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Breaking Dawn

Written by: Stephenie Meyer
Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin,Matt Walters
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Publisher's Summary

To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss, and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. 

Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs.

Now Bella has made her decision; a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life - first discovered in Twilight, then scattered and torn in New Moon and Eclipse - seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed...forever?

The astonishing, breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn illuminates the secrets and mysteries of this spellbinding romantic epic.

©2008 Stephenie Meyer (P)2008 Listening Library

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The best in the series.

This book will always be the best one. The whole saga is beautiful but this last one is top tier and the narration really do have me cryin in the big fight death scene. Forever in love with twilight.

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Awesome 👌

This was a well compiled audio book with different voices used for each part, purely enthralling.

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Unbearable

I’m sorry Matt Walters but you made listening incredibly difficult. I had a difficult time knowing what Jacob was saying because when you spoke all I could think was how badly I wanted it to stop. I thought Claire’s voice was the worst but then I heard your Leah and it was just omg. Leah Clearwater, a wolf who is the toughest chick having a higher girly voice than Alice? No no no
Ilyana as always was wonderful and saved the booked!

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Good way to end a series

I throughly enjoyed this book and the interactions between all the new characters, and I thought the voice actress did her best performance yet with this book.

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  • Ems
  • 2020-09-02

Movie was better

I'm glad they changed the story for the movie so much. The battle scene is the best one.

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It took a while to get used to Ilyana Kadushin’s voice, but without a doubt, she is the narrator for Bella. She doesn’t sound like how I imagined her to sound - but she brought Breaking Dawn to life. Matt Walters as Jake was amazing too - in fact, everything I had hoped for and more. Rugged, sarcastic, and hilarious at times. Thank you to both narrators for bringing this nostalgic novel to life.

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gud

the performance takes a sharp dive in the middle when the story switches over to Jacob's perspective. The way he voices Bella and women in general makes me want to toss him out the window. I now skip those parts

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  • CJ
  • 2019-03-09

Good quality

Great narrator! Loved it! Will definitley get the rest of the series. Thanks Audible! 🙌🏻

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What a wild ride

Ok seriously, this book is a ride. Like Meyer just released the brakes and went wild, and nobody (not even her editors) could stop her. And then the performance takes a sharp dive in the middle when the story switches over to Jacob's perspective. The way he voices Bella and women in general makes me want to toss him out the window. I now skip those parts. #Audible1

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  • Craig
  • 2009-06-07

twighlight series

i dowloaded the book series 1-4 for my 14 tr. old granddaughter, so i listened to them to make sure they were OK. i am 58 and the grandpa. the first one was a bit slow for me but i could see the interest points for the kids. the 2nd gained a bit of momentum. the 3rd and 4th hit homeruns! i really enjoyed the whole series!

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  • Angie
  • 2008-09-07

I couldn't wait for the audio book

I was so hooked on Edward I bought and read the book before it showed up on Audible. I was not dissapointed. I read it cover to cover over night, cried and was thrilled with the outcome. Now I'm downloading the story to listen all over agian. Only hoping that this isn't really the end and perhaps there could be one more story to be told.
If you loved the series, you will crave this too.

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  • Jarrot
  • 2008-09-07

Twilight book 4

I was so excited to find out what happened to Bella and Edward that I had to buy the book. I cant wait to hear Ilyana Kadushin read the book. She did such a great job on the first three books that while I was reading book 4 I heard her voice for Bella.

Stephenie Meyer's books have been so great. While I agree with the first review of this book saying 'I hope this isn't the end of the story.'

I am so glad that Audible finally was able to get the 4th book of the twilight series and I have to say that the book lives up to its reputation...I read the book in 8 hours and I couldn't put it down!!

Great book, thank you Stephenie Meyer for giving me a thrilling ride through your characters. You have a gift for inventing realistic characters and its great to see a fellow Phoenician doing such great things!

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  • Dalton
  • 2008-10-20

Absolutely wonderful. Must buy!!!!

I hesitated buying a book about "vampires" but the reviews were just too good to pass up and I'm so very happy I purchased this series. I started with Twilight, then New Moon, then Eclipse and finally Breaking Dawn. I loved them all. I liked New Moon the least and liked Twilight and Breaking Dawn the most. I turned my wife on tho this series also and she too was in doubt. She read the first two books in about 14 days and is now reading Eclipse. I had to get use to the reader's voice but now I really like it.
Anyway, without a doubt this book / series is the best I've read and is even better than Pillars of the Earth. I'm a big John Grisham fan and have listened to/read all of his books. Stephenie, I loved this series better than ANY of those also.
Great job and I'd really like to see the characters live again.
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Dalton
Chapel Hill, NC

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  • Stephanie
  • 2012-05-08

BEST BOOK IN THE SERIES

I STARTED LISTING TO THE SERIES AFTER THE THIRS MOVE CAME OUT BECAUSE I COULDNT WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING. THE BEST OUT OF THE SERIES.

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  • Emily Flury
  • 2010-04-17

Lots of suspense!

Now that I have finished the series, it is a little difficult to separate out the book into separate entities. They all flowed very easily as there was no time lapse between any of the books. The fourth was quite long and had quite a deal of suspense in my opinion. I am pretty sure that I did not enjoy the fourth book as much as the previous three but I was equally compelled to finish it. I heard someone argue recently that they thought the series could have ended after the third book. I am not sure that I would go as far as that because I did enjoy very much the characters in the fourth book and appreciated the development of Bella's character, which many people felt was overdue.

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  • Tuckers
  • 2011-05-10

Wonderful Production! Highly Recommend.

Having read all the Twilight series in book form, I just had to listen to them as well. I find the experiences uniquely different in that both add to the story if done RIGHT. This is the key in audio books. The wrong material may be saved by a great narrator. A bad narrator rarely raises the material to listening level. Yet, in the Twilight audio series both are present.

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  • Margaret
  • 2009-09-07

How do you ruin a great book?

...by picking the wrong narrator for the audio version.
I've read each book in the Twilight series at least three times, and really enjoyed each one. I listened to the narration sample and even though it seemed a bit "off", I didn't think it was possible to ruin the whole story. I was so wrong. Not only does Kadushin do a poor job of portraying Bella, the voice she lends to the male characters (especially Edward) completely destroys the story--she makes Edward sound like a twit. I got about two hours into this recording and had to stop...it was that painfully bad.

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  • CindiL
  • 2008-09-20

My Favorite - Highly recommend

I loved the 4th and final Twilight book, Breaking Dawn. I think it is the best of all the books, though the first book, Twilight holds a close second. I'm so sad that the story is now over but maybe in the future Stephenie Meyer will want to return to her vampires. This book was my favorite not only because all is resolved to my satisfaction but it had good suspense througout the book, quite a few surprises and the continuation of Bella and Edward's love story. I found the 2nd book too sad and melancholy and had a hard time waiting for Edward to return. The 3rd book was good but didn't get too exciting until the 2nd half. Even with these comments they are probably now one of my favorite sagas of all time.

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  • Angel
  • 2009-02-26

Warning this Series is Addictive!

Ok, so its been 2 days since I finished Breaking Dawn (I went through books 2 - 4 in about 8 days), and I think I'm going through withdrawal :o). To borrow Jacob's words its "like a drug".

I'm kinda sad that its over but I could not put them down 'til I was done. Now I feel like I'm missing a really good friend that went away. Wow.

Kudos to Stephenie for creating such an escape and much love to Ilyana and Matt for taking me there.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 2020-11-18

Impossible de le trouver dans la bibliothèque

Bonjour
Ca fait 2 fois que j'essaye de le télécharger sans succès car rien ne s'affiche dans la bibliothèque