The Twilight series is not in any way unique in presenting a view of the world that is not based in reality or particularly Christian. In fact, there are few fiction books out there for teens that are.
Of the popular authors writing popular books for teens, Twilight does have one of the best moral underpinnings. You can complain because it isn’t Christian-based, but the characters speak of morality, they talk of virtue, the books show a struggle between good and evil where good not only can triumph, but does so by being good and virtuous.
No problem with people who ban all these books from their children. My daughter read Twilight, but lost interest. Of course, she’s more of a BF Saul fan (horror murder novels).
What are the competition? Harry Potter, with wizards and warlocks and while nobody seems to sleep around there is no talk about not doing so. The House of Night novels by PC Cast — where the good guys are vampires, the bad guys are vampires but also conservative christians, where they imply that the Virgin Mary is just another manifestation of a pagan Goddess, where the kids regularly have sex, and homosexuality is the norm.
How about Patterson? His “Maximum Ride” novels are about genetic experiments gone wrong; there are no good religious characters, it is all about global warming and saving the planet and the evil people are corporations and meglomaniac billionares.
OK, I guess there’s something to be said for the fact that I have read all the books in all these series that I just mentioned. Of them, Twilight was the least well-written, but it was enjoyable enough. I find so long as I don’t look to fiction for validation of my worldview, I can enjoy stuff like this.
Of course, I’m also a big fan of the Ender’s series, which in no way reflects a christian or particularly religious world view; I also love all sorts of science fiction, which rarely deals kindly with my belief system.
I’m certainly not as steeped in mormonism at the poster of this thread, but I am somewhat familier with the tenets of the faith, and I don’t remember anything particularly “mormon” about Twilight. In fact, I remember reading a couple of reviews where mormons trashed the book as not being very good in that regard.
Try some of Stephen Lawhead's fiction and SciFi. He is a devout Christian and instills the Christian values and even the Gospel within most of his books, but does so in a very very subtle way. Freep Mail me if you want a list of the best of his books.