Twilight is a series of fantasy stories about vampires and romance written by Stephenie Meyer. The saga tells the story of Isabella Swan (Bella), a teenager who moves from Phoenix to Forks, Washington, experiencing a whole new world for you to fall in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. In Portugal the series is called Light and Darkness.

The four books in the series are counted from the point of view of Bella, except the epilogue of Eclipse and a third of Dawn, which are narrated by Jacob Black. The series has sold 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 37 languages​​. Remained in the entire list of 235 weeks in the bestsellers on the New York Times and earned an equally successful film franchise, produced by Summit Entertainment.

The Books of the Twilight Saga (Stephenie Meyer)

Twilight

Isabella Swan, 17, had never experienced great emotions in your life. Being a very responsible young man, shy and introspective, he decides to move the warm city of Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, a small town in the interior of Washington, after his mother decides to remarry. That's where Bella will live with his father, Charlie, and is at his new school that meets the Cullens, a five intriguing young beauty inhumane. It is this mystery that characterizes the family, which Bella finds herself drawn into the mysterious Edward Cullen, a young and pale bronze hair that shows a new universe Bella, transforming the course of your life. Edward this is a vampire, who eventually falls in love with Bella while controlling and resists one of your greatest desires - to prove that Bella's blood, he exudes the smell more attractive you felt. However, unlike other vampires, the Cullens choose to only feed on animal blood.

That's when James, a vampire obsessed with hunting - which, together with its group consisting of him, Laurent and Victoria was the culprit of unexplained murders - is determined to kill her, since that can not stand the smell of her blood . She says goodbye to Charlie and go to Phoenix - all very carefully to avoid being traced by James.

Bella goes with Alice and Jasper for Phoenix, while Rosalie and Esme are screening for Victoria (the vampire who accompanied James) and Carlisle, Emmett and Edward go after this, to try to kill him. As Bella is in Phoenix, Alice has a vision with Bella's mother's house and the ballet studio where Bella had classes with 7 / 8 years. Bella, without them knowing, receives a phone call that makes you think the enemy has captured his mother, and that makes her run away to meet James. The flight takes place at the airport, as Bella, Alice and Jasper are waiting for Edward and Carlisle. She goes to meet James. James, who in turn had not caught Bella's mother, torture and nearly kills her. James to bite, but appears to Edward save Bella. As Edward waging a deadly fight with James, Bella is unconscious and begins to transform into a vampire. When she wakes up, Edward is in hospital and says she had to suck the poison from his blood and that it was a little later now she is one of them. However, Bella wants to become a vampire to live forever with Edward, but he refuses to change it.

New Moon

It is September 13, one of the most feared day for Bella, it's your birthday. She hates this day because it completes 18 years and will always be older than Edward. Against her will, Alice Cullen is preparing a surprise party, gifts included. When you open one, Bella accidentally cuts off the paper and Jasper, the vampire with more difficulty to contain the smell of blood, can not avoid and try to attack her. That is why Edward and his family leave Forks and he fears he's putting her life in danger. Bella falls into a deep depression for several months after he leaves, until it develops a strong friendship with Jacob Black, who later reveals himself a werewolf. Jacob and the other werewolves in his village must protect her from Victoria, an evil vampire who intends to avenge the killing Edward Bella, because he has done with James. With the events, he discovers that when it is threatened or when adrenaline feels, hears Edward's voice, which she thinks is a hallucination, speaking inside his head. To never forget his voice, engages in dangerous activities like riding motorcycles. Looking for danger, Bella throws herself off a cliff and nearly drowns at sea, but is saved by Jacob. Alice sees Bella throw himself off the cliff and Edward thinks that Bella is actually dead. Desperate, he decides to end his existence by appealing to the Volturi, a group that represents sort of "royal" between vampires and applying "laws"to keep their kind in secret. He goes to Volterra, Italy, looking for the Volturi, but Bella stops him. They meet with the Volturi before returning to Forks, and Aro, their leader demonstrates a particular interest in Bella to have his soul and impenetrable, whereas their knowledge about vampires can put their endangered species, require it to be dead or turned into a vampire as well.

Eclipse

Strange deaths occur in Seattle, a city near Forks and the Cullens believe is caused by an army of vampires "newly created". Edward is more aware than ever about the safety of Bella. While Cullen see this problem as an excuse to receive a visit from the Volturi, Bella is more concerned to choose between her friendship with Jacob (human remains, but the punishment handed to the Volturi to be the only human to know about the existence of vampires) and her love for Edward (being transformed into a vampire). He knows that if it was turned would cause a battle between vampires and werewolves, as the Cullen had committed them not to bite any human being, putting his new family and their old friends at risk. Bella suspect that Victoria is the creator of the new vampire, and later discovers he was right. A battle to protect the teenager begins. The werewolves team up with Cullen and Victoria is dead. The Volturi show up and Carlisle assures them that the transformation of Bella into a vampire happen soon.

Breaking Dawn

Bella and Edward get married and spend their honeymoon on an island in the Atlantic, next to Rio de Janeiro, but they come back suddenly, as Bella discovers she's pregnant. Edward is afraid of the creature to kill Bella, and do not want the baby is born. She, however, wants to have the child. Then ask for help from Rosalie and she takes care that nobody comes close to Bella's pregnancy. The baby represents a "curse" for the werewolves, they do not know what creature will be born and that type of danger it represents. The band plans to destroy it before it is born, and consequently, Bella dies. Jacob does not accept that and is against the gang. The baby ends up hurting Bella for moving, as the pregnancy progresses, and soon discover that they must feed Cullen Bella with blood so that the child did not kill her, and she follows the instruction. Gestation lasts a very short time, the child is born and Edward turns Bella into a vampire before she dies after giving birth. She discovers that he can control his desires for blood better than expected with a newly created vampire. The child is a girl, unlike what Bella thought, and given the name Renesmee (joint names Renee and Esme) Carlie (junction of the names Charlie and Carlisle) Cullen. Jacob can not stand listening to Emmett and Rosalie talking all the time to move on and realize that the biggest problem is Charlie. Therefore, tells Bella's father, about the supernatural world. Charlie asks Jacob to not tell any details, only what is necessary. Jacob suffers from imprinting on Renesmee (which is something stronger than the love between soul mates, which he describes "as the center of gravity to be allowed to travel through the earth and be Renesmee" in his case). Alice sees the Volturi are coming to kill Renesmee, believing she was a child who had been turned into a vampire - something strictly forbidden - because of the testimony of Irina Denali. Jasper leaves with Alice shortly after. Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie and Emmett traveling to call all vampires who know, with the intention to stop the Volturi to hear the real explanation of the origin of Renesmee. Everyone is waiting in the mansion until Cullen Volturi arrive. Bella discovers that she has the power to create a shield around himself, and protects the family and friends during the confrontation. Irina is dead by Caius, who did not accept that there was no battle. When the Cullens, his friends, the Volturi and Werewolves are facing each other and the battle seems imminent, Alice appears, bringing another half-vampire half-human to prove that it's okay to leave Renesmee live. The Volturi, with some reluctance, to go away.