Book Review: Midnight Sun (Book #5 in the Twilight Saga) by Stephenie Meyer

Right off the bat, I have to admit that Midnight Sun is definitely a very tricky book for me to review; mainly because I’ve always had very complicated feelings about Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga. Plus, while I don’t think that Midnight Sun itself is perfect, I still loved this book in a guilty pleasure sense; and this book, and the Twilight Saga as a whole, definitely puts the “guilty” in “guilty pleasure”. I have to admit that a part of me had definitely given up hope years ago that Stephenie Meyer would ever finish writing Midnight Sun and publish it; so, I was very surprised when it was announced that not only had she finished writing it, she was also announcing the book’s release date (8/4/20). That being said, after having actually read Midnight Sun, I definitely think that this book was worth the wait.

 

While it has been, I honestly don’t even know how many years, since the last time I read Twilight (The Book), I did read Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined when the tenth anniversary edition of Twilight was released in 2015; so, I’m not entirely sure how much Midnight Sun compares to Twilight in terms of plot details and character development. That being said, I still thought that Meyer did a great job of adding new material and insight into all of the characters; especially when it came to Edward, and the other members of the Cullen family. Even for supporting characters, I’ve always thought that Edward’s family members were underdeveloped and underutilized characters in the main part of the Twilight Saga. That being said, I really felt like Meyer did a great job of using Midnight Sun as an opportunity to give the Cullen family some more character development, and offered the readers some more insight into them as characters. It was definitely a lot of fun to see a lot of interactions between Edward and the other members of the Cullen family in this book. Admittedly, I had been kind of worried that Midnight Sun would end up being a major rehash of Twilight, only written from Edward’s point of view. Thankfully, I ultimately don’t think that was the case. Meyer definitely did a great job of providing longtime fans of the Twilight series new insight into the events that take place in the first book in the series, as well as some great new insight into Edward as a character.

Frozen 2: Official Trailer #2

Here's the second official trailer for Frozen 2. Frozen 2 looks like it's going to be a truly awesome movie, and the more previews that I see for it, the more and more I get excited to see it! :)

Frozen 2: Official Trailer

Here's the official trailer for Frozen 2. I absolutely loved Frozen, but based on both the teaser trailer and the official trailer for Frozen 2, I really think that Frozen 2 is already showing a lot of potential to end up being even better than the first movie. It really looks like Frozen 2 is going to be absolutely awesome and amazing! ☺️

Frozen 2: Official Teaser Trailer

Here's the official teaser trailer for Frozen 2. Even though I can't really tell what's going to happen in the movie based on this teaser trailer, I still think that it looks like Frozen 2 is going to be a really interesting and awesome movie. :)

Frozen 2: Goofy ideas for the plot of the movie

Let me start out by saying that I'm really excited about the announcement that they are going to be making a sequel to Frozen, because I absolutely love that movie. That being said, I'm really excited to see what they'll do for Frozen 2, because I thought that Frozen had the perfect ending. I have a couple possible, yet pretty much entirely sarcastic ideas for the plot of the movie though.

Maybe Elsa could have been dating some guy from another village since Frozen ended, he dumps her, she goes all "crazy ex-girlfriend" on him and freezes his entire village and the whole "love will thaw" thing doesn't work this time, so they would have to find another way to reverse Elsa's magic. Another idea that I have is perhaps they could make Frozen 2 a total soap opera. Anna cheats on Kristoff with Elsa's boyfriend, Anna finds out that she's pregnant, but she doesn't know if the father of her baby is Kristoff or Elsa's boyfriend, Elsa finds out about the whole thing and goes on a total freezing rampage, while Kristoff becomes suicidal. If they go that route, I really think they should have Maury Povich be a part of the cast for Frozen 2 and they could all go on Maury to do a paternity test to find out who the father of Anna's baby is. Just a thought.

In all seriousness though, I'm honestly not sure what they could do for the plot of Frozen 2 without potentially kind of ruining the ending of Frozen. I thought that the ending of Frozen was pretty much perfect, and I love how it was the sisterly love that Anna and Elsa had for each other that saved Anna's life instead having Hans or Kristoff be the one who saved Anna's life in the end. Plus, I love that they figured out that the key to Elsa being able to control her powers was love. Since a big part of the movie was Elsa's inability to control her powers and they figured out how Elsa could control her powers at the end of the movie, I'm just not sure that there's really anything left for them to work with for a good idea for the plot of Frozen 2.