Forever Dawn

It's a bit surprising to know that Twilight's original sequel isn't New Moon. I wonder what would've happened if there weren't any sequels at all to Twilight. By the way the books were written, one would've thought that it was all planned out from the first book to the last. From how the stories are laid out, you would think that there were no coincidents to this, that werewolves would eventually come into the picture since there are vampires, and that Bella will inevitably come to a point where she needs to choose between the werewolf and the vampire. But Stephenie Meyer mentioned that she was not planning to write a sequel at all. What a great moment it might have been for Stephenie Meyer when she finds out that her stories are all falling into place.



From Ms. Meyer's website:

"If you've read the story behind Twilight, then you know that I didn't set out to write a novel or begin a career as an author. I was just writing down a story for my personal enjoyment, letting it grow as it would and lead where it would. No pressure, just fun.
The first sequel I wrote to Twilight—Forever Dawn—was more of the same. I wasn't planning a sequel any more than I was planning to write a book in the first place. Originally, Twilight had a more defined ending. But, when it was ended, I started writing epilogues. After I'd written three epilogues, all of them over a hundred pages long, I realized I wasn't ready to stop writing about Bella and Edward. One of those epilogues turned into Forever Dawn."



It would also be really interesting to read Forever Dawn. After all, it was set out to be an adult novel since it passed Bella's high school and is written with "more mature themes". I wonder how "mature" that is. Ü Would Bella turn out to be a vampire too in Forever Dawn? Who knows the answer to that?