The Twilight Craze and What’s Driving it
A lot of people were left scratching their heads when the Twilight craze became the in thing. Everywhere you turned there seemed to be someone reading or talking about the books. It got even crazier when the movies came out. We have seen nothing like it since the craze about Harry Potter started to take over the world years ago.
So what’s behind the entire craze about Twilight? Of course it all started with the books. Stephenie Meyer has published several books, but her success came when the first Twilight book that she wrote came out. Just to give you an idea of how big a bestseller Twilight is, it has managed to sell almost 90 million copies worldwide and it has been translated to almost 40 different languages. Meyer got the inspiration for the story from a dream. She dreamed about a vampire falling in love with an ordinary girl. What made their tale more compelling is the fact that the vampire felt the urge for the young girl’s blood. Meyer wrote the first installment of the series quite fast but she originally had no intention of getting it published. It was a good thing that she changed her mind.
There are a lot of vampire stories and the genre is certainly not a new one, but there has been nothing like Twilight that has captured the imagination of readers. It is not just the young people or teenagers who are hooked to the love story of Edward and Bella, adults too also find the story to be irresistible.
Now the Twilight craze is everywhere. You can buy Twilight party supplies and you can play the best Twilight dress up games and these are just proof of how popular Twilight has become. It has reached across cultures and age gaps to embrace everyone.