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New Moon, the highly anticipated sequel to Twilight, hit theatres yesterday, and the turn out was record breaking. This film built on Twilight, offering more dynamic and intense relationships, more humor and more exposed skin.

Several new boys joins the cast of New Moon, acting as the ever-shirtless Quileute tribe of werewolves. But most of all, New Moon shows Taylor Lautner, a.k.a Jacob, in a whole new light. He’s stronger, faster and so much more than a 16 year old boy should be. In the book, Jacob’s character was a little more pathetic, causing a drastic lead for Team Edward. But since Taylor Lautner’s physical transformation, I wouldn’t doubt if the lead shifted to Team Jacob.

Overall, the film had it’s slow moments, along with countless laugh-out-loud scenes. The audience’s response seemed to be a good one, so I’d say it’s well worth the ten dollar ticket.

Maggie Stiefvator, the author of The Books of Faerie (Lament and Ballad) delivers another novel for teens. But unlike the others, this story is about a star-crossed romance between a human and a werewolf.

Shiver is very well written with strong emotions and dynamic characters. But the novel lacked a little something; it just needed a little bit more. But no problem! Stiefvater has a sequel in the works called Linger, which is expected to hit bookstores in the fall of 2010.