Sadly I must say that yes it is a rather accepted and popular sub genre. Not that all the stories are bad mind you, I kind of like some of them but the premise behind of late seems to all be the same. That's probably my only gripe that and well Twilight.

Yeah I agree the earlier Anita Blake's were good, though the Mary Sue element has gotten way out of hand with her getting all the powers of vampirism and werewolves without any real disavantages. That and the over use of sex in the later books kind of turned me off while turning me on too *laughs*