★★★★½

On August 30, Stephenie Meyer posted a notice on her official website saying that someone close to her who she had given an early draft of her upcoming novel, “Midnight Sun,” had leaked it onto the internet. “It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond. But to end the confusion, I’ve decided to make the draft available [on her website],” she said in her statement. “This way, my readers don’t have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest.”

“So where does this leave Midnight Sun? My first feeling was that there was no way to continue,” she wrote. “In any case, I feel too sad about what has happened to continue working on Midnight Sun, and so it is on hold indefinitely.”

After reading the draft of “Midnight Sun” that was posted, I only have three words for Ms. Meyer: Please finish it.

For those readers who are not familiar with the concept of the novel, “Midnight Sun” is a rewrite of Meyer’s first novel, “Twilight,” from its hero’s perspective: Edward instead of Bella. She has even said before that, once she started writing “Midnight Sun,” she realized that she should have told the story from Edward’s perspective all along. She was right.

What made “Twilight” so interesting was the dynamic between Edward and Bella. Edward was torn between his “wants” for Bella; he was in love with her, and yet he wanted to kill her. In “Twilight,” the reader got a confusing take on his confusion from Bella. She was unsure of his emotions and reactions towards her, and so were we. Did he want to kiss her or kill her? Was it lust or bloodlust?

“Midnight Sun” clears those up. Finally, the enigma that is Edward begins to make sense. Sure, the novel remains about a third completed (the draft is only 264 pages long), but even only telling the story until the drive home after the tense Biology Movie Class Scene, so many puzzle pieces fell into place: What Edward did when he went North to escape Bella. Edward’s hand in Angela and Ben’s relationship. Edward’s real excuse for following Bella to Port Angeles. The extent of Edward’s love for Bella, and the explanation behind it.

Sure, Edward still is a creepy stalker who can’t get enough of watching Bella sleep, but it works because we have an explanation for it. Just like writing Bella’s pregnancy in “Breaking Dawn” from Jacob’s perspective led to some confusion and irritation over Bella’s motives for giving birth to what Jacob thought was a monster, writing “Twilight” from Bella’s perspective led to confusion and harsh claims against Edward’s character. Edward’s perspective is much more fun than it should be as it shows how he rediscovers his 17-year-old side after being trapped in the same body for almost a century. And that includes hormones.

While Edward’s voice is a lot more interesting than Bella’s (and significantly less annoying), “Midnight Sun” is still very much a chick read. I can’t see 14 to 21 year old boys going to a book store and wanting to swoon over Edward’s endless monologue about his love for Bella, but anyone who enjoyed the Twilight saga will definitely enjoy this installment.

The part of “Midnight Sun” that was the most fun was reading everyone’s minds (except Bella, of course) alongside Edward. Meyer is able to include scenes that Edward was unable to see by having him watch it from someone else’s perspective. It is fun to see how all the pieces that were missing from “Twilight” fall into place, and of course we don’t have the same frustration Edward has because if a reader wants to know how Bella is feeling, they can just flip to that scene in “Twilight.”

It is almost funny to see how Edward’s bias of Bella is almost as severe as Bella’s is of him. To Bella, Edward is the most attractive, perfect man in the realm of existence. To Edward, no one else can anywhere near compare to how delicate, pretty, and selfless Bella is. Seeing their views of one another makes it clearer that the “perfection” they find in each other is mostly their mutual love and a decent percentage exaggerated.

“Midnight Sun” is nothing more than a companion piece; don’t think that you can just skip over the Twilight saga and just start from Edward’s perspective because there are a lot of missing details that were explained in previous books and did not need to be explained again. For example, Peter and Charlotte are introduced early on in “Midnight Sun,” while Bella did not know that they existed until “Eclipse.” “Midnight Sun” is a fun way for Twilight fans to re-explore the universe that they had come to love in a new way, a way that will lead to many, many “Oh, well that makes more sense” moments.

So please, Stephanie, please finish writing “Midnight Sun.” After all, you can’t leave us hanging by not sharing The Meadow Scene from Edward’s perspective with us.

Terri Schwartz is the entertainment editor of Blast Magazine.

161 Responses to “Midnight Sun: leaked, unfinished and glorious”

  1. Rainy on September 4th, 2008 6:49 pm

    i agree with u. please please please Stephanie please finish it. i’m begging u. i am really looking forward to it. after i heard about that, i got really upset. it’s not fair. please

  2. sunshine on September 4th, 2008 7:32 pm

    All it’s done has left me with wanting more… more… more. Please finish Midnight Sun. As I was reading the draft I was hoping it would make it to the meadow scene…darn it…. Even as I am re-reading the other books, I’m constantly thinking, hmm… I wonder what this would sound like from Edwards point of view….

  3. Anne on September 4th, 2008 7:34 pm

    Amen!

  4. Emily on September 4th, 2008 7:36 pm

    OH!!!!!!!!!! Please Mrs.Meyer!!! You’ve got to got to got to FINISH IT!! Plz understand that there’re many many fans out there who are not responsible for the stupid person who leaked the chapters…and if we were?? Then It’d Be MERELY CURIOSITY ABOUT OUR FAVORITE BOOK SERIES IN THE WORLD!!! SOo…please change your mind and publish a finished well written copy of Midnight Sun and our beautiful Edward’s point of view!!! =)

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  6. brittney on September 4th, 2008 7:49 pm

    YES! I MUST KNOW THE MEADOW SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. brittney on September 4th, 2008 7:50 pm

    WOOOPS i ment scene but ohwell! YEAH THE ROUGH DRAFT IS SOOOO CUTE! girls will def. enjoy it =)

  8. Hannah on September 4th, 2008 7:51 pm

    pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase you have to finish it steph. i read the draft when u posted on ur website and i haven’t stopped thinking about it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( i cant stop)!!!

  9. annie on September 4th, 2008 7:53 pm

    Amazing article! I really do hope Stephenie Meyer finishes the book. Hey! She might be doing that secretly for all we know. (note: being optimistic, haha)

  10. teresa on September 4th, 2008 8:03 pm

    yes, please finish the book. For us your fans!! we have dedicated alot of night and weekend to reading your books. We have put our lives on hold to see how they come out. so now we just look forward to the movie release. What have we to do after that.
    please look at it from our point of view. one loser should not be the one to make it bad for the rest of us. please we would all love to see how edward thinks things should turn out.

  11. Jackie on September 4th, 2008 8:13 pm

    I agree whole-heartedly with article. There were so many moments that were made much clearer by reading Edward’s perspective. I especially enjoyed learning that Bella’s father, Charlie had a strong mind as well. This helped to somewhat explain what made Bella’s mind so strong. Also, I really wanted to read the meadow scene from Edward’s point of view as well. I beseech Ms. Meyer to finish Midnight Sun, to end her readers anxiety, and to not let this one person ruin it for everyone.

  12. erin on September 4th, 2008 8:22 pm

    I love MId Night Sun!!!!!!!!
    I want Stephanie to finish the book sooooooooooooooo bad!
    I NEED to read the medow from Edward’s point of view!!!!
    PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE Stephanie.
    Not just for me, but for ALL your fans!!!

  13. nathalie on September 4th, 2008 8:26 pm

    i agree please finish the book!<33333333333333!
    i really wannt to knoowww abouut edward’s point oof viiew, he’s side of the story! what he saw in the mind of the guys of port angeles.. i have an ideaa but i wiish i could know exactly, alsoo the thoughts of everybody.. because of the ability of edwarrd..i juust wannt too knooww mooreee<33! plleeeaaseeeeeeeeeee! i’m reallly begging yoouu!! if you read thiis i hope you doo..<333! i want to noow about the meadoow, when he saw her sleeping everythiinngg!! xoxo!:*

  14. Danii on September 4th, 2008 8:32 pm

    A-freaking-MEN!!!
    seriously, I can’t agree with you more! Midnight Sun was just…amazing, incredible, astounding, etc. etc.
    I loved reading just how much Edward loved Bella, how how much of a struggle it was for him to be with her, yet he does anyways.

    And the Port Angeles scene is just…wow.
    But, I felt like I almost died when I saw it ended JUST before the meadow scene!!! D:

    PLEASE, for the love of all that is holy in the twilight world, Finish writing it, Stephenie!! *beg*

  15. Karen on September 4th, 2008 8:35 pm

    oh please please please finish it!

  16. Twilight Geek Mom on September 4th, 2008 8:38 pm

    The only thing that helped me accept that the Twilight Saga was over was the knowledge that Midnight Sun would be coming out someday. I can’t tell you the last time I enjoyed any book as much as I have the Twilight books. These books have awakened a great interest in reading in many young (as well as older) readers.
    Thank you Stephenie for the renewed passion and I hope someday that I will be able to read Midnight Sun - there is so much I still want to know and to enjoy!

  17. Natalie on September 4th, 2008 8:56 pm

    OH please please please. i LOVED what i read of Midnight Sun. oh gosh i fell in love with Edward even more. why take it out on us fans and say its on hold? my heart broke! lol. but seriously Mrs. Meyer. Please finish it? Like soon? I need to know MoRE from that perfect vampire boy.

  18. Lauren on September 4th, 2008 9:01 pm

    i totally agree. i nearly cried when i heard it was on hold “indefinently” it broke my heart. but for the sake of the fans, dont leave us hanging before the meadow scene! thats the best part of the book and she decides to stop there?! i need midnight sun….. the series is not complete without it.
    ~Lauren

  19. Taylor on September 4th, 2008 9:01 pm

    OME. Perfect! Totally agree. Stephenie we all love you so PLEASE! Also in that medow scene I want to read about that first kiss. HELL YES!!!

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  21. Ley on September 4th, 2008 9:18 pm

    I feel very much that she was wronged and can understand her feelings about this situation, someone breaking your trust. I do hope that when Mrs. Meyer is ready that she will allow us loyal fans to get to experience Midnight Sun the way she wanted us to. To see the story through Edwards mind. I do so hope that she will one day feel that she can finish it and choose to do so. I am absolutely in love with the saga. The idea to add one more book to the collection, there are no words! Again I do hope that she will finish and not allow this breach of trust to stop her from doing what she loves. I look and HOPE for the day when I can run out and buy Midnight Sun. So in closing please Mrs. Meyer please let us know the rest of Edwards side of the strory.

  22. Tracy on September 4th, 2008 9:21 pm

    I think she will finish it eventually, after she’s had a chance to let it air for a while. I completely understand her frustration right now. But it is SO good, I’ve read it twice. I loved getting to be in Edward’s head for a day. - Tracy, Twilight Mom

  23. please on September 4th, 2008 9:37 pm

    You have spoken exactly how i feel. I had no idea about the leak till I read about it at StephenieMeyer.com. I was very sad to hear that but wish she would reconsider. I think i would love Midnight Sun just as much as Twilight. So I say please Stephenie finish the book.

  24. xemena on September 4th, 2008 9:58 pm

    I support Stephenie no matter what she decides to do. Hopefully someday she will feel the desire to revisit Midnight Sun and complete it. That would be great for us fans who loved all four Twilight books and I hope she takes any criticism towards her with a grain of salt.

  25. Tiffanie on September 4th, 2008 10:03 pm

    We know you’ve been wrong Mrs. Stephine but everyone who love the Twilight Saga couldn’t wait for Midnight Sun. Edward’s side of the story deserves to be told…You said it yourself. PLEASE FINISH IT!!!!!!
    WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

  26. oxygenindefineitly on September 4th, 2008 10:07 pm

    oh, please, please, please, please, please, please PLEASE finsih midnight sun, stephenie! it’s so good, i don’t know if i can wait for the rest!

  27. Bethany on September 4th, 2008 10:25 pm

    I really hope Stephanie finishes this book <3 I’ve been anticipating it more than Breaking Dawn when it wasn’t out yet.

  28. Lesina on September 4th, 2008 10:25 pm

    I must agree!! please please please finish it!!

  29. Amanda on September 4th, 2008 10:36 pm

    Please write Midnight Sun!!!!!!!!!! I have wanted to read it since the time I found out about it. Do it for your fans who are loyal to you and who would never post this on the internet against your will. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  30. Christy on September 4th, 2008 10:47 pm

    I agree totally, and it would be such a shame to not complete Midnight Sun just because of some inconsiderate idiot. I’d rather wait longer to get the full and complete novel of MS than to get the first 12 chapters and then leave us wanting more. Please, please, please we are begging you Stephenie to please finish Midnight Sun. We understand that you need time to get over this and the violation of your rights that has happened. Just reading the first 12 chapters of MS cleared up so much I was wondering. Edward can see and explain so much more, with his ability to hear other people’s thoughts and see through them. Please, we are begging you to please finish it to be published. Your loyal fans love you and support you.

  31. morgan on September 4th, 2008 10:49 pm

    PLEASE PLEASE STEPHENIE MEYER FINISH MIDNIGHT SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I NEED THAT MEADOW SCENE!!!!!!!!!!!!

  32. Jameson on September 4th, 2008 11:12 pm

    OMG OMG OMG!!!! Ive never actually read any of the series, nor do I have much of an interest. Yet a friend explain the concept behind this, and well Im cheering for you guys. I hope she does finish this, because its simply a great kind of interesting way to possibly finally end the series( specially after the last book lol). Anyways hope she does finish it up, and excellent article! I really enjoyed it.

  33. twilight luver on September 4th, 2008 11:14 pm

    oh my gosh i can’t wait until midnight sun comes out!!!!!! stephenie needs to finish it!!!!!!!:)

  34. PintoBean on September 4th, 2008 11:16 pm

    Yes she should definitely FINISH IT!

    I was thinking the same thing when reading Midnight Sun, “Oh please, please, please make it to the meadow scene.” but unfortunately it did not. That scene is by far the best scene in Twilight. I still wonder what he was thinking. :)

  35. quirkymarie on September 4th, 2008 11:18 pm

    YOU CANT BE SERIOUS!!!….someone leaked that?! ok so they probably got a lot of put downs already so i bet they feel terrible. but now the question stands. and Stephenie..it must be so hard for her to have her story leaked…likethat….out in the open…as a fellow writer i know its hard when i see my ideas and hard work given out before its finished in the way i want it…but as it stands i know i can get over it and take it, i know you can too. you have millions of fans who cant wait for the next chapter…take the time you need to recover, we will wait…..just dont give up on us. i know youve probably heard this A LOT by now, but this is just one more fan saying i love you…….so dont let a story go untold.

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  38. Sarah on September 4th, 2008 11:32 pm

    Amen to that!

  39. Jackie Alvarado on September 4th, 2008 11:50 pm

    I read the draft of Midnight Sun and it was sad when it ended. It really upset me to know that she isn’t going to publish it. Well, she most likely is not going to publish it, I should say. I should write a letter…get others to do it, too…yes…

  40. Ashley on September 5th, 2008 12:43 am

    Thank you for this wonderful article!! I hope it will help Stephenie to realize just how much we’ve enjoyed this saga and that she should continue with Midnight Sun! I look forward to pretty much nothing else!!!! LOL

  41. Mariana Pabon on September 5th, 2008 1:46 am

    OK, Stephenie has to read all this! Both the article and the fans pleading. It is so moving! How can she not finish Midnight Sun after all this?

    I know you have a heart Stephenie! How could you have written these amazing books if you did not! So come on woman! Can you find it in your heart to make us happy once more? Don’t leave us hanging! Please?

    M.

  42. hayley on September 5th, 2008 2:05 am

    i think that stephine meyer partially has herself to balme for this mess, someone only leaked the first chapter, she went and posted the other 11 chapters, she could havae let the first chapter sit their, but no she decided to go and post it the 11 other chapters. i think that she should continue to write the rest of the novel, we did not leak her chapters, someone she trusted di, not her fans, so why should we be made to suffer from someone elses humongious mistake. i loved reading edwards perspective, i loved to be in the mind of a spunky vampire. it was glorious, i wish that she would continue to write the rest, i know that this idiodic someone has broken her heart for the trust she had to them, but why should we have to have our hearts broken because of their huge mistake. if she was to continue to write midnight sun, i would love to see the other tree books in his perspective. casue i love these books to death and having the idea of the perfect male, even tho he aint human, is still something to dream, cause their arnt many males who would fight for their true love like edward does. i just think that cause we have half means that we should get to read the other half. please stephine meyer do it for the your fans, please dont leave us high and dry cause of some moron. please…….do it for the fans, we can do this together, hearts can be healed but please dont snatch edward…….. i love him…….. please finish writing his perspective. take one for the rest of us, get back on the twilight horse… you can do it. please xxoxo i love twilight…..

  43. Mervi on September 5th, 2008 2:10 am

    OME! I agree..
    I LOVED reading the beginning of Midnight Sun and I would LOVE to finnish it.

    Please Stephenie, find it in your heart to finnish Midnight Sun. Everyone supports you and this book!

  44. Michelle on September 5th, 2008 2:39 am

    Thank you for writing this!

    I agree. PLEASE finish it, Stephenie! I broke down and read the leak once she posted it on her site and holy crap. It’s better than Twilight. WAY better. It needs to be finished! It is driving me crazy that it might not be!

  45. x on September 5th, 2008 6:41 am

    I wish she could finish it.. Its the only book that she talks about how Edward feels, before those 4 books with bella, ( seriously i feel quite tired of bellas view, ) i want to know how Edward feel too, to see if what bella feels is how Edward feels, its really interesting. I wish she could finish it, people, if you do support stephenie meyer, dont read the draft, like what she said in her website, full of errors, she might edit them anytime, even if you finish the first 12 chapters, if she never continues it, its useless, lets just wait for her to think about it, and maybe if she sees us loyal fans really loving the twilight saga so much, she will continue.

  46. mar on September 5th, 2008 7:21 am

    I agree, hope she finishes midnight sun it was wonderful to read Edward’s mind . Personally she’ll be making a mistake if midnight sun isn’t finished

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  48. Krissf on September 5th, 2008 8:09 am

    The draft was absolutely spectacular and my fave in the series aside from Twilight of course. Please Stephanie finish for our peace of mind because its killing all the fans out there.I feel as though we are being punished for someone else’s stupidity, although am well aware that that is not your intention, and to have it stop almost right before the meadow scene is absolute torture!!!! Please finish what will be one of the greatest books in your epic love saga PLEASE!!!!

  49. Wendy on September 5th, 2008 8:34 am

    Oh I hope she hears our pleas. I hope she reads this and sees the review would be complimentary and it is not just the opinion of us her devoted fans but critics as well. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Stephenie we need to finish this!

  50. Haley on September 5th, 2008 9:19 am

    I hope she does all four, or just one big with all of them in it. I would to hear his thoughts when Bella was pregnant. Meyer is great author leaving you always to wanting more.

  51. leeloo on September 5th, 2008 9:28 am

    I tried not to read it out of solidarity for Steph, but i caved and i’ve read it twice now and it still kills me that it ends just before the meadow. OUCH!

    I hope someday she can find Edward snarling in her brain again and finish telling his story. It’s a shame for everyone, including Steph, that things ended up the way they did.

    Hang in there Steph. We’ll wait. Edward’s story is worth the wait.

  52. Naomi on September 5th, 2008 9:41 am

    Please finish it!

  53. Bethany on September 5th, 2008 9:50 am

    Ok so I just have to say that this piece of fiction is the best written book that I have ever read. Steph you are an amazing storyteller and I would just like to say thank you for the Twilight Saga.

    However on the same note I would just like to state that I fell even more in love with Edward through Midnight Sun (which I did not even think to be possible). And I understand that you need a break after all the chaos that has happened - but I alway hope that you will not give Midnight Sun in its entirety. It is a brilliant piece of work and I know that I would to have the companion to Twilight sitting on my shelf.

    Don’t lose hope Steph, the fandom can be patient. Thanks again for Edward.

  54. IMATWILIGHTMOM2 on September 5th, 2008 9:54 am

    I am in total agreement with the others…when I read the draft for Midnight Sun it cleared up so many questions I had as we were finally able to see everything from Edward’s perspective…Stephanie, please please please continue writing the novel…there are millions of us out there who have been breathlessly waiting for this…I just discovered the series a few weeks ago and I read all 4 books within a couple of days…I’m a twilighter for life!!! Your fans understand why you don’t want to continue and we will support your decision, but we hope after sometime you will reconsider and statisfy our thirst for more!!!

  55. impasse on September 5th, 2008 10:01 am

    I agree! the Meadow Scene is definitely something we’re all looking forward to in Midnight Sun!

  56. Alexis on September 5th, 2008 10:20 am

    yes! please please PLEASE stephenie! finish midnight sun! it is so absolutely wonderful and amazing and fantastic (and all other good words), and especially heartwarming! CompletingMidnight Sun should definitely fall under your “have-to-do list”. so, 4 all your loving and adoring fans - including myself - please finish it!

    having Midnight Sun made me fall in love with Edward even more (if that’s possible). dont deprive me of this love! :)

    dont let go too quickly. we’re all still behing you

  57. Stephanie on September 5th, 2008 10:20 am

    I have to agree with this article! The chapters for Midnight Sun are perfectly written. I really hated to come to the end of those 264 pages. I was secretly hoping that Stephenie Meyer would continue to write all four books over again from Edward’s point of view. It would be great to know what he was thinking when Bella ‘jumped’ and when he sees her again later. It would be wonderful to hear his mind when he has to deal with Bella disappearing from Alice’s sight in Eclipse, and of course when Edward marries Bella in Breaking Dawn and the fight during the wedding. All of this would be so different to read from Edward’s point of view. PLEASE, PLEASE Stephenie, please finish the book of books, your fans would stay faithful to you and buy these books as well. I know that I would.

  58. Dianna on September 5th, 2008 10:40 am

    Great article, and thanks for writing it, I believe you have expressed very well every “True Fans” feelings on the matter. SM explains on her website how Edward had to have a voice.

    “The idea of letting Edward have his chance to speak stuck with me. I couldn’t shake it. I found myself thinking his words in the middle of the night and jotting down phrases he would use while I was waiting in line at the post office. As soon as I finished my real work, I sat down and let Edward get his say.”

    I hope with all my heart and for the hearts of everyone that she remembers this and once her anger and hurt subsides she will continue writing MS.

  59. Lisa Marie on September 5th, 2008 10:52 am

    I totally agree. Please continue writing.

    Personally what I’d find even more interesting, is NEW MOON from Edward’s perspective. I already loved the two Extras on Meyer’s side - the phone call from Rosalie and when Edward speaks with Jacob on the phone.
    Now, that would be great!!!

  60. nikki on September 5th, 2008 11:34 am

    oh my god!..please continue…i read the draft too, and i now understand the story more…

  61. Melissa on September 5th, 2008 11:45 am

    I loved your article, please send it to Stephenie, it breaks my heart when it ends because I want to keep reading. I haven;t loved reading this much in years!!!

  62. Cloey on September 5th, 2008 11:57 am

    AMEN!! Please Stephanie finish Midnight Sun! Please don’t leave your true fans hanging. We will love and support you either way but please for the love all that is Twilight Finish Edwards Story!

  63. Fifi on September 5th, 2008 12:02 pm

    SM We LOVE YOU!!

    I’m sure that we can all wait until you’re ready to continue.

    P.S: I read the draft and it was friggin’ amazing!

  64. JV on September 5th, 2008 12:17 pm

    I really agree with you! Edward’s version is much much more interesting than bella’s. Plus, we have an opportunity to understand the other characters because Edward has the ability to read their minds. You can also appreciate them through Edward’s version of the story.

    Please please finish midnight sun, and of course, it would be better to explore the entire twilight series again through Edward’s mind.

  65. Jossan on September 5th, 2008 12:42 pm

    I couldn’t agree more. Sephenie, please, please, please finish it!

    Please?

  66. sylvette on September 5th, 2008 12:45 pm

    omg yes i agree!!! sm please finish midnight sun. i was so excited when i first heard it was in the making then all of this happend. please dont leave your true fans hanging!!! we love what you have done with the books and cant wait for midnight sun .. please!!

  67. Ai on September 5th, 2008 12:59 pm

    It’s the only book in the series that I genuinely loved. Please, do finish it.

  68. Hayley_Cullen on September 5th, 2008 1:40 pm

    Yes! Thank you!
    Please Stephenie, please continue Midnight Sun. There are scenes that we need to know what is going on in Edwards head. Such as: the medow scene, the basball scene, the chase with James, in the hospital, the prom!! Please dont leave us hanging there!! PLEASE! *Begs*

  69. Danielle on September 5th, 2008 1:54 pm

    YES!!!! please please OH PLEASE stephenie i hope u r reading this cuz we all want u to finish it SO MUCH!!! at least let us see the meadow scene….the night when bella said “i love u edward” in her sleep…..and all that. edward is awsum and we all love him and we all love YOU more!!!! don’t let some illegal posting get you down!! we believe in you, steph!!! you can do it!
    AMEN!

  70. Hayley on September 5th, 2008 2:11 pm

    Even though we ( in Holland) don’t even have Eclipse yet, I was always happy that there would we more. 3 more books. And now, it’s only going to be Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and next year Breaking Dawn.. I can’t live whit that..I already cried when I heard that there would be only 5 books..And 4(,5)! I mean, of course I could I read after BD , Midnight Sun on the internet.. But it’s not the same.. it English, I would miss some things, because my english is not that perfect, and, it’s just not a complete book.

    And Stepehnie always said that we are the best fans in the world,, and we think she’s the best writer ever. But this just SUCKS.

    PLEASE Stephenie, not only in America, but around the whole world, we want every book. The Twilight Saga is not complete yet whitout EDWARD version! It just need to be finished!!!!

    Love, Hayley

  71. *JessicA* on September 5th, 2008 2:15 pm

    Please Stephenie!!!!! I really want to finish it. I know it was wrong for them to have posted it with out your permission but please don’t punish us lol.
    I don’t know about everyone else but I didn’t go looking for it when I knew it was out there. I only read it because YOU posted it. It’s a wonderful story from his perspective and it’s nice to know what he was doing when he wasn’t around Bella.
    *JessicA*

  72. Dorothy F. on September 5th, 2008 2:33 pm

    Oh my goodness… I so need to read The Meadow Scene from Edward’s perspective. I loved everything about these books. AND LOVED what was posted on her site from Midnight Sun. From the moment he knew he was in love with her to taking the cap from her lemonade. PLEASE CONTINUE….

  73. Whitney on September 5th, 2008 2:43 pm

    I am also on of the loyal fans that refused to read Midnight Sun till Stephanie posted it herself. I agree with her that her rights were violated, I also agree with the other thousands of people that she should finish the book. When I read it I feel in love with the series all over again. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE finish the book!!!! It adds so much more to the story.
    I understand if Stephanie wants to wait a while but think that it should still be finished for all of us to read. No matter how long she waits to finish it or if she even finishes it at all. I WILL wait however long it takes!!!!!!!!

    Whitney

  74. Jennifer Las Vegas NV on September 5th, 2008 2:45 pm

    Great article. I read Midnight Sun ONLY after SM posted it to her website b/c I’ve been looking forward to Midnight Sun even more than Breaking Dawn. Midnight Sun was AMAZING!!! I too was hoping for THE MEADOW scene so PLEASE Stephenie PLEASE finish writing Midnight Sun. Seeing Twilight through Edward’s eyes was the most wonderful reading experience of my life!!! PLEASE finish it.

  75. Lyle on September 5th, 2008 3:02 pm

    I blame Ms. Stephenie Meyers for my current state of mind. I can’t think of anything else and any other books except Twilight. I’ve NEVER felt the urge to read a book more then once. However, with your Twilight series….I find myself re-reading and re-reading these books over and over again. I’m on my third reading of Midnight Sun already. The least you can do is finish Midnight Sun so I can chew on that instead. My other books are disintegrating from over used. No other books have captured my interest (and I’ve tried many) since Twilight.

    PLEASE…PLEASE….PLEASE….PLEASE…finish it. Your writing is so addictive…I can’t get enough of it. Don’t make us suffer so…. If I was into drugs…I guess your writing would be MY brand of heroin.

  76. Alyse on September 5th, 2008 3:13 pm

    PLEASE STEPHENIE I AGREE WITH EVERYONE ELSE! PLEASE WRITE AND PULBISH MIDNIGHT SUN! I HAVE TO READ IT! I’M GOING CRAZY!

  77. Kaffe on September 5th, 2008 3:16 pm

    I agree with all of you, I loved Midnight Sun, and think I would combust (mentally) if she doesn’t continue writing it.

    Mrs. Meyer, I know it’s hard to write now, but I think you’re staring yourself blind on the negatives. Think of all your devoted fans around the world (I myself am from Sweden, which might explain my grammar- and spelling-problems), and how much many, MANY of us have been longing for Midnight Sun. Please, keep on going for all your fans’ out there’s sake. I’m begging you, and I know I’m not the only one.

    (Hey, I know it’s weard to write to Stephenie here, since she might not even read these comments, but still)

  78. NIcole on September 5th, 2008 3:29 pm

    PLEASEEE FINISH IT.

    I HAVE to buy it !

  79. Ami on September 5th, 2008 3:34 pm

    I disagree.

    This was an opportunity for Smeyer to flesh out the other characters. Jessica was always so flat— the typical high school girl who only wanted to further her popularity, gossip, and date the cute boy who didn’t like her.
    Angela was just the quiet, shy, nice girl.
    Mike was just the stupid teenage boy, Bella-lover extraordinaire.
    Rosalie was the pigheaded, vain, conceited blonde.
    Esme had nothing to her but being “motherly”.

    THIS WAS HER OPPORTUNITY— and she failed.

    None of the characters developed past the blurry window through which you saw them the first time.

    The characters have no personality. Jacob did, but it was lost. The werewolves are the closest thing to characters with personality, and they’re not very important.

    MIDNIGHT SUN was Smeyer’s golden opportunity. She could step up to bat and hit a home run, or she could strike out.

    She struck out. She struck out like nothing else.

    Midnight Sun was boring, bland, and useless. I’d take Twilight and Bella’s whining any day.

    Cheers!

  80. edward cullen fan on September 5th, 2008 3:43 pm

    When i read midnight sun i thought it was awesome.
    It was so hilarious & adorable when edward cullen got jealous of
    mike and killed those trees and scared the bird.
    and.. i thought it wouldn’t be possible but now after
    going into edward cullen’s mind in midnight sun i love
    him even more!! stephenie meyer please finish it!!!

  81. Addicted on September 5th, 2008 4:33 pm

    I couldn’t agree with you more. GREAT ARTICLE!!!!

  82. Ericka on September 5th, 2008 5:04 pm

    I agree with everything here, I have to admit. When Meyer posted it, I read it. I had already fallen in love with the first chapter. Everything about it was so interesting. It shed so much light on the Cullen family relationship. Emmett really acts like Edward’s older brother and I loved it.

    I don’t know if Meyer is reading this but this is my plea to her. Please, please finnish it. I’m willing to wait as long as I must to get the whole story. I want to get into Edward’s head in the meadow. I want to feel my onw heart break when he arrives to phoenix only to find that Bella has taken off. I want to know his feelings during Angel and while Bella lies unconsious. Your writting is so powerful and I’ve never had to struggle to find myself in the minds of your characters and Edward is no different. Is thoughts and emotions are so much different even in organizaton compared to Bella’s. So please, despite the great injustice to you, reconsider finishing the book. You still have readers that, like you, wanted to see a copy of Midnight Sun beside their series on their special shelf.

  83. emily on September 5th, 2008 5:22 pm

    please D:

  84. samantha on September 5th, 2008 6:21 pm

    I NEED MIDNIGHT SUN!!!

    please please please Stephenie!!!
    don’t let the leak bring you down!

  85. Kayla on September 5th, 2008 6:25 pm

    I totally agree! This version is such a great add on to Twilight!
    I really hope that Stephenie decides to finish it because I loved the first 12 chapters and I want to know Edwards perspective of the meadow scene, and the ballet studio scene!
    Please, Please, Please Finish Midnight Sun Stephenie!

  86. Alex on September 5th, 2008 6:50 pm

    I agree with all the other fans!!!!!!!!!!! We all want you to finish Midnight Sun!!!!! It just won’t be the same! but i do understand your perspective. After some stupid and untrustworthy person illegally posted your work and a bunch of people read it because they love you and the Twilight series, how can you continue. If I were you it would be difficult because your ADORING fans already know a third of your book. If i were you, I would at least try to finish but just for my fans. Cause if i did it for me, everything would end up on how you are feeling. there would be no personal emotion in the book. I understand that but you MUST at least finish this book or write another one! :) *Alex*

  87. Lauren on September 5th, 2008 6:53 pm

    I AGREE WITH ALEX. THE ONE ABOVE ME!!!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU STEPHENIE!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE US BACK AND FINISH PLEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!

  88. Emily on September 5th, 2008 6:58 pm

    I can understand being quite upset and needing time to escape from the unfortunate situation, but I really hope that she finishes the book. The first chapters were amazing and I would love to see Edwards perspective when Bella goes to AZ. It really connects all the books and gives insite into the remarks and facial expressions of the other characters. If Stephanie can get past this and get her heart back into this book, it would be wonderful. It isn’t fair that everyone is punished for the actions of one person who decided to post the book on the internet.

  89. Bree on September 5th, 2008 7:09 pm

    I don’t know if stephenie meyer is ever going to change her mind or for any matter read this, but I want her to know that I could write an entire book pleading her to continue the Twilight novels but because if you do read this you probably won’t read every single one. Any way, my entire life is on the twilight series. I was so sad when you did not finish midnight sun. Don’t let the leak bring down your spirits!! I am hoping with all my might that you will get over it in a couple of years. Just don’t give up on us! I mean have we ever gave up on you???? It was one of your people who gave up on you! correct? so why make us suffer!!!??? THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT THEY WANTED!!!! I will never get over this. EVER. BUT U CAN!!! JUST TRY! I and millions of other people are begging u!!!!

  90. Whitney on September 5th, 2008 7:33 pm

    Great article! I’m with you, just write the meadow scene! (Oh, and the part where Edward has to suck the venom out of Bella’s blood). My imagination isn’t as good as yours, Stephanie–I can only make up so much on my own! :)

  91. Heather on September 5th, 2008 7:39 pm

    OMG please Stephenie Meyer finish Midnight Sun!!!!! IM dieing to know what is going on in edward’s head durring the Meadow scene and when he stayed with her overnight!!!!! Holy Cow soooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE don’t make your loyal and true fans be punished for other people’s mistakes. The first 12 chapters were so awesome!! AND OMG prom when he takes her to prom AWWWWWWW! PLEASE finish

  92. mini on September 5th, 2008 7:58 pm

    comm on mrs.meyer please please please!! the meadow scene is my favorite!!! please please think about the part at the airport!! wats edward thinking commmm on!!!!please im begging u finish !!!!!

  93. Lena on September 5th, 2008 8:00 pm

    I SO AGREE!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FINISH IT!!! I cant stand that the series ended and now since I heard midnight sun was coming out I cant STAND the wait! Im beging along with every other twilight fan! No matter how this rough draft comes out we will still love you Stephanie! PLEASE!

  94. Jen on September 5th, 2008 8:13 pm

    Please Finish!!!!!!!
    Don’t punish your loyal readers because of some idiot. We love your work, and were so looking foward to it!

  95. Katie H on September 5th, 2008 8:38 pm

    YES! You can’t walk away from something so magnificent as Midnight Sun, no more than Edward could walk away from Bella. After reading those few chapters, I went back and reread (once again and completely) the entire series looking more carefully at Edward’s responses and getting so much more perspective than before. I think we all understand the degree to which Stephenie was betrayed, but I don’t see how her mind can just shut the story off. Everything has a beginning and an end, an Alpha and an Omega, this story deserves the same.

  96. Marie on September 5th, 2008 9:32 pm

    Stephenie, please please PLEASE finish the book! I have been looking forward to this ever since I found out you were writing it! When I read on your official website that you weren’t going to finish the book I went into an emotional breakdown..I am seriously OBSESSED with your books..and this book is the most amazing story I have ever read. I didn’t think I would read anything I liked more than Breaking Dawn..But now I see Twilight in a whole new way and I like it the most again! :]

    So please please finish this you won’t regret it and everyone will be so happy. Even if you don’t start on it again for a year or two just at least consider it…or post something on your website telling us you MIGHT finish it..so we can have some hope. Ha..

  97. hayley_mrs cullen on September 5th, 2008 9:50 pm

    i agree with katie, you cant walk away as edward couldnt walk away from bella. i mean, i would be heartbroken. i loved to be in the mind of edward. i would love for the remainder of the books : new moon, eclipse, and breaking dawn, to be written in his mind. therse just so many scenes that i want to have his mind for. you gave bella her chance to tell the story, let edward have his. i would love midnight sun better than the other books already as bellas view is so repetitive, i wan to know what the others are thinking like, mike,jacob,the wolves,jess,angela,alice,esme,jasper,rose,emmet,carlise,charlie and of coarse EDWARD CULLEN. i love the cullen boys the most. not so much rose but defrinatly alice and esme too.
    dont deprive us of edward, i fell in love with him, more than i did in bellas views. dont give up on the cullens. wirte all the books in his view. do it for yourself, do it for the fans who support you 110% of the way. please stephine you cant just give up on him it’s like social suicide, please, i will beg for ages.
    think of what it will do to everyone if you dont, you will break their hearts. edward didnt give up neitheir should you. he fought against the urge to kill bella, now you should fight against the urge to kill edward.
    i love edward.

  98. Dani on September 5th, 2008 9:53 pm

    Don’t listen to ANYONE who says these books are not the greatest things ever published. I have not read for pleasure in more than 12 years (4 kids) but when I found the Twilight books I have not stopped. It took me a week to finish the first 3 and then the wait for BD. That took 2 days to finish. I have read and re-read. I have one of the books with me every day. I read one of my favorite parts every night before I go to bed. They have brought passion back into my life. My husband even read them all, just to see what had made the change. When I heard MS had been leaked and that Steph had decided to stop I was devestated. Because, not only do I want Twilight from Edwards perspective, I WANT IT ALL!!! The meadow, the time apart from Bella, the reunion, the proposal, the night in the tent with Jacob, the wedding, the honeymoon, the pregnancy, and the way he looked at her after “the change”….everything. These characters have become a part of who I am, as scary as that may sound. The world will be a much happier place with more Edward….and just a miserable place to be without him!!!!! :P
    Please, please, please, finish and go farther. I’ll make dinner for your kids for as long as it takes!!!

  99. Dee on September 5th, 2008 10:16 pm

    I do agree!!! I need to know what Edward was thinking in the meadow. Please Stephenie, don’t leave us hanging. Hey Dani, you wrote the exact comments I wanted to write including reading everyday and finding passion again. And Stephenie, I’ll babysit for you any time!

  100. Meg on September 5th, 2008 11:24 pm

    I totally agree. Edward has a totally different perspective. Midnight Sun could be a totally different book if it had different character names. Stephenie Meyer really needs to finish it. Its like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the jelly.

  101. AYESHA on September 5th, 2008 11:45 pm

    Steph,
    please, you really do have to finish writing this book!
    i’m not even kidding- i’m obsessed!
    i own the TEAM EDWARD t-shirt, the heart shaped crystal that he gives bella in eclipse is hanging on a cellphone charm along with a little fork (for forks, washington), i have the cullen bag (with the crest on it), i own all the books- and i re-read at least one of them everynight. i refuse to go to sleepovers now- just so i can read your books at home. im patiently waiting for the movie in 77 days. i hyperventilate when i hear someone at school shout edward.
    when i read the 12 chapters of midnight sun on your website… i was sooo excited! i mean, c’mon! i want to know what he think of bella in the meadow!! after reading those chapters, i have continued to re-read the other books, and i find myself saying.. hmm edward was probably thinking this when bella said this..
    its insane! i am in lover with a fictional character! so steph, please, for me and the rest of your twilight fans, finish the book.
    we love you, as much as we love edward. Damn! you must be special.
    please steph. i will personally fly out to your home to babysit, or do whatever you want!!
    we love you, and your characters,
    ayesha

  102. Angie on September 6th, 2008 12:21 am

    i definetly agree!! Midnight Sun is to good of a book not to be finished and republished . And has left millions of twilight fans mourning over the fact of not having this book published!!
    She should definetly rethink her decesion!!!

  103. Julia on September 6th, 2008 2:18 am

    I understand how disheartening it may be for your own personal project to be stolen from you that way, that you’ve been violated, and taking a break to be in a better piece of mind is of course needed, but please don’t let all the devout die hard fans down because of some attention seeking person. It means so much to us :-(

  104. faty on September 6th, 2008 3:11 am

    woa, you took my words out of my mouth, only one more thing, now that i have read the draft of Midnight sun i feel incomplete, like something is missing in the hole package, you know, i have read the four books, and now i feel like i need the dessert, i wont stand up of the table until i feel full, so please Stephenie don´t leave us with a hole,,, finish the book pleeeease.. :)

  105. katia1307 on September 6th, 2008 4:19 am

    i agree! i felt my heart crack when i came to the last page of the draft and realized that i LOVED this book almost more than twilight. hearing edward’s thoughts made me love him even more than i already did after reading the entire series, and i did not think that loving him more then that was possible…..reading the draft proved me wrong. i was left wanting sooooooooo much more. i wanted to hear the entire series from his mind and thoughts. i love this character and knowing him better truly enriches the books and the relationships. take the time that you need to recover from the betrayal you must feel, i can wait. but please finish it someday.

  106. mrs. edward cullen on September 6th, 2008 4:30 am

    please, please, please dont make edward leave us again. it was hard enough being without him through 90% of new moon. when he left bella every reader who loves these books felt like he left us. we your fans support you and love you 100%. betrayal takes time to heal, trust me on this, i get what you are feeling. i would just hate to think that because of someone’s terrible decision and total lack of loyalty toward you that you would let them steal this away from you. from interviews and the way you craft your work we can all see how much you love these stories and the characters that you have created winthin them, fictional or not they hold a place in your heart. and denying yourself the pleasure of creating even more fascinating facets about them and even more fully living in their world i think is a shame. you are probably getting tired of hearing people be you but it is because you have shown your love for these works so much in your pages that we all love them just as much. we just want to keep living in their world with you. i pray that your heart heals from all of this, it is such a shame that things like this happen. we will stick with you though, take your time.

  107. Trisha on September 6th, 2008 8:30 am

    Stephanie: Please, please, please let Edward have his turn. If the portion I read is an unedited version I can only anxiously await the finished product. For whomever the idiot was who did this horrble thing to you please don;t punish the fans who sat innocently waiting for Midnight Sun. I have never begged for a book before, but I am now.

    Thanks!!!

  108. hayels on September 6th, 2008 9:12 am

    i think that she has already finished the book, think about it, she stoped right at the best part of the book with the meadow scene, you wouldnt just finish there, she would have had the itch to keep writing his point of view, i think she just aint publishing it yet…….. i think that’s it completed. if it isnt then please steph finish it for yourself and ur fans….. you have our love…….finnish edwards story. it was glorious to be ion his mind, when i read the other books i try to picture what edward would be saying in them so finish it for the suspense of your adoring fans, and for yourself give twilight it’s other half. twilight + midnight sun = partners like edward and bella, forever bound to be together.
    please,please,please,please,please,please,please,please xoox

  109. A. on September 6th, 2008 12:04 pm

    Fantastic review! Count me in as another who’s hoping Meyer will finish and publish this awesome book…

  110. joe phoenix (philippines) on September 6th, 2008 1:39 pm

    such an awesome book and awesome author
    sad that some people doesn’t respect other peoples right
    PS Ms. Meyer please finish the book my co-workers and I are realy dying to know what will happen next to the Twilight saga
    Please Please Please

  111. sienna on September 6th, 2008 3:45 pm

    i am SOOOOO happy that you decided to write it!!!!!!!! I cant WAIT for it to be published!!!! This series beats Harry Potter by a LONG shot!!!!!

  112. BJ on September 6th, 2008 4:13 pm

    I hope that someone knows how to send Stephanie fan mail and all of our requests for her to finish it. I know how she feels about being violated. I never saw the bad draft online. I was excited and saddened to get to read the Midnight Sun Draft from her website. Please please let her know how much we want to read the rest of the story. Especially Edwards side of things while Bella was in Houston, the Meadow Scene, and the fight scene!
    She is so talented and hopefully she will realize that her fans love her no matter what some idiot did.

  113. Kate on September 6th, 2008 5:15 pm

    I totally agree! I’ve always wanted to know why Edward was so in love with Bella, who seemed like such a normal girl–only because she thought of herself that way. Everything makes so much more sense in his perspective! I just have to know what he was thinking while he was racing to save Bella from James in the ballet studio. We all love you Stephenie and hope you return to Midnight Sun really soon.

  114. Cassandra Phillips on September 6th, 2008 5:31 pm

    I don’t think any of us understands how Stephenie Meyer feels. But i do understand why she did this. How could someone do this to her? She captivates minds of ALL ages and we repay her by illegaly posting Midnight Sun on the internet. How unpatient can someone get?! Couldnt they wait for her?? Give her the time she needs to finish it?? The book wasnt even finished!! Did they not comprehend how much BETTER the finished EDITED version of Midnight Sun would be?! Even though Stephenie Meyer aloud the draft on her site, im not looking at it. Personally, i think it would just ruin what the real book could have been. It would have out shone that draft any day.

    Reading Twilight has changed me. Ive never been so addicted to reading in my LIFE. I have read 14 books over the summer. The Twilight Saga is something ive never read before, i love these books TO DEATH. I wouldnt give them away for anything.

    When i heard Breaking Dawn was going to be the last book of the Saga, i was devastated. I was literally depressed. But then, after checing up on her site, i heard about Midnight Sun. I was ecstatic! Overjoyed!! I jumped around like a four year old getting a new toy!! I read and read the first chapter of Midnight Sun until i had it memorized.

    But just a month later or so, i read about what happened. About Midnight Sun, how she stopped writing…That crushed me harder than Breaking Dawn being the last book of the Saga…Then that sadness was replaced by anger. Again, WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO THIS TO HER???WHY?!?! I mean, they didnt only let Stephenie Meyer down, they let ALL her fans down with her. I hope they ae under a deep pool of guilt for what they did.

    Stephenie Meyer, please dont stop writing Midnight Sun. It was absolutley brilliant to make Twilight in Edward’s point of view. No on wants you to stop. We all love you. You can take your time, i dont care when you start writing it again. As long as you just dont quit :(:(. Your my favorite author EVER. Just please…

  115. Kristen on September 6th, 2008 8:00 pm

    We need Midnight Sun!! We love you Stephanie!! I always hoped that one day she would also write New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn from Edwards perspective too. Now? Who knows.

  116. Emily on September 6th, 2008 8:55 pm

    I agree with everything Blast magazine had to say. We need you to finish Midnight Sun it Clears up alot of things. I was really really upset when you said you were not sure about finishing it. You truly are an amazing author and writer and by far my faviorte author. I love all you novels (The host included). I love how you put Scifi and love together so all i have left to say is PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE STEPHENIE FINISH MIDNIGHT SUN!!!

  117. nila on September 6th, 2008 9:12 pm

    omg stephenie,
    if you dont finish it im totally gonna cry.
    im suffering from twilight withdrawl
    midnight sun is the only thing that keeps me going XD

  118. Lucy on September 6th, 2008 9:38 pm

    Exactly. Especially about there needing to be the Meadow scene from Edward’s POV. It’s a huge turning point in the story that simply needs to be written!

  119. Nikki on September 7th, 2008 3:45 pm

    PLEASE STEPHENIE, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the goos of all your fans, please keep writing it!!!!!! I can’t stnad it, I need it to be finished!!!!!! It is so good and the emotions are so deep, i love it just as much as i did Twilight, and New Moon, and Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, maybe even more!!!!!!!!! Stephenie, to over a million people (teenage girls especially!) You are their Idol!!!!!!!!! you cant let some stupid little thing/person ruin your career with this book!!!!!!! The fans are dying, just like myself, to read the whole story!!!!! Everything is critical!!!!!!!!! we need it, even when reading twilight i was thinking, now what is he tinking here, and here, and her, and there, ect. Please don’t let this stop you from finishing it, im beggin you, and i will keep begging you!!!! For the rest of my life!!!!!! PLEASE STEPHENIE, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, FINISH MIDNIGHT SUN FOR THE GOOD OF THE TWILIGHT COMMUNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  120. KrissA on September 7th, 2008 7:42 pm

    I absolutely agree with this article! I had no idea I would enjoy Midnight Sun as much as I did. It was truly enjoyable to read Edwards perspective on Bella and the things that happened when Bella wasn’t around. I especially enjoyed getting to know Edward. Scenes I had read in Twilight came across totally differently as I saw how Edward’s mind worked!

    I will savor what I have of Midnight Sun for now, but selfishly hope Stephenie Meyer will reconsider finishing it for us :)

  121. Lindsey on September 8th, 2008 2:36 am

    I completely agree!!! I LOVE Midnight Sun. I really hope she decides to finish because I think I will cry if she doesn’t. I loved seeing Edwards POV and knowing more about his family and their emotions toward Bella. I also agree that it would be awesome if she continued to write the remaining three books from his POV as well. Please finish Midnight Sun!!!!!!!

  122. Areli on September 8th, 2008 10:52 pm

    I agree, I think a speak for all the “Twilight” fans, when a say, we need to know what Edward feels the first time he kissed Bella. Sooooooooooooooooo Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeasssssse finish the book……………I think, and I’m still speaking for all the fans, that even if all lot of us read the draft, we’ll still buy the book. So again finish “MIDNIGHT SUN” Pleeeeeeeeeeeease……….

  123. Dani on September 10th, 2008 6:23 pm

    Please finish it! ill buy it still! please please please!!
    im so sad about wat happened…please finish it!!!

  124. Rachael on September 10th, 2008 7:35 pm

    Just a note, Eclipse is where Peter and Charlotte first are mentioned. This is during Jasper’s history lesson. I also can’t stand that someone was so thoughtless as to spoil Ms. Meyer’s progress on Edward’s version of the story. I hope that she does finish it. She hadn’t even gotten to Confessions, one of the most tense, passionate chapters in the first book.

  125. neveah on September 14th, 2008 12:25 am

    i totally agree with you,stephenie please please please finish it.
    it was so amazing to be in edwards mind,to understand more of the love he has for bella.
    omg i love edward cullen.

  126. Vany on September 17th, 2008 10:20 pm

    please finish the book, I’m waiting for the 4th book, and I did even look for Midnight sun, but I know that you aren’t going to finish it, please, you still have fans who are waiting the original book, please please I want to know the Edward version!!! PLEASE PLEASE

  127. Jaqueline on September 19th, 2008 3:04 am

    The book must be finished!!! As I was reading the rough draft her website, I kept thinking of all the scenes I wanted to here from Edwards point of veiw in all of the other books. As for Midnight Sun I am dying to read Edwards view of finding Bella with James and his first taste of her blood. There are so many scenes I keep thinking about now I am obsessed!!!!!

  128. Pilar on September 19th, 2008 3:13 pm

    what Terri Schwartz just said…. lol

  129. Jessica on September 19th, 2008 8:34 pm

    PLEASE FINISH THE BOOK!!!!! i am dying to read it! i read the first chapter and i thought it was totaly awesome!

  130. Becca on September 21st, 2008 4:55 pm

    Please finish it!

    Think of it as giving an addict a tiny piece of their drug and then holding it captive in their sight. :(

    It’s so wonderful to see what Edward is thinking, and yes, the mind-reading thing is just about the dandiest thing ever. x)

    I only started the series two weeks ago, and I’ve reread every book about 3-6 times, depending on the book. D:

    I likes the Cullen drugz.

  131. Krystal on October 1st, 2008 3:08 pm

    FINISH THE BOOK…. I NEED MORE EDWARD AND BELLA

  132. nina on October 1st, 2008 10:46 pm

    Please please, finish it. just the thought of u holding it back is giveing me a heartache :( please finish it. Ur books are my drugs, can’t live without em :( —> :’( ur killin me here…… I won’t even read the leaked chapters. I wanna hav the finished peice in my hands. I don’t mind waiting as long as u say u will finish it. Please…..give me hope :(

  133. georgie on October 7th, 2008 1:30 pm

    the second i finished Breaking Dawn, i cried. and i know it wasnt sad. but i was sad. sad because i knew that it was all over, the only upside was knowing Midnight Sun would be out in due course.

    when it ended, mere days before the meadow scene. I felt distraught in all honesty, i wanted to know so much about edwards thoughts as he finally gave in to his desires. what it felt like to him to smell her throat, to have his lips on her skin, when she was stroking him, how it felt for him when they kissed and her going too far. his thoughts as she slept that night.

    i physically need more. i’m actually begging.

  134. Brown on October 8th, 2008 4:20 pm

    I loved reading th “twilight saga” I couldn’t put them down. I think it is the fastest I have read 4 books in my entire life. I read the first chapter that you put on your site of “Midnight Sun” and like everyone else I need more of it. I could read all 4 books over again in Edwards perspective. And I would LOVE every minute of it. I know a lot more people that would too. Please do it for your fans. We are sorry you got hurt. But WE NEED MORE EDWARD AND BELLA.

  135. Shanna on October 9th, 2008 8:48 pm

    Oh my god! You have to finish the book!!!! please, I can’t read the draft. I don’t want to!!!!!! I want to read it when it’s publishes and I can read it all at the same time!!!! You have to finish it!!! I need it.. All I know is that it’s from Edwards point of view. But I just CAN’T read it unless it’s all there and the way it’s supposed to be written!!! I hope you killed the mindless fool who put it on the internet.! I wish I could!!!

  136. Rosa on October 10th, 2008 6:06 pm

    Oh Stephenie! You see how many fans you have, from all over the world people read and adore your books! We do understand that this was in no way your fault, though I don’t think that poor kid that leaked it meant any harm, surely only wanted to share or even attention. Who knows? But just don’t give up. Please finish Midnight Sun. Go all the way - Publish it. This is my opinion though I know that I am speaking for thousands of unanimous people. We support you Stephenie.

    Sincerely Rosa

  137. danielle on October 11th, 2008 2:02 am

    stephanie..u r like the best author ever i love your book seroes and i heard about the draft that was sent out and i havent even read it….PLEASE dont stop writing more books to the series..there are alot of people who didnt even read the draft and are hoping u will still write im one of them….so please look back on your decision and keep writing for all those fans out there that u have :)

    with all my love danielle

  138. Valerie on October 14th, 2008 4:52 am

    Stephenie, please get it together. I have read your first 12 chapters from your site because of the event of its leak online, which I had no idea in the first place and I am sorry to hear that it has happened. But are you going to let this defeat you? By all mean, take a break because you deserved it. Hopefully, in time, you will have the chance to take back the ball in your hands and prove to us that you’re bigger than this. I, for one, don’t believe in throwing the towel because it’s easier to give up than trying. I am sure you wouldn’t want your kids to give up on something they are great at. You have a gift and an once-in-a-life-time opportunity that not many of us have the privilege to earn…yet. Please don’t go down the road where your name will become “pulling a Stephenie Meyer” on all future authors’ readers.

  139. Jamiee on October 14th, 2008 12:31 pm

    Stephanie, Please Please Please finish Midnight Sun!! I read the first 13 chapters on your website, and I’m soo hooked. I have read your other books over and over again because, there are no books in the world that matches up to their greatness. You are a wonderful and talented author, better that Tamora Peirce, JK Rowling and every one else. I dont care what any one says, I’m your number one fan and you inspire me in my writing. Keep on writing girlfriend!!!!!!! And please finish your Midnight Sun Masterpiece.
    -an utterly obsessed Fan

  140. Jamiee on October 14th, 2008 12:43 pm

    And if you dont believe my last comment (obsessed) well then listen to this:

    On September 23 my school had a fire drill and Twilight was in my Bag. I was up at the teachers desk getting my test when the fire alarm went off.I literally knocked over one girl while running r to get the book from my bag. Then my bag was not opening so i ripped it and grabbed Twilight. I ran out of the building to catch up with my class. The funniest part was that i left my purse in the classroom, on my desk. It had my I pod, cell phone and 75 dollars in it. (Then i got yelled at by the teacher) I did not even care, because i had my book.
    -just me again

  141. Julie Bauman on October 14th, 2008 8:15 pm

    please finish it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    i always wanted to know what was in Edward’s mind!
    please please please please finish it!!!!!!

  142. abby on October 16th, 2008 7:44 pm

    oh yes please finish it Mrs. Meyer, i’m a 13 year old fan of Twilight i need to see what Edward is thinking.

  143. Kristie on October 18th, 2008 1:17 am

    hi Mrs Meyer. i read your blog on why it’s not coming out (the ending would be different cauz you have a different mind set now.) and i just wanted to say that i have read what you posted of midnight sun. IT WAS AMAZING but i know that the edited and completely finished copy would be better. i have read the entire series about six times please finish it for us ( you rabid readers who are basically obsessed) I AM DYING TO SEE WHAT THE MEADOW PART OF THE BOOK WILL BE LIKE. please please please please PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  144. Sasha on October 19th, 2008 11:18 pm

    everything twilight is like air. need it to live! i read the whole online part and it was as fantastic as expected. PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT. how could it not be? edward cullen and twilight = life. there are a million die hard fans that NEED TO KNOW! you enticed them and now they NEED TO FINISH MIDNIGHT SUN! or will cry forever and never get over it. its like losing a loved one! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE publish it.

  145. breeze on October 25th, 2008 4:39 am

    I LOVE all four books I seriously am not lying when I say I get about 4 to maybe 6 hours of sleep every night since I discovered the best books in the world!!! I am so glad you were blessed with talent and I’m blessed I found these books that’s all I think about all day edward and bella’s life since I read Midnight Sun in your website there’s nothing in the world that I will be able to think about now pleeeeaaassseeee finish Midnight Sun I will go insane and have sleepless nights wondering what could have been of the book but I will still keep searching the internet to see if there’s any updates on releasing Midnight Sun I LOVE them so much like no other book I have ever read before but please don’t punish us for that person’s mistake of leaking part of midnight sun even though I am truly sorry for what that person has put you through and broke your trust. I am a huge fan and God bless you!!!

  146. Tauna on October 30th, 2008 1:11 am

    After I finished Midnight Sun I looked at my husband and all I could say was “She has to finish this book, it is so good, and I think I perfer it from Edwards point of view so much more.” In fact i had read the series, but I had borrowed the books except one, that I ended up buying. I told my husband to get the keys that I had to go get TWILGHT right now that I wanted to reread the two of them chapter to chapter.
    I have to agree with everyone I really wanted to hear about the meadow scene and what he is thinking when they are kissing, esp. for the first time. So Please If you haven’t heard it from everyone else yet. Please finish MIDNIGHT SUN. It is an amazing book like all your other books.

  147. Joey on October 30th, 2008 9:33 pm

    Stephenie i do very hope you can finish writing this part of the series because i haven’t actually touched any novels for the most part of my life especially when the the whole twilight saga is 1 foot long stacked together. this is the book that had me running home for, it is the book that makes me stay home and read and read until i sleep so please i really hope you can finish midnightsun.

    i know they person that leaked it out did a very terrible thing and it hurted you but why would you let other people’s mistakes take away your talent? something that you, yourself really enjoy doing for the most part.

  148. Smith on November 3rd, 2008 6:31 pm

    Stephenie please finish midnight sun. I CANT STAN NOT KNOWING. I love these books and i need to know what happens. Your series is pretty much all my friends an i talk about at school and when we text each other. Stephenie we need more to talk about. So finish it please. I understand why you don’t want to finish it you where hurt by the person who posted midnight sun online. there are so many reasons not to finish midnight sun, but there are so many more reasons to finish it> So, lease im begging please finnish your book.

  149. Alyssa on November 10th, 2008 11:02 pm

    What you guys have to understand is that (being a writer meself) it’s hard to write with a broken heart, her trust was broken and that’s hard to get through. Let her heart mend for a while and I bet the story will be even better.

    Good luck Steph!

  150. katherine on November 16th, 2008 11:23 am

    I pray that Mrs. Meyers will realize that no one sought out the rough draft of Midnight Sun with any idea of hurting her, or violating her rights as an author. The majority of this fan base is fairly young, and they don’t understand copyright rules and regulations. All they know is that they are not ready to let go of these characters. After reading Breaking Dawn, and seeing that final “The End”, it left fans happy, yet still yearning for more. This is a direct result of your own ability to enthrall readers, Stephenie, so maybe you can forgive them their adoration for your work, and finish the beautiful story that you began. It is unsettleing to think that you would allow your entire fan base to be punished for the actions of one, or maybe a couple of individuals who illegally posted the draft. Please have mercy on your supporters, and let us know when we can look forward to this completed work. Thank you!

  151. sarah on November 17th, 2008 2:55 pm

    your a great writer.
    please finish, the book.
    & keep writing more/
    i love them all!!! ;]]
    cant wait for the movieeeee!!!

  152. Kclarn on November 17th, 2008 2:57 pm

    :]
    wow, mrs. meyer. your books are so amazzing.
    i am sooo happppy about your movie.
    keep them cominggg!
    ps. finish the ‘midnight sun ‘ pleeaaaseee!!!!!

    we love you, thanks!

  153. Afrnel on November 17th, 2008 2:58 pm

    gurl your books are grate. i dont like ta read but when i read yours i feltt so alive felt like i was in de book. lolz.
    i hope you keep them comng girl .

    toodles.

  154. Hellen on November 17th, 2008 3:00 pm

    Mrs. Meyers,
    I belive you are an amazing women for doing what you do.
    You take time out of your day to write things for other people.
    You have the best imagination in the whole entire world.
    Can’t wait for your movie, keep it up steph.

    :]-Hellen,

  155. Maroctopus on November 21st, 2008 1:38 am

    Hm. It’s an improvement over the rest of the series, I suppose. As usual though, the description of the love interest is just over the top. She should probably improve her writing style as well.

    I couldn’t finish reading the draft though. For a published author, her writing is a bit subpar. At least there’s some improvement…

    And hopefully she’s actually managed to validate what looks like, for all intents and purposes, a very abusive relationship.

    … Unfortunately, Bella’s character is probably unsalvageable at this point.

  156. sarah on November 22nd, 2008 9:26 am

    i know there are already many people who are begging for stephenie to finish midnight sun. but still i’m gong to beg for it too! i really rweally love the twilight saga. and i am desperate to have more of it! the midnight sun is really something worth to read. we all know that the leak was something that will hurt so much. but please, please! finish the midnight sun. i am so dying desperate to read it! i hope stephenie reads this site. coz i want her to know this: i am here in the philippines and everybody knows we’re in the far east of the world. but oh well, almost all people here are obsessed with the whole twilight thing! almost all are obsessed and the rest do like it! and we are really getting more obsessed to it as everyday passes. and of course, as everybody else does, we want to read twilight (the whole of it if possible) from edward’s point of view! honestly, i haven’t read yet the draft because my computer here is not working well with pdf fies. but i am really really dying to read it!! goodness knows how much i love twilight and the whole thiing of it! i am only 13 years old and i’m in my second year high school, and the whole of our class is really talking all about it! and anywhere else you go in the university of santo tomas, you’ll find students who are reading the books or talking about it!. so please stephenie, we need more of them!! we really want midnight sun..so please please!!!! do finish it! you know, bookstores here are always sold-out with your books in just a 5-day span (and hello, they order a lot!)

  157. Sick of Twilight on November 22nd, 2008 11:18 pm

    After reading books in this series, I have three words as well: Please stop writing.

  158. Go twilight! on November 23rd, 2008 11:31 am

    I’m actually happy she put the first book in Bella’s perspective. I don’t think I would be that into it, if I had to start reading from Edwards veiw. Don’t get me wrong, there both good, but I think because I’m a girl, the girl perspective intrested me more…The movie was the best ever!

  159. Edward's Brunette on November 24th, 2008 1:14 pm

    Finally gave in to reading Midnight Sun over the weekend, and loved it! I totally knew all the way through that it would stop just before the meadow chapter, which seems a little convenient to me as totally the best point to leave us hanging from! I think that was definitely intentional. It’s amazing how the same events are totally different from Edward’s perspective (as much as I love him, he is such an idiot at times, by the way) and actually one of the best things was hearing other people’s thoughts via Edward- Jessica is such a bitch, but hilarious much! And poor old Mike just didn’t have a clue. In a way MS gives us a lot that Twilight didn’t, because Bella’s take on other people’s thoughts are often so different to the reality. I loved Edward’s helping hand re: Ben and Angela.

    I have no doubt that Stephenie will finish MS at some point, otherwise she wouldn’t have made damn sure we were left panting for more…

  160. I on November 26th, 2008 5:47 pm

    i have not read midnight sun because i dont want to ruin it if she ever does finish it and i hope she does becuase if she doesnt i will nvr get to read it!!!

  161. Nicky on December 3rd, 2008 8:38 pm

    I read Midnight Sun on the website, and I really hope Ms Meyer does finish it. As a writer (alas, with way more than her 7 rejection notices, still unpublished) myself, I know how precious characters are to the writer. and Edward being precious to her, she should get back in touch with him rather than dwelling on the jealous idiot who leaked what she had so far. Please, for those of us who also love Edward, please finish Midnight Sun!

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