My oldest wanted to read them when she was about 9 or 10. I reluctantly read them first because I wanted to make sure they were appropriate for her. I'm just a little embarrassed to say I got completely sucked into them within the first couple pages. Completely. And yes, I've re-read them a few times.

Please don't judge me.

Good escapism.
However adore the Anita Blake series. Vampires and Shape Shifters for adults.

LOVE them! I have all dvds and anything to do with vampires, zombies, etc. I got.. But if I had to pick, True Blood is the best vampire series out there to date.

Only saw the movies so I can not comment.

It's a snooze fest.

I'm with team Van Helsing to wipe out both vampires and werewolves in that series. Just kidding. I've not watched one movie.

I didn't care for the movies. I enjoyed the books. For me The Host was a great sci-fi book. I like Stephanie Meyer because to me she's extremely visual. She should have made a series of The Host for me.

I've read them. They were good. I own the DVDs too.

I read and mostly enjoyed the wierdness - simple fast reads - until the last book which was full on crap.

My teenage granddaughter wanted me to read them so I could talk to her about them. I did, and thought them about right for a teen. When I was her age, I was just getting out of fairy tales and King Arthur. Didn't seem to hurt her. When my other granddaughter read them, I was just glad to see her reading ANYTHING.

It was an a young adult thing.... i didnt get to in to it...sorry.

I admit it - I read them. A fun bit of fluff, nothing more nothing less

I hated them from the start. I grew up playing Ravenloft campaigns in AD&D and studying traditional folk lore so the idea of sparkly, teen angst vampires repulsed me from day one. I never read the books and a friend convinced me to watch the first movie with them. Before it started I told them exactly what would happen, politely sat through the whole thing and when it ended just said "well, I called that."

Good reading for early teens.

I haven't read them

Vampires that shimmer...no, just no.

Crap. Can't say anything more.