This book definitely raises questions to some of the major themes in the Twilight Saga. I personally love the saga but I remember while reading it that some of the aspects of Edward & Bella's relationship would have worried me in real life. The controlling aspect would be a big no no in today's society, but in the book it somehow makes him even more desirable. I think Mrs. Jones did a great job of raising the awareness that although the books are wonderful and very popular, to make sure you real...

I only gave this book two stars because I was expecting more from it, it seemed to me that it touched on the issues that any Christian would have with the series and I didn't learn any new Hidden Messages. I think that the title is a little misleading. Currently, I am not the books target audience but will be holding on to my copy for when I someday have a daughter. Because while I love the Twilight series for what they are, I have been concerned about the ideas that they are teaching to very yo...

I've always liked vampire books, so when I got the opportunity to review this books for Waterbrook/Multnomah, I jumped at the chance to see how a Christian author would handle this subject. TOUCHED BY A VAMPIRE, by Beth Felker Jones, is for every parent who's wondered if their teenaged daughter's obsession with the TWILIGHT series is a good thing, and every reader who wants to examine the phenomen more deeply in light of Christian truth. I was particularly interested because of a granddaughter w...

A friend of mine was given this book and got a kick out of it, so she gave it to me... not as a serious read, but just as something fun/funny. I too got a kick out of it, but I must say that you might need to be careful if you read it because it could come across very differently.In this book, Beth Felker Jones takes what she considers some of the main themes in Twilight (family, sex, love, romance) and talks about how they are handled in the Twilight Universe, and then contrasts that with how t...

NOTE: I won this book in a Goodread's First Reads Giveaway. Due to my move from one country to another, this book and my review of it got a bit lost in the shuffle.REVIEW: I should've read the description better before entering for the ARC. This just wasn't my cup-a. That being said, I can certainly see why strong religious believers would examine the market's response of the popular vampire series and how it relates to parents and their children that read them (or are kept from doing so).Initia...

Touched by a Vampire by Beth Felker Jones is an indepth look at the messages in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. From marriage and children to self-worth and faith, there are plenty of messages to be found in the series of books, and Jones looks at them all through the light of Christianity. My daughter and I are both big fans of the Twilight series so I was intrigued by the idea of digging deeper into what Meyer has to say about the big issues of life, especially in view of her Mormon fa...

For a teacher of homeschoolers, many of whom study from a Christian based curricululm, this book provides wonderful fodder for discussion. It offers a structure from which all can discuss universal issues of sex, desire, romance and family. Providing bibilical refernces and study questions, it allows users to form their own opinions. Thought provoking without being preachy, it is an easy-to-read resource.

While Ms. Jones makes some decent, if mostly obvious, points in her analysis of the Twilight books, it reads like a young English major's attempt to secure her degree from a fundamentalist divinity school with a real chip on their shoulder against the Mormon church. I think even most sunday school teachers and youth group leaders will find this text too superficial and pointlessly verbose to be useful.

I won this book from Goodreads and I thought I was in for a scholarly experience. Unfortunately, this was not the case. While I have no doubt that Ms. Felker Jones has a good grasp of her Christian Subject matter, I think she missed the mark on discovering hidden messages. Instead of discovering anything new or insightful, Ms. Felker Jones really prepared a reading and discussion guide to Christian reading groups concerning the Twilight Saga. She pulls from Old Testament, New Testament, and her

This is going to sound weird, but I was kind of disappointed that this book wasn't worse. I mean, with a title like Touched by a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga, I expected it to be atrocious. Deliciously bad. But apparently the title is the worst part. The rest of the book isn't nearly as bad as you'd expect. Jones claims in her introduction that she's not out to make your decisions for you, and she seems to stick to that claim. She compares reading to food--there'...

I would have to start my review of this book with saying I had no idea that amount of different views the Twlight saga brought about between different religons. I had read the books before the movie was ever released and loved them. After reading this book I was given a different inside look of how the book was taken. The Touched by a Vampire book was very detailed in its dicussions of different events that occured. The book is able to give people a coverstation start about the events in the boo...

it did not take long to finish this book. i was thinking it would give new information bit all it did was spread its Christian views...and not in a good way. why is it so hard for die hard Christians to simply state that a book is well written. why must it always be dissected in a negative light so much that you figure out that what they are mainly saying is their usual "no good Christian would read those books" give it up already when will some learn it is not what books you read or movies you

BOOK REVIEW by author of vampire fiction, Ellen C Maze Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider I have just finished reading TOUCHED BY A VAMPIRE by Beth Felker Jones, a book that promises to examine the major themes of the TWILIGHT SAGA through a biblical lens. I must say that on the whole, the author has succeeded in this endeavor.I read some reviews before I bought this book, pro and con, and had no idea which way I would go when I finally got to read it myself. It turns out that this was an easy read and

My suggestion....If you are a true Twilight Saga fanatic this book may not be the one for you.The main topic in this book is about religious values in the Christian community and uses excerpts from the wonderful Twilight stories as examples of what not to do in life. No hidden Twilight messages were found in this book. However, if you are looking for religious guidance this is a good book for you with touches and undertones of the Twilight stories.You do not need to read the Twilight series to r...

Frankly I hate it. I was looking forward to this book in finding both good and bad values from the opinions of a Biblical perspective of author Beth Felker Jones. Yet what I found was that with every opinion that she put out there I felt was twisted and incorrect. Her views of fate and true love, as well as jealousy were just the beginning of my irritation and extreme differences of opinion. Continuing on with taking things that are good in comparison to most fiction readily available to our tee...

Despite the title, Touched By a Vampire: Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga is a thinly veiled discussion of Christian philosophy and how it is actually in contradiction with Twilight. Author Beth Felker Jones goes through the themes of the Twilight Saga and points out how, if taken literally, the messages can be destructive and are in contradiction to a Christ focused life. While she makes some interesting observations, the idea of applying that kind of scrutiny to a fantasy s...

Another book that explores the religious themes of Twilight only to claim there are no religious themes then precedes to give a summary of each book before telling you how much you need Jesus in your life.

this was interesting. Although I LOVED everyhing Twilight- I can understand why Jones dissected this series to its core. I'm not quite sure, however that Jones did her homework completely. It seems that the only information gathered for research was solely on the Twilight series...where was the digging in fan based websites? or better yet, on Stephenie Meyer's webpage itself! Quick read when you get to it, but slightly disappointing.

I won this item from Goodreads and promised to review so here goes:Boy, is this book being marketed to the wrong crowd! The back of the book reads: "...The bestsellers [Twilight books:] tell the story of a regular girl’s relationship with a vampire who has chosen to follow his “good” side. But the Saga isn’t just another fantasy–it’s teaching girls about love, sex, and purpose. With 48 million copies in print and a succession of upcoming blockbuster films, now is the time to ask the important qu...

It was an interesting approach to Christianity through the Twilight Saga. I think I need this review to input my own opinion on the Twilight Saga, hear on out to be referred to as the Saga. The author has decided to take the themes of the Saga and measure them up to the Christian ideals and Jesus as the perfect love. I have to agree with this author wholeheartedly. I love tragedies. You learn so much from the mistakes. There is nothing like Romeo and Juliet because it all goes so deliciously wro...