The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

Written by: Amina

Just when we thought the Twilight saga was done and over with Stephanie popped out with yet another novel, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, a 178-page novella, on the 5th of June, 2010.

According to Stephanie Meyer, she began writing the story while she was editing Eclipse. Later, she planned on including it in the upcoming The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide:

“This story was something that I worked on off and on for a while, just for fun, in between the times I was writing or editing other Twilight novels. Later, when the concept for The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide came up, I thought that might be a good place for Bree. Her story is a nice complement to Eclipse; it explains a lot of the things that Bella never knew. So I dusted it off and finished it up for placement in the Guide.”

The resulting story became too long to be included in the Guide, and so it became a stand-alone book.

This companion book of the saga tells the story of Bree Tanner, the newborn vampire, who is featured in the book, Eclipse. The story is told by Bree, as opposed to the other books narrated by Bella Swan.