I adore the series so far but I was a hard core Vampire Diaries book reader as a tween (I wasn't even a teenager when they came out and I read them originally LOL). The show is h-o-t-t HOT and for those of you expecting that out of the books, don't. They are muy PG. But the books are great. Anyway, my main complaint with the show is that everyone keeps comparing it to Twilight. I love both series(es?) but Vampire Diaries came first, by a LONG shot. LJ Smith was writing this series while Stephenie Meyer wasn't even out of high school