What I Discovered Re-reading Twilight as an Adult

Edward Cullen is an abusive boyfriend.

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Inspired by the release of Midnight Sun (which is Twilight retold from Edward’s perspective) and out of sheer boredom during quarantine, I decided to re-read Twilight for my podcast Breaking Down Bad Books.

Since reading Twilight as a gawky, sexually-repressed 16 year old, I earned a…