be a nice little bonus for fans of the book.

Wyck: I think there’s going to be a lot of classic behind-the-scenes stuff, where you’re going to get to see how we did most of the action and stunts in the movie, and a lot of the CG process. That stuff will flesh out the experience for audiences that do like to go behind the camera and see how it’s all done.

Melissa: It’s interesting, when I did the first Twilight movie, I actually wrote it before it was cast. I was writing in a vacuum, and it actually had a lot of humor in it. And then, we realized, as we got it on actors, that it just wasn’t appropriate. But, now the actors are more comfortable with it and I think the story lends itself to that. Wyck actually came up with the best line in the movie, “Does he own a shirt?” There’s a confidence level in the storytelling now.

And this:

Q: With the wealth of backstory and appetite for more Twilight, would you see doing movies on Alice or any of the other characters, with Stephenie’s approval?

Melissa: I think she’s going to do that. I would look at anything she wrote. If this series is going to expand, it will be by her doing.

Q: Will it always be book first?

Melissa: I would think it would be. I haven’t even thought of it, but I would think it would have to be book first.

SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRATES THE LUNAR ECLIPSE WITH “TWILIGHT NIGHT” ON JUNE 26th

12 Nationwide Evening Events to Provide Families, Friends and Fansthe Opportunity to See the First Two Films in THE TWILIGHT SAGA Under the Stars

Moviefone.com to Live-Stream Twilight Night
Bringing Experience to Fans Everywhere

Los Angeles, CA June 18, 2010 – In celebration of the lunar eclipse on the evening of June 26th, Summit Entertainment is inviting everyone across the nation to “TWILIGHT Night,” a 12-city event including outdoor screenings of TWILIGHT and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON. The family and community-oriented events are the perfect chance for those new to the film franchise as well as moviegoers in general to immerse themselves in THE TWILIGHT SAGA phenomenon just in time for the highly anticipated theatrical release of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, the third installment of Summit Entertainment’s TWILIGHT SAGA film franchise, on June 30th.

The excitement of THE TWILIGHT SAGA will be delivered directly to fans in their hometowns and online with “TWILIGHT Night” special events. Moviefone will live-stream events from Philadelphia and San Diego at www.moviefone.com/twilightnight which will include interviews with cast, fan reactions, special guests and sneak peeks of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE, allowing those unable to attend to still take part in the celebration. In addition, each event will include special cast member appearances as well as engaging activities to be enjoyed prior to the outdoor evening film screenings, including a red carpet and photo booth, both provided by Moviefone.

For more information about the nationwide screenings and to see if one is in your hometown, visit http://eclipsethemovie.com.

Events are currently scheduled to take place in the following cities and venues. Doors open at 6:00 PM local time in each city. Attendance will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis. See local event information for additional instructions.*

Atlanta
Atlantic Station
171 17th St NW
Atlanta, GA

Dallas
AT&T Plaza at the American Airlines Center
2500 Victory Ave
Dallas, TX

Denver
Sloan’s Lake Park
17th Ave and Sheridan
Denver, CO

Miami
Gusman Center Performing Arts
174 East Flagler Street
Miami, FL

Philadelphia
The Piazza
North Second Street and Germantown Avenue, Below Girard
Philadelphia, PA

Phoenix
Desert Ridge Shopping Center
21001 North Tatum Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ

Portland
Colonel Summers City Park
Portland, OR

Salt Lake City
Movie in the Park
Fairmont Park located
2361 South 900 East
Salt Lake City, UT

St. Louis
St. Louis Union Station
1820 Market Street
St. Louis, MO

San Diego
Park at the Park (Downtown)
10th & K
San Diego, CA

Seattle
Fremont Outdoor Movies
3501 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA

Washington DC
National Harbor Plaza
163 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD

*Cities, venues and times are subject to change. Visit http://eclipsethemovie.com for the most current information.

Must watch this!!!!!!!!!!

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Death wish … Heloise Devaux, 13, who won a competition to receive the book first, sees copies of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner arrive at Waterstone’s by coffin. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA

Talk about selling like hotcakes!  Booksellers.com reports that according to Nielsen, “the book sold 79 copies per minute on average between its launch and 23:59 on the same day.” They don’t yet know the online statistics. That is pretty amazing and only includes UK data!

Did you buy it or read it online?

Stephenie Meyer’s The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (Atom) sold 89,549 print copies in a little under 19 hours, becoming one of the fastest-selling books since records began.

Strictly embargoed until 5:05am on Saturday 5th June, the book sold 79 copies per minute on average between its launch and 23:59 on the same day (when Nielsen BookScan collects its data). A grand total of £512,226 was spent on the £11.99 Twilight novella, which sold at an average discount of 52.3%, plunging its average selling price to just £5.72.

It is not known how many e-copies have been sold. However, the book is currently fifth on the UK iBookstore chart, where it costs £8.99, and 131st on the UK Kindle store, where it costs $11.74 (£8.17).

Only two authors have enjoyed stronger opening sales from hardback titles: J K Rowling and Dan Brown. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Bloomsbury) currently holds the fastest-selling record as it sold 3.6m copies in its first 24 hours when it was released on 21st July 2007, while Brown’s The Lost Symbol (Bantam Press) sold 550,946 copies in its first five days on sale in September last year.

Helped by the Twilight spin-off’s release during the half-term break, sales of all of Meyer’s Twilight novels jumped by an average of 8.5% week-on-week during the seven days to 5th June, while Eclipse’s sales were further boosted by the release of a film tie-in edition to the adaptation which hits UK cinemas on 9th July.

Two pence in every pound spent on books in the UK last week went towards a copy of The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, boosting total week-on-week sales by 2.1% to £26.6m‚ up 1.7% on the same week last year. It is the first time since December last year that book sales have been up year on year for two consecutive weeks.

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When the release date for “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner” was announced as June 5, it didn’t seem like much of a coincidence that the date so closely preceded the June 30 release of “Eclipse.” Well, in a recent interview with USA Today, Stephenie Meyer flat out said that she wanted the book to get out before the film’s release because some elements from the novella would be used in “Eclipse.”

After reading “Short Second Life,” it was easy to pick out some scenes that were most likely to make it into the film, as well as to realize that some already have. It’s sort of a tongue-in-cheek move, because while those who haven’t read Stephenie’s newest installment will think that the newborn vampire scenes were David Slade’s creative vision, those who have will get a kick out of seeing Bree’s story come to life. Be wary, because there are plenty of spoilers for “Short Second Life” after the jump, but click on to see the scenes we found most likely to be in “Eclipse.”

Probably in “Eclipse”: The newborns’ basement hide out

In “Short Second Life,” the newborn vampires are told a string of lies so Riley and Victoria can keep them under control easier, and one of them is that the sun will destroy any vampire that steps in it. Obviously, in Stephenie’s universe, we know this isn’t the case, and the worst affect the sun will have on a vampire is a blinding sparkle. Riley keeps the newborns in basements during the daytime so they can have a base to return to in order to stay out of the sun all day, and we’re sure that we’ll be seeing some scenes in there during the course of the film.

Already in “Eclipse”: Newborns ransacking Seattle

The first scene in “Short Second Life” follows Bree as she is out on a hunt with some of her fellow newborns. There’s Kevin and “Spider-man” (a blond whose name Bree doesn’t know), as well as Diego, who Bree ends up falling for. Kevin starts causing trouble and flips a car over so he can feed on its driver, and he and Spider-man start tearing the poor woman apart for her blood. Bree stands off to the side while they do this, full of thirst but not willing to fight the two of them for a slim amount of blood, and then she and Diego take off for better hunting. Fortunately, we’ve already seen a variation of this scene in a clip we got (a snapshot is taken from it above), and it turns out the Volturi were watching the newborns the whole time.

Probably in “Eclipse”: The Volturi confronting Victoria and Riley

Did you know that, despite Jane’s naïve claims at the end of “Eclipse” that Victoria and her army escaped Volturi attention, the Volturi actually knew the entire time? Probably, if you’ve seen the clip mentioned above. But, even worse than that, it turns out that the Volturi actually confront Victoria and let her continue her path of destruction because they want her to kill the Cullens! This scene almost shocked us more than it did the eavesdropping Bree and Diego in “Short Second Life,” and we’re betting our pennies that this new twist of events makes its way into “Eclipse.”

Already in “Eclipse”: Newborns following Riley through water

Turns out that chillingly awesome, George Romero-esque scene in the “Eclipse” trailer where the newborns walk through a body of water behind Riley is right out of “Short Second Life” too, on pages 117 and 118:

Riley paused at the water’s edge… He dove smoothly into the surf. The others were growling excitedly as they submerged, too… We didn’t swim long, and then we saw the others kicking upward. Fred and I [Bree] surfaced last, and Riley started talking as soon as our heads were out of the water.

Since we haven’t seen how the water scene fits into the context of “Eclipse” yet, we can’t tell if David Slade just took the visual from “Short Second Life” for the film or actually used the entire scene as well. In the novella, Riley is leading the newborns to a feeding frenzy on a nearby ferry, and that’s why they’re near water. However, in the trailer, it seems as though Riley is leading the newborns to the final battle with the Cullens, especially since they seem to be walking in the daytime, albeit under cloud cover. Still, the second we read that scene we knew exactly where we would be seeing its visual equivalent in the film.

Probably in “Eclipse”: Carlisle stopping Bree in the woods

We all know Carlisle and Edward team up to try to save Bree from her inevitable death at the hands of the Volturi, but what we don’t get to see in “Eclipse” from Bella’s perspective is the moment when Carlisle almost kills Bree himself, but then she surrenders and he chooses to let her “live.” This moment is, of course, in “Short Second Life,” and will most likely be included in the film to flesh out Bree’s final moments.

Hollywood Crush has a review of the new Stephenie Meyer book, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. As I am not finished with it yet, I haven’t read the review.  But, if you have finished it and want to read and comment on their take on the book, here is your chance!

Expectations weren’t as high this time. It was like we were getting a surprise piece of chocolate with our dinner bill, not a complimentary dish of crème brulée. Still, “Twilight” fans haven’t had any new books to look forward to in almost two years, so we were excited and hopeful about “The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner.” And I, at least, was not disappointed by the little novella. Pleasantly surprised, even.

As much as I was addicted to the “Twilight” saga, I wasn’t oblivious to its flaws. Stephenie Meyer could spend dozens of pages describing Bella doing her homework and making dinner, when we’d really rather skip to the vampire-werewolf drama going on outside. And as much as we’ve been drawn in by the heart-wrenching scenes between human and cold one, even those could get overwrought and repetitive. But here, in this 178-page little tale, Meyer has no time to get too gooey or bogged down in details. We’re dropped right into the bloody action.

Bree Tanner, a runaway who’s not sure if she reached her 16th birthday before Riley promised her a hamburger and turned her into a bloodthirsty killing machine instead, is probably one of the most tragic characters Meyer has ever created. Even as a super-strong vampire, she’s constantly in danger of being ripped apart and destroyed by the other newborns, whose complete savagery seems to be encouraged by the coven’s leaders.

Since we already know she dies at the end, we should be able to brace ourselves and not get too attached to the doomed girl. But as we get to know her, we can’t help hoping that maybe “Eclipse” got it wrong. At the beginning of the story, she’s offered a tiny glimmer of hope, a way out of the nonstop thirst and fear of her new life when a slightly older vampire Diego takes her under his wing. He’s not just an animal like the former gang members and junkies they’re forced to live with. And their mutual discovery that instead of burning to a crisp in the sun, they glitter like disco balls, is a touching moment that rivals the Bella-Edward meadow scene. It’s seriously torturous to watch Bree become enlightened, and even empowered, while also knowing that she’s days away from the end of this short second life.

Aside from an interesting character study, the story is also meant to give us a glimpse at the other side of the battle in “Eclipse.” SPOILERS AHEAD: The newborns have been lied to by Riley, manipulated into being dependent on him and scared to death to disobey any orders that have come down from “her” — because of the Cullens’ special powers, Victoria knows better than to let her army so much as think her name. They live like a band of directionless, homeless youth; which they are. And actually, the Cullens aren’t the only ones with special powers. Among the newborns is Freaky Fred, whose ability to repel everyone to the point that he’s invisible allows him to protect Bree and ultimately to escape the coven. How much would you love a little spin-off of Fred’s adventures in Vancouver now?

Three interesting revelations: 1) Victoria is aware of Alice’s ability to see the future, so it’s on purpose that she doesn’t make up her mind how to attack until the last minute. And, 2) Jane and her entourage actually visit Victoria and give her five days to enact her battle plan before the Volturi would destroy the newborn army. 3) As a surrendered Bree is being interrogated by Jane following the fight, she manages to figure out that Edward reads minds and conveys to him that the Volturi weren’t entirely on the Cullens’ side.

The battle scene itself is brief and confusing — we got more brutal detail from the newborns’ hunts. But if the point of this novella is to give a new perspective to a story we already know, I think “Bree Tanner” succeeded nicely. And I can’t wait to see how it comes into play when “Eclipse” makes it to the big screen in a few weeks.