For those of you who are considering investing in (or swapping) any one of the four, (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse & Breaking Dawn) I have but three words.
Go for it.
It's time and money (or postage fees) well spent.
I'm aware that most good reviews of the book(s) are hugely biased, due to a mix of the raging hormones of the majority of the female readers, and Edward Cullen's apparent irrisistable (and incandescent...
) presence - my opinion of whom will be left unsaid - but it's a genuine page-turner.
The plot, I say, is rarely dull and you find yourself immersed in a world you start to wish was real. Meyer's imagination is something to be desired: making you feel as though you're there, witnessing everything. Like you know the characters; even if they irritate you to the point of putting the book down - until you feel you've forgiven 'whoever' for making such a judgement/decision - the fact it can provoke such a reaction from you should illustrate how "in-to" the book you are. Regardless of whether you want to be.
I've recommended it to my cousins, ages 13 - 15, my sister - 24 and even my mum (whose age she refuses to - let me - disclose) And they all enjoyed the read. The younger ones get a thrill from the adventure and the friendly characters whilst the older ones benefit from the mature themes that run throughout.
And for anyone (who'll admit to being..) involved in the forums upon pointless forums saying Bella's a "bad female influence"; oh come on. "Damsel in Distress"?... bite me. Puns aside, if this was a male human, being saved by an indestructable female vampire, there'd be nothing to say. Fair enough, she has her thick moments, but do we really need twenty different places for hairy feminists to fester?