I read that whole thing waiting for the assuredly sweet action sequence they were hyping up all the way through the book until the end. All that talking about how the vampires use their powers to fight, like how Edythe can read her opponent’s mind and react accordingly, or how Archie can predict fragments of the future and use those to his advantage, or about Jessamine’s mysterious military training. Then the entire action sequence happens off screen and Beau just wakes up after it’s all resolved.

Also, can we talk about how continuously Eleanor gets shat on in the book? She’s introduced as the strongest Cullen, only for each subsequent Cullen family member’s introduction to explain why Eleanor actually sucks and is useless. She doesn’t even get to be the tallest vampire, despite how much hay is made about her intimidating stature. Look Steph: just include some plot point that involves her hucking a truck at someone at some point during the book and we’re good.

But honestly having read it yes I now fully understand why Twilight was as popular as it was (is a popular as it is?).