Everyone's in love with vampires, and if the vampire's name happens to be Edward Cullen, then readers of the wildly popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer can't help but be crazy about him. For all those who adore Bella Swan, Edward, and the rest of the Cullen family and can't get enough, this companion guide is a must. The Twilight series follows an unlikely couple: Bella, a teenager, and her boyfriend, Edward, a vampire who has sworn off human blood. Added to the mix is Jacob Black, a werewolf who also loves Bella. Seductive and compelling, the four-book series has become a worldwide phenomenon. With legends and lore about vampires and werewolves throughout history, insight into the series, quizzes, and heaps of fascinating facts, this companion guide will give millions of readers the information they've been hungering for since book one! As a special bonus, the companion guide helps readers determine if they are compatible with a guy like Edward! “Replete with the author's personal opinions and humorous rambles, this entertaining, often irreverent book is fun to peruse.” ― School Library Journal Lois H. Gresh is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Twilight Companion , The Hunger Games Companion , and other fans' guides, as well as science fiction novels and stories. She lives in upstate New York. The Twilight Companion: Completely Updated The Unauthorized Guide to the Series By Lois H. Gresh St. Martin's Press Copyright © 2009 Lois H. Gresh All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-0-312-59450-3 Contents Introduction to the Updated Edition, chapter 1 Bite Me, chapter 2 Sexy Vampires: They're Beautiful, Strong, and Immortal, So What's Not to Like?, chapter 3 What to Expect When You Fall in Love with a Vampire, chapter 4 Bella's Awakening: What Really Happens When You Turn into a Vampire, chapter 5 The Twilight Movies, chapter 6 Vampire Quiz!, chapter 7 Good Vampires and Bad Vampires, chapter 8 Sexy Werewolves: They're Furry, Strong, and Sensitive New Age Kinds of Guys, So What's Not to Like?, chapter 9 What to Expect When You Fall in Love with a Werewolf, chapter 10 Werewolf Quiz!, chapter 11 Good Werewolves and Bad Werewolves, chapter 12 Vampires and Werewolves: Can They Ever Be Friends?, chapter 13 Favorite Twilight Characters and Vampires and Werewolves Throughout Time, chapter 14 Protecting Your Vampire, Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Fangs, Sunlight, Crosses, Garlic, and Holy Water, chapter 15 Protecting Your Vampire, Part 2: Everything You Need to Know About Coffins, Black Capes, Bats, Wooden Stakes Through the Heart, Decapitation, and Fire, chapter 16 Vampire Test!, chapter 17 Living Forever: Is It All That It's Cracked Up to Be?, chapter 18 Mental Telepathy and Seeing the Future, chapter 19 Romance Quiz: Could Edward Be the Man for You?, chapter 20 The Final Twilight Book: All the Answers You've Been Dying to Learn, CHAPTER 1 BITE ME Throughout the first three books of Stephenie Meyer's extremely popular Twilight Saga, heroine Isabella, aka Bella Swan, desperately wants vampire Edward Cullen to inject his venom into her. She wants to be a vampire with him, young forever, in love forever, and for that to happen requires that Edward bite her and taint her with the gift (or curse) of vampirism. It's a theme of many vampire movies and books, though in the case of Twilight, it's done a little differently. Bella's vampire friends, the Cullens, aren't like other vampires we've met, nor are her were wolf friends like the werewolves we've encountered in other tales. These vampires and werewolves have souls and consciences. They care about humans. They don't want to kill people, and indeed, they will sacrifice themselves to protect their human loved ones. In most vampire lore, the blood-sucking guy doesn't have much in the way of compassion. He can't resist slurping up as much blood as possible from the necks of beautiful, young women — men and children as well, though most traditional vampires seem to have a preference for the blood of young women. It's alluring to them, just as the young women find the vampires highly alluring. It's as if the vampire grabs hold of the girl, her very soul, and she can't escape his clutches. This is the typical way of the vampire, whether he's a creepy, ancient, gnarled monster as in the 1922 film Nosferatu, which I'll tell you about later in this book, or a suave, handsome charmer like Bela Lugosi, who starred in the 1931 version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. Of course, there are the in-between vampires, who are actually disgusting, batlike, ancient monsters who can look like young, handsome guys whenever they want. One example is Dracula in the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola film Bram Stoker's Dracula. Don't worry. I'll tell you all about these various other vampires in this book, and then, we can compare them to Edward Cullen and his family. What does Edward have in common with