Don't worry, I'm not going to attack you. I just want to make a few points as well.
I agree with you that Bella can be annoying and she is selfish. About the whole getting hurt all the time thing, I think part of that perhaps, is just her but also it's focused on to show the contrast between her fragileness as a human and Edward and the vampires seeming indestructability. I think the interaction between humans and vampires is interesting. And, Edward is not perfect. He's got a temper, he can be bossy..neither of which are traits that would be in someone who's 'perfect'. And, in most all stories with vampires, humans don't stand a chance. It's just the choice of whether the vampires take advantage of that or not.
Edward's choice to turn Bella isn't as simple as we may think it is. It's a very deep, complex thing to him, that we probably don't get the whole view of because we don't really know since the story is Bella's perspective.
I really, really don't like Jacob at all, so I'm totally with you on that one. He just annoys the hell outta me and needs to get over it and grow up.
And I know people who aren't 'teenage girls' who like it as well, and not just because of Edward.


Oh, and the 'Great and Terrible Beauty' books are awesome.

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