Eclipse is by far the best movie of the Twilight franchise. There's a good balance between the teen love triangle of Edward, Bella and Jacob, and the character development and action scenes in the rest of the movie. The fight scene was great, and I love the wolves (they look like real wolves instead of part wolf-part monster things). It was great that this movie addressed the back stories of Rosalie and Jasper, which helped round out the story by focusing on characters other than the main trio. This definitely worth seeing in the theater.
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest is a first rate steampunk novel. It's set in an alternate reality in Civil War era Seattle. On the surface it's an action-adventure story, but her writing draws you into the story of a tragedy surrounding one family and a mother's love for a son she doesn't understand. This is definitely worth reading.
Born of Fire and Born of Ice, the second and third books in the League series by Sherrilyn Kenyon were about as good as the first book, Born of Night - which is to say that they're just okay. There's a good story in there and I liked reading them, but these were the first books she ever published and the writing lacks subtlety and the finesse she's mastered in her later books. If you want to read them, try finding them in your library or a used book store.
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