A Confession

I am embarrassed to admit that I am in the middle of the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer, and am completely addicted. I think the plot and writing are excellent, but what I like most of all (and this is the embarrassing part) are the relationships between the characters, and the inseparable love and bond that is formed between Bella and Edward. There, I said it, its out there, judge me all you want. Everytime I read a passage about Bella expressing how she feels about Edward, I feel it with her, and surrender to the pathos the author is using to convey how much she loves him. In the second book of the series (spoiler alert) Edward leaves Bella at the beginning of the book. The author explains Bella's unbearable pain, which rubs off on to the reader so strongly. Here is a sentence that convey's her suffering: "...I felt the pain- the aching loss that radiated out from my chest, sending wracking waves of hurt through my limbs and head". This sentence really paints a good picture of how the loss of Edward has effecting her. It is more than emotional pain, it is physical pain that she feels. The reader can almost feel the "waves of hurt" as the author describes it.