Most characters undergo a name and gender change, though their core roles remain similar:
Meyer utilized the anniversary edition to fix what she called "mythology mistakes" (specifically how Alice's visions work) and refined approximately 70% of the original prose that had bothered her for a decade. Vida Y Muerte Stephenie Meyer epub
The novel serves as a literary experiment to address criticisms that Bella Swan was a "damsel in distress". By swapping genders—introducing and the vampire Edythe Cullen —Meyer aims to prove that the power imbalance in the story is a result of species (vampire vs. human) rather than gender. 2. Character Reimagining Most characters undergo a name and gender change,