New Stephenie Meyer Book

The volume is named The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner and it looks like this:

I am not sure how I feel about this cover. While it is obvious it’s trying to reference the covers of the Twilight series (one central element, mostly red, on a black background), I am not particularly fond of the way the hourglass is drawn — I look at it and think “meh”. Other times it just looks cartoonish. A far cry from the first Twilight cover that captivated me at first sight.

The Amazon summary is very concise:

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

It does make me like the cover a bit more because the “they prepare to close in” part perfectly matches the “time is running out” idea that the hourglass on the cover expresses. I still don’t like the said hourglass though.

What do you think? Do you like this cover? How do you feel about the idea of another book in the Twilight saga?

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner is scheduled for release on June 5, 2005.
Preorder at Amazon.com

More details about the book on Ms. Meyer’s website.