Twilight - Book 1 of the Saga

Not my usual type of series book that I read but after avoiding all the fanfare of seeing the Movie when it was in the cinema, prior to the release of The New Moon movie I was tempted to see the Twilight Movie on DVD after I heard that the movie's star Kristen Stewart was going to be playing one of my all time favourite rockers Joan Jett in an upcoming movie about The Runaways (Joan Jett's first band which also had heavy metal goddess Lita Ford in it.)
I loved the alternate style "edginess" to the first movie. (Forkes had that kind of Twin Peaks type town vibe to me) So unlike a lot of fans of the book who went to see the movie I was in the group that was intrigued to read the book after seeing the movie.
That's said there were some distinct differences in the book and some scenes in the movie that I felt would of benefited if they had been as the book was. The major one to me would of been towards the end of the book where Jacob comes to the Prom and asks Bella to dance whilst Edward looks on. In the movie Jacob sneaks up to Bella while she is outside the dance and doesn't dance with her unlike the book. I think that dancing may have helped establish the relationship between Bella and Jacob better for the second movie.
Another notable was the big fight scene in the ballet studio. In the book it barely happens. Reason being the book is being written in the first person with Bella as the star and after Bella is thrown against the mirror she goes off to the land of dreams until she wakes up in hospital. Thus what she missed is only referred to through her questioning of Edward.
I can see how the book and movies have become a huge hit, but I must say whilst reading the book I was being manipulated by the old tried and tested Days of Our Lives Super couples of the 90's. We could liken our heroine Bella very much to Hope and Edward to Bo. A good looking couple like / don't like each other (doth does protest too much) until they finally admit their feelings only to be torn apart by circumstances, their own feelings of lack of self worth, good looking other people that complicate there relationships, danger - with one of the partners trying to protect the other and keeping away from them for their own good ETC ETC ETC. Hey I know this stuff so well I should write my own love story. lol.