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Violence
A lot
Newborn vampire warfare; deaths; the battle sequences from a ground-level perspective
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief teen romantic attachment; nothing explicit
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The brevity and sadness of Bree's life; a character created to be expendable
What this book is about
Bree Tanner is a newborn vampire in Victoria's army—created, frightened, and largely ignorant of the rules of vampire existence. The novella follows her days in Seattle as she befriends Diego and learns things the army's leaders don't want her to know. Her story ends at the meadow in Eclipse. Meyer's companion novella is deliberately brief and deliberately sad—a way of giving a minor character her full humanity before she loses it.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Vampire combat violence
A protagonist who the reader knows will not survive
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