Maybe there are different versions. I don’t know.
I’ve only seen the first movie but, my daughters have read all the books.
In the first movie, I was impressed that the lead vampire was able to control , not only his urge to suck her blood but, also wanting to have sex. Pretty admirable these days.
See post # 115
Well, he did have his victorian upbringing, plus his well-founded fear that he might kill her if he had sex with her.
(In that regard, it’s like Smallville-Clark not wanting to have sex with humans because he’s afraid he’ll lose control and kill them).
I’ve read all the books. My daughter also read all the books, but then she got disgusted by the hype of the first movie, plus she likes “real” vampires, so she sold her books into the market from the 1st movie, and moved on.
We still go to the movies, we’re going today.
I thought the books were OK — but I read mostly JA fiction anyway these days, so maybe I’m just used to that level of writing.
I even read the author’s preliminary version of a book from Edward’s perspective, which I actually found more interesting than Bella’s take from the Twilight book.
So now they have feminized the male vampire into girly men. Barnabus Collins must be rolling around in his coffin.