I thought the movie was way better

Nope! I was so disappointed with the book. I saw the movie first and was excited to read the book (books are generally better than the movies made from them!), but can't believe people think the book is better. I too hated all of the characters and think the book had a bit too much of a high school feel (immature characters and situations). I haven't read any of them, but I imagine the Twilight series is of similar caliber to the book "Blood and Chocolate".

I agree too. I saw the movie first and loved it! Then I sought out the book which is something I generally do after watching a movie I like...and added to that was the amount of people on here raving about it. I have to admit I barely made it through the first reading of it and have no intentions of ever reading it again whereas I've seen the movie several times. I felt no attachment whatsover for the characters in the novel whereas in the movie I actually liked Vivian and Aiden. In the book her and the other characters just seemed so shallow.

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"They have to stay. Or else we haven't learned a thing." - Abraham Bernstein

Blood & Chocolate is my favorite book! The way it's written is so beautiful and engrossing, as are the characters. Vivian, and especially Gabriel is so much better in the book. The only good thing about the movie is the actors who played the characters which were all on point- but that doesn't really matter when the movie butchered the plot of the book. I was incredibly excited when I found out they were making this movie, and then even more incredibly disappointed when I saw it.
Moving the setting from Maryland to Romania was jarring enough, but then to not have the characters be in high school weakens the plot. It could have and should have been more hip & teen/young-adult oriented. Vivian struggling with her werewolf identity served as metaphor for adolescence! Taking it out of high school just made it more generic.
Vivian ending up with Gabriel in the book was perfect and showed her to follow her most basic instincts- as opposed to the movie where she just went with Aiden to rebel.
Plus, her working in a chocolate shop was just stupid and catered to people who can't grasp the true concept of 'Blood' and 'Chocolate' as representations of Vivian's wolf and human desires.
The movie isn't horrible, but it was a shame because the book is flawless.

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I read the book after seeing the movie and loving it. I think I would have enjoyed the book more had I been younger. I personally did not care for Vivian in the book, but liked Gabriel, while it was vice versa with the movie. I was expecting the book to be better than the movie, as they usually are, but I didn't find it to be true in this case.