The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

This short novella provides the story of a newborn vampire who appears briefly in the twilight books. Alas, she comes across almost the same as the human protagonist of Twilight, Bella. It feels like a short excursion on "what if Bella had fallen in with bad vampires instead of good ones." It doesn't add much to the stories in the books (the key relevant details are already known.)

On its own, it is a so-so sorry. A vampire girl lives with a bunch of childish vampire-lings. She casually associates with a loner among them because everyone stays away from him. She tries to be good, and ends up starting a relationship with a "good-guy" young vampire (Diego). He disappears shortly thereafter, (rumored to be on reconnaissance). She becomes slightly more friendly with the loner who planned to leave the group during the time of the big fight. She wants to leave too, but also wants to find Diego too. However, near the fight she finds Diego is already dead, but it is too late. She is caught and then killed by the vampire police.

Pretty ho-hum for a plot. There is plenty of violence, but all very tame (comic-book lite). It looks like it is supposed to be character driven. Alas, the characters seem flat and boring, with artificial relationships.

Oh well, I'm sure it made a lot of money for the author.