I generally hate romance as a genre, but the books were fun. There was just enough story / action / suspense to keep me reading.
Have to say I very much preferred hunger games though. Katniss has a more normal and healthy amount of interest in men, which makes her a way more interesting character.
I remember my daughter reading The Hunger Games trilogy, and raving about them. So I read them and was really impressed. I *got* Katniss much more than many other book heroines. And by golly did Jennifer Lawrence nail the role in the film.
Daughter read the first Twilight book and threw it down with a disgusted look on her face. I asked her what it was, and she said, "BOOOORRRRRIIIINNNNGGGG!" She refuses to pick up another Twilight book to this day. She's 14 going on 15, and has always been rather counter to what her friends and peers think. She never liked Bieber, nor Bratz dolls, nor Hannah Montana, One Direction, and she thinks Twilight ranks up there as a total waste of her time and energy. She much prefers anime, horror films, and music like My Chemical Romance, deathmau, and skrillex.
I picked it up and read it, and wound up reading the series, and it had me interested enough to see what happened. Daughter is currently seeking a mental institution to put me into since she thinks I've lost my mind.
I presented the Bechdel Test to her, and her solution is to make her own anime series and her own films. I said things are looking better, but she wants to be an active part in the game too.