I was adamantly against my 13-year old daughter reading this series and seeing this movie. After many of her Christian friends read the books and saw the movie, I spoke to their parents about it. I was told that I was being ridiculous about it because the girl in the book waits until she’s married to have sex and because there is some discussion in the book about whether or not these vampires have a soul. The book leads you to believe that by drinking only the blood of animals rather than humans that these vampires are “good” vampires and have a soul.
I caved and let her read the books. I regret not going with my gut. The Spirit was telling me no. I let other Christian parents convince me that I was being stupid.
If anyone else out there has second thoughts about letting their children read it, I recommend that you follow your first instinct and avoid the books and movie. If you have already caved, at least sit down and have a long discussion with your teen about the issues of sex before marriage, risking one’s soul to gain the earthly love of another, and the concept of “living forever” in a state separate from God.
You’ll thank me for it.
Thank you Buckeye, a timely warning. If you read the Matrisciana article I linked , you will see that the Author of these books is a Mormon who wrote them after a vivid dream of a vampire telling her the story. She says when she completed the first book, the ‘vampire’ visited her in her dreams, chiding her that she didn’t get the story quite right. In other words the books were written out of an occult experience.