What in the world is the Genre?
The genre is Fantasy. If you like books like this one I recommend the entire series, also books like Harry Potter, or Eragon Series.
Characters
Some of the characters are Bella, Edward, Jacob, And Renesme. Bella Is the main character, in this book Edward is Bella's husband ( in the other books he is only her boyfriend). Jacob is Bella's childhood friend, And finally Renesme is Bella & Edward's child.