I love this show! Twatlight doesn't even hold a candle to the Sookie Stackhouse series! My bf and I watched seasons one and two, and we started the third season, only seen the first episode so far since we don't have HBO =(
I'll admit while the story itself is good, I hardly like any of the female characters. Even Sookie sometimes. She gets really annoying for a while but then redeems herself somehow. Tara gets on my damn nerves with how stubborn she is. Maryanne was a good character, but she was creepy as hell, lol. Jessica definitely grew on me, she's still a little bitch, I hated what she did to Hoyt (sp?) at the end of season 2/beginning of season 3.
As for the guys, I do love Bill (sideburns ftw!!!) and as much of an asshole that Eric is, I quite like him too, especially after the haircut. Sam is probably my favorite though, he gets fucked over so many times though, poor guy =/ Its fun watching Jason screw up because he gets good character development. Gotta love Lafayette, he is just such a fabulous queen! XD
I really do want to read the books, though I do understand there are a lot of differences, I like to think of the tv series as a parallel universe to the books.
And gotta love that opening theme! I have it as a ringtone <3