Spoiler warning for any Twilighter who has not yet read "Breaking Dawn."

The screams of teenage girls, the countdown to midnight and the flurry of ball gowns has all faded away, leaving a tired staff and a nearly 800-page book to be read. Anxious to open my copy, but too exhausted to read much, my dawn broke with only 30 pages read of Stephenie Meyer's fourth and final book in the "Twilight" saga, "Breaking Dawn."

Saturday morning, I began reading as much as I could, whenever I could. The book was exactly what I had expected at the beginning, full of the characters of Jacob, Edward and Bella, characters all of us Twilighters had fallen in love with. But soon after the fabulous Cullen wedding, the tone of the book changed. It shifted from young adult to adult quite quickly and many of the honeymoon scenes and the following sexual innuendoes were nothing I would allow the book's projected audience of 12 and up to read. But as an adult reader, I still enjoyed the story that was being woven, being swept away to Isle Esme and then back again as tragedy struck. The werewolves and vampires were suddenly brought together for a unique and common purpose, splitting family ties and spurring on many arguments just so Bella and her gift could be kept safe and alive.

The format of the novel is refreshing as it is divided into three books, two from Bella's perspective wedged around a book from Jacob's perspective. Even for an Edward fan, though, this book truly twists the knife deeper into Jacob's heart as he has to watch his love, Bella, in so much pain and then save her, only to have her transformed into a vampire, the very enemy of his werewolf species. But then even more heartbreaking is that in all his years of loving Bella, it is only days after the Bella's half-vampire child is viciously born that Jacob finally imprints... on Bella's daughter Renesmee. As Renesmee's presence is discovered throughout the vampire world, hackles rise and the alarm goes out as many believe that Bella and Edward's daughter is a once-fought beast rather than the sweet, half-vampire, half-human girl that she truly is. The vampire families draw together for the meeting of the centuries to determine Renesmee's fate.

The book is a good read overall, but seems a bit mature for many of the younger readers of the series. The twists and turns throughout the novel are often far-fetched but well written so that the story still holds together. It is truly a novel that will be up to the reader whether it is enjoyable or not. If you have not read "Twilight" yet though, I would pick up a copy as soon as possible. This saga is absolutely captivating.

Kayleigh Stevens is an employee at Empire Books and News at Pullman Square in downtown Huntington.