[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Stu

Aye, the Twilight phenomenon seems to know no age limits. I have a 7 year old sister, a 19 year old shag on the side, and a 34 year old aunt who are all equally into it.

I think (for us oldies anyway) that Meyer manages to capture completely the feelings of teenage angst associated with affairs of the heart during our schooldays. The whole "does he like me" "does he hate me" "god he spoke to me" "why hasn't he spoken to me today" and then the feeling of utter desolation and devastation of being dumped!
When you're in your 30s with kids, mortgage, housework and responsibilities in general, those feelings seem a lifetime away so I think that's why the books are popular amongst women. My friend said "god they make me feel just like a teenager again"
Also Edward may be a ridiculous character to a lot of people, but again to women he has it going on.. big time! He is quite dominant and selfish in a lot of ways but will do anything for his woman and also (as he was born in 1901) has a lot of old fashioned values...
God, I'm wittering on on a public forum and standing up for a fictional VAMPIRE!! WTF is wrong with me??