second this! Love their tension - cat is half vampire, and in the first book, her "life goal" is to exterminate all vampires... But then she gets caught by bones and everything changes. Halfway to the grave is the first book - read the teaser
here and i guarantee you will be hooked...
yes... All of this.
the vampire academy series by richelle mead is also pretty good - it's more along the lines of twilight, and directed towards teen (high schoolers, probably) readers. Got all that teenager angst, but a pretty good plotline too.
i loved this! I don't know how i could've forgotten. The last book "last sacrifice" will be out on december 7th. This is a ya series and is much better than others i have read.
black dagger brotherhood is a bit different - it belongs more to the "clan of tough (angsty) dark (tortured) heroes who run around chopping things up until the right woman comes along and calms them down" group that has gotten more popular lately...
jr ward's writing can get on one's nerves easily (especially with all that slang), but the plotline is generally good (until phury's book, which is the 6th?). It's also got a huge cult following.
it took a while for me to get used to their names. I was rolling my eyes for a good 3rd of the first book. I couldn't even finished the last book (lover mine). I will, but i was really disappointed with where it went. The next in the series will be out march of 2011 (lover unleashed)