Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight

by Liv Spencer

With over 42 million copies sold and translations in close to forty languages, Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novels — Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn — have captured the hearts of a generation of readers. At the centre of the saga is the epic love story of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen (not to mention werewolf Jacob Black), star-crossed lovers the likes of which haven’t been seen since Romeo and Juliet. The film adaptation of this beloved supernatural romance was a huge success, and as the ravenous Twilight fans embraced the movies, relative-newcomers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart transformed into international superstars. Hitting bookstores when Eclipse hits theatres, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight features: • the story of Stephenie Meyer and her publishing sensation • a guide to each novel outlining the symbolism and literary allusions • bios of Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, and the rest of the Twilight Saga cast • the “making of” the Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse films • fascinating tales of other famous vampires and werewolves • a chapter dedicated to the “Twihards,” the Twilight fans who have made the books and movies such an unprecedented success Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight is a full-colour tribute to all the pieces of the Twilight phenomenon.

Genres: Nonfiction, Vampires

203 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Liv Spencer is the writing duo of Jen Knoch & Crissy Calhoun.

Jen Knoch is an editor at ECW Press and the founder of the Keepin’ it Real Book Club, where you’ll find her thoughts on books she reads and on other book-related adventures. Crissy Calhoun works with Jen at ECW Press, as its managing editor, and she also writes companion guides to The Vampire Diaries (the Love You to Death series).

One fine day while toiling at ECDubs HQ, Jen and Crissy decided they should join forces to write books together about subjects they love — hey, half the work, double the glory! — and Liv Spencer was born. (Fun fact: our pen name is a combo of Olivia and Spencer, the children of one of ECW’s pop-culture-minded bosses.)

Despite book-writing being kind of a heck of a lot of work, we can’t seem to stop — there’s nothing better than diving into something we’re fans of and emerging 60,000 words later looking a little haggard but feeling even more in love with our subject than when we pitched the idea to the editorial team at ECW. And once our little books go out into the world, it is the best, most nerve-wracking thing to hear what readers think!

xoxo
Jen and Crissy

Reviews

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, if you are any decent Twilight fan..this is a MUST read. It really was well written and was packed with interesting information about Stephenie Meyer, the books, the movies, the actors, the fans,etc etc! I might even have to buy it and add it to my collection. It was also full of lots of photos. And I just never tire of seeing Rob's beautiful face ; ) TEAM EDWARD FOREVER!!

[Pauline]

Great pix to draw from of "Edward"

[Vanessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esse livro reúne diversas informações e curiosidades sobre os livros e filmes da saga Crepúsculo.

Começa falando sobre a Stephenie Meyer, sobre a origem da história e seu processo de escrita. Depois, nos apresenta a biografia de boa parte do elenco, dando um destaque especial para o Rob, a Kristen e o Taylor, claro. Mas achei legal que há também bastante espaço dedicado aos outros atores.

Quando "Mordida de Amor" foi publicado, eles ainda não tinham gravado Amanhecer. As curiosidades sobre os sets vão apenas até Eclipse. O livro de Amanhecer já havia sido publicado, já sabiam como iria acabar, mas não tinham muitas informações de como seria a adaptação para as telas.

É engraçado ler esse livro agora. Eu não tinha comprado antes por achar que não valia a pena, não era nenhum guia "oficial", então tinha ignorado. Mas agora que sou uma fã velha e emocionada resolvi ler pra matar as saudades... E fiquei rindo sozinha, pois tem uma página inteira dedicada ao roubo do manuscrito de Midnight Sun, com frases chateadas da Steph, dizendo que provavelmente ficaria trancado no cofre dela pra sempre, ao menos que ela se sentisse pronta em outro momento para voltar a essa história... E tipo... Daqui 14 dias Midnight Sun será lançado mundialmente. Ainda nem parece verdade, mesmo com todas as citações de divulgação que estamos tendo. Foram tantos anos esperando...

Além disso, tem também uma parte em que eles diziam não ter a menor ideia de como iriam gravar Amanhecer por conta do crescimento acelerado da Renesmee, mas que contavam com o bom desenvolvimento das tecnologias... Eu lendo e pensando: "deu tudo errado com aquele CGI, migs. kkkkkkkkkkkk"

Entre esse livro aqui e aquele outro "Almanaque" do Nicola Bardola , esse é mil vezes melhor. Achei muito mais completo, divertido, escrito por alguém que de fato gosta do assunto. Mas tem muitos erros de digitação. Perdi a conta de quantas vezes li "Kirsten".

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting and entertaining read, diving into the creation of the Twilight movies, how the cast was selected, their thoughts about their characters that they play and how they interact with one another, etc.

[Nick Lazer Mathison · Rating 2 out of 5]

ehh

Interesting facts, a little
Long winded honestly. It was a decent speed read. Rented from library, wouldn’t spend actual money on this book

[Crissy Calhoun · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Full disclosure: I co-wrote/edited this book] Love Bites looks at the hugely popular Twilight Saga franchise in all its different forms: from bios of the stars and Stephenie Meyer to literary analyses of the classics that inspired each book in the Saga to details on the fandom, fan fiction, and Twilight crafts to info on the production of the movies. Packed with full-color pics and jammed with info, this is a must read for Twilighters.

[Vivian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very light, very fluffy collection of short biographies and inside quotes off all things Twilight. Although I didn't learn anything new, a true Twilight obsessive (like me!) enjoys re-reading all the juicy details.

[Nicole · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had a lot of really boring parts, but it was alright..

[Dion Yulianto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiba-tiba menjadi mencoba tertarik untuk membaca Twilight Saga ... yuk baca yuk dan temukan di mana keistimewaan yang membuat novel ini pernah begitu heboh

[Citrine · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a good introduction book if you'd never read the series or seen the films . But I think for fans it left a lot to be desired .

[Soraya · Rating 4 out of 5]

sangat menyenangkan membaca buku ini. entah rasanya cukup lengkap untuk meringkas seluruh seri twilight

[Rahmadiyanti · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sampai halaman 100 masih baca dengan "benar". Selepas itu baca cepat saja. Buat yang cinta berat sama Twilight Saga, mungkin sangat menarik. Buat saya (yang benci tapi rindu ;p) it was okay saja...

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

No new Twilight tidbits but it was pub in 2010 so I didn't expect too much. But lots of good pictures! I would buy it if it was on sale :)

[Estefani · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thing this book is gonna be so great and romantic

[Marriel Bayani]

amazing

[Elizabeth Henderson]

Very good