Stephenie Meyer’s second volume in her young adult series of novels, New Moon takes place just a short amount of time after the first volume, Twilight, ends. Through a series of accidental and unfortunate events, Edward and his family leave Forks for a time. After a time of mourning that never completely ends, Bella renews her friendship with Jacob Black, her father’s friend’s son. Jacob has grown taller and has matured quite a bit, which makes him a good friend for Bella, even though he is a bit younger in age.

Bella also tries to renew her friendships with her high school friends, which makes her father happy. But there is always some thing missing for Bella. And with Jacob growing up and going through his own changes, there are more discoveries to be made and secrets to be kept.

I was not as thrilled by New Moon as I was with Twilight, yet it was a captivating story. I look forward to reading the subsequent volumes in the series.

Even more so than with Twilight, I think this story is more appropriate for older teens: high school rather than middle school.