Pattinson Post was kind enough to let me review Twilight True Love and You. Please head over to their site HERE and take a look at my guest post :-) Thanks, Andrea
Title: Twilight, True Love & You: Seven Secret Steps to Finding Your Edward or Jacob
Author: Louise Deacon
Pages: 320
Publisher: Summersdale Publishers
Date Published: April 4, 2011 (UK)
Summary: Presents seven secret steps towards true love. Suitable for girls who adore vampires or werewolves, this title helps them to learn how to find lasting love and loyalty with a human.
Review: First off, I want to give a little cover love- the cover is sharp, it is obvious that this book is in relation to the Twilight Saga, and caught my eyes right away :-) Twilight, True Love & You is a different genre book than I normally pick up to read. This book would probably be considered "lifestyle" or "health & well-being" genre and I tend to stay away mainly because I don't like that some books make you feel as though the author is preaching to you. This book though, isn't designed to feel that way at all!
With Twilight True Love and You, the author, Louise Deacon takes a fun approach at explaining the ways that women should go about in trying to find "their Edward or Jacob". What she means by this isn't going out and finding a vampire or werewolf ... its more than that. She takes it step by step, focusing on ideas like past relationships, expectations, and personalities.
NOTE: You do NOT need to be a fan of Twilight or have even read the books to love and understand this book. Louise simply uses the characters of Twilight as examples in her book. The beginning was more about Edward and Jacob and debunking their "amazing" characteristics. For those who are obsessed with Edward or Jacob (like me ;-)) it was almost a reality check.
Louise also uses Psychology data and research, along with personal stories of friends and clients to further support and explain her ideas.
Having a psychology degree myself, I thought this book was fascinating!! I think that it would be a great read for several groups of people: Those obsessed with Team Edward or Jacob & can't seem to let go of the fact that no man will ever match up, people who are interested in psychology type reads whether they've read Twilight or not, and psychology students. The entire time I was reading I felt as though Twilight, True Love, and You would be a great book to use as a reference in a psychology class.
I tend to try and read anything that has to do with Twilight- its fascinating to see what connections fans (and even those who aren't fans) have to say about all sorts of topics related the Twilight Saga! Looking at relationships and how fantasy novels are interpreted by humans is a great take on a book. It didn't disappoint!
With Twilight True Love and You, the author, Louise Deacon takes a fun approach at explaining the ways that women should go about in trying to find "their Edward or Jacob". What she means by this isn't going out and finding a vampire or werewolf ... its more than that. She takes it step by step, focusing on ideas like past relationships, expectations, and personalities.
NOTE: You do NOT need to be a fan of Twilight or have even read the books to love and understand this book. Louise simply uses the characters of Twilight as examples in her book. The beginning was more about Edward and Jacob and debunking their "amazing" characteristics. For those who are obsessed with Edward or Jacob (like me ;-)) it was almost a reality check.
Louise also uses Psychology data and research, along with personal stories of friends and clients to further support and explain her ideas.
Having a psychology degree myself, I thought this book was fascinating!! I think that it would be a great read for several groups of people: Those obsessed with Team Edward or Jacob & can't seem to let go of the fact that no man will ever match up, people who are interested in psychology type reads whether they've read Twilight or not, and psychology students. The entire time I was reading I felt as though Twilight, True Love, and You would be a great book to use as a reference in a psychology class.
I tend to try and read anything that has to do with Twilight- its fascinating to see what connections fans (and even those who aren't fans) have to say about all sorts of topics related the Twilight Saga! Looking at relationships and how fantasy novels are interpreted by humans is a great take on a book. It didn't disappoint!
No comments:
Post a Comment