On a slightly unrelated note, what did y'all think of Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver? A lot of people derided it as "Twilight for Team Jacob" but I actually really liked it.
I thought it echoed some good aspects of Twilight--namely, the chilling-but-somehow-also-sexy mood--but with better prose and less creepy moralizing.
Oh, I loved Shiver. There was just something about it - a combination of the relatable, likeable characters (I rooted for werewolf Sam so much, I really wanted him to get his happy ending), a clever and unique way of adapting the werewolf lore, and beautiful writing (although it did get a bit flowery and mentioned wombs etc, but I think if you want beautiful writing from a male POV you're going to have to expect to suspend your disbelief a little).
Plus, I'm never usually a fan of pnr romance because of how the LIs are always super-powerful, super-dangerous, and super-hot - usually controlling, intimidating, and more like 30-yr-old men in their looks and behaviour than 18-yr-old boys.
Sam Roth from Shiver was probably a bit unrealistic with all his leaky womb references and deep thinking, but he was also a refreshing change from the surfeit of domineering bad boy vamps/woves/faeries out there, in that he was sensitive and thoughtful, and had insecurities and flaws and weaknesses like a normal 18-yr-old boy. He was mature in a different way, because he'd had to cope with things no child/teen should cope with, because he knew his life was ending - not because he was 107 years old with a fully mature mind.
But, I'm a hugely biased fangirl! One of the best things about books is how individual they are - how a book can be loved by one person and hated by another. Twilight spoke to people and so did Shiver, but others didn't like those books and preferred something totally different. If we all liked the same books it would be a very boring world!