UPDATE: two hours of locking myself in my room reading. Almost at page 50.
I have to admit, I'm falling in love with Edward as I hear him more announced in the story. But don't be alarmed, it's the movie's fault.
They introduced me to the actor playing Edward (not personally *rolls eyes*) and I thought he was pretty cute. But then as they describe him in the book and I put the face to the actions, it adds up.
So yeah, I guess you could say I'm losing the bet pretty fairly at this point. Not by a tug of a lot, because Bella's character seems so gloomy. Too gloomy to like. It's either that or her town that's pulling me into a strange blurr, to the point where what's happening in the book is blurry so I can't fully understand and enjoy it.
But you're right at some things. I'll give you CullClones credit for that.