Curiously enough, her fear of blood is never touched on again. I'm sure it won't bother you to hear that, in the final act of the book, she gets nearly torn to shreds by a rival vampire...but her own broken bones and blood hardly provoke anything like the reaction to those finger-prickings. (Granted, she was very likely in shock by then, but still.) I'm guessing it was a random thought by the author that she subsequently forgot.
Bella in the second half of the book, actually, is almost (almost!) endearing in her total lack of a sense of self-preservation. Half of their conversations involve him going, "And then my dad ripped the throats out of a bunch of deer," and her being like, "Tell me more." *fascinated*
(One of the rare moments when I liked what Meyer was doing was the point when Edward admitted he kept sharing creepy details because he kept expecting the next one to scare her away and couldn't believe his luck, and that he was awed and grateful that she stayed despite knowing what she did. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever really forgive her for the disaster that was the first half of the book, or Bella's treatment of everybody who isn't Edward or her parents.)
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Bella in the second half of the book, actually, is almost (almost!) endearing in her total lack of a sense of self-preservation. Half of their conversations involve him going, "And then my dad ripped the throats out of a bunch of deer," and her being like, "Tell me more." *fascinated*
(One of the rare moments when I liked what Meyer was doing was the point when Edward admitted he kept sharing creepy details because he kept expecting the next one to scare her away and couldn't believe his luck, and that he was awed and grateful that she stayed despite knowing what she did. Sadly, I don't think I'll ever really forgive her for the disaster that was the first half of the book, or Bella's treatment of everybody who isn't Edward or her parents.)