That was a so slow book that I nearly gave up. I did a break though. 
 Contrary to my expectations, it didn't really feel that different of a YA book, except it's slow and long. There's nothing to prevent a fan of Twilight to read it. 
 It has interesting ideas, some moving moments. So it's nice to see that Meyer could do something quite different to Twilight. But it probably needed a faster pace.