In Which We Meet Werewolves. Again.
And they're "really big half-naked boys". Guess Meyer really knows her audience, wonder how she'll neuter the werewolves so they can't possibly have sex.
Jacob takes Bella to meet the rest of the pack: Sam, Embry, Paul and Jared. Paul goes all wolfy when he sees Bella and Jacob responds in kind to protect her. Naturally. They disappear and Sam follows to make sure... something something I don't care because they won't actually hurt each other. It's almost exciting. Embry and Jared take Bella to Emily's house, who is Sam's girlfriend.
At Emily's house, I get conflicted. On the one hand, Emily has clearly been mauled by Sam in a werewolf rage. It establishes actual danger, sets up a heartbreaking foundation for their relationship and her continued dedication to Sam is frankly a beautiful plot element to set up. On the other hand, she's some statuesque goddess of beauty who's been marred, not just a pretty girl. Instead of her beauty making the situation worse it flatly overplays the hand. This isn't some pretty local girl who fell for the wrong guy and suffered, this is a "satiny copper skin... long, black hair" goddess statue that he's scratched. With a heart of gold, no less. It's yet another poorly drawn caricature of love. Emily is a fantastic cook and when Sam arrives there's birds and flowers and an orchestra starts playing Vivaldi (the "Spring" love song in all the commercials). It's trite.
Jacob and Paul arrive, now best buds again, and they all discuss Victoria and Bella as bait.
Finally, we cut back to Billy's house where Charlie has arrived. Friendship is mended over TV basketball as part of the plan to keep Bella in La Push so the Wolves can watch over her.
SumUp C-
The werewolf pack is fine and I was very relieved that the requisite information revelation was done via actions and varied conversation rather than the tedium of Edward's 3-chapter interrogation. So the reveals are gently paced and intermixed with bits of other information about the werewolves themselves.
It doesn't offset Bella being so slow to understand things, the ultra-powerful Werewolves and the train wreck that is Emily.
The setup appears to be in place. The werewolves will protect Bella so she can moan and whine and be scared for us. I'm almost certain Victoria has to appear so we can get our danger catalyst in place and launch the third act. Please?
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