This book is about all of the good and bad things of the Twilight Saga. It takes a deep dive into Twilight’s themes, characters, movies, fandom, controversies, influence, and much more. It’s “everything you wanted to know about Twilight (and more!)”

I flew through this book and thoroughly enjoyed it. I wouldn’t say I’m the biggest Twilight fan, but I’m not a hater either. I was fascinated by every little detail Gallagher brought up, and I can’t tell you how many times my jaw dropped or I literally laughed out loud. I love Gallagher’s sense of humor; I completely understand when she refers to her love language as “hating on what I love just a little bit.” Some of my favorite moments include never referring to Renesmee (the demon spawn) by her real name and the fandom headcannons, especially the one about Carlisle being the iceberg that sank the Titanic. On a more serious note, the discussion on Bella never having to deal with any consequences for her actions was very interesting and something I’d never thought about before.

I was, however, completely appalled by Gallagher stating that her favorite Twilight book and movie is New Moon. Really? She calls herself an “unfortunate Edward fan” and she loves New Moon which Edward is only in for 5 minutes? To each their own. I will say though, that after reading Jacob’s chapter, I’m a little bit more fond of him than I was before. I was also slightly annoyed by the placement of the pull quotes in the book. I think it’s a great idea to have them, but they were never underneath the paragraph they were pulled from. I would finish a paragraph and read a quote from five pages back that didn’t really pertain to the subject anymore.

This book is really humorous and fun, but it does talk about some heavy topics: everything from misogyny and racism to pedophilia. Gallagher takes a look at things from the perspective of the 2025 world instead of the 2008 world, when a lot of these issues were glossed over. That being said, enjoy the fun while also understanding that if some of these underlying themes and situations were real, they would be quite problematic (and not just the whole vampires and werewolves thing).