Oh gosh, it's been so long since I read this, but I remember my feelings about it exactly, so here goes... 
 A couple of years ago I happened upon this book while browsing around in Barnes and Noble. I took one look at the cover and fell in love. I know, I know. You're never supposed to judge a book by its cover. But just look at it! It's so beautiful... 
 It's just so awesome, with the snarling shadow of the wolf, and the blood, and Red Riding Hood with an axe. This cover promised such an epic story that I just had to read it right away. 
 Boy, did I learn my lesson. Never. Ever. Ever judge a book by its cover. 
 Sadly, while the epically amazing cover promises an equally epic and amazing story, the story falls far short of the amazing. The book fails to deliver on its promise. I mean, don't get me wrong, the general gist of the story is compelling. But, unfortunately the book fails on two counts. 
 One, the romance. Oh dear goodness the romance. Red Riding Hood you disappoint me. The cover showed you hacking up the big bad wolf with an axe, not worrying about which pretty boy you should date. "Durr... Should I date the sensitive yet charming blacksmith or the hawt emo bad boy???" 
 Sigh... 
 How about this: 
 Nobody cares! 
 This crappy love triangle thing has been done to death by every teen romance in existence. Instead of this why don't you focus on the actual interesting part of the plot? You know, like, who's the werewolf? 
 Oh, speaking of that... 
 Don't even get me started. I know I should have seen it coming. I mean, it says right on the cover that it's a movie tie in... to a movie that hadn't premiered yet. Oops. Naturally, the story hinged on the twist of the werewolf's identity, and in order to not spoil the movie I guess, the book just ends. Right. Before. We. Find. Out. 
 It's not the mark of a good book when your book ends before the climax. But, I'll give it some credit, it did make me want to see the movie and find out what happens. Is this book the worst? No. But it's far far far from the best. It's just not a cohesive story or even very well written. It makes me kinda frustrated because it had such good potential. 
 Even though I didn't particularly enjoy this book, a couple of months ago when we were clearing out some of the clutter in the house I came across the book and promptly threw it... 
 ...In the keep pile. After all, that is just one awesome cover. 
 As for what I thought of the movie... It was okay, I guess. Far less annoying than the book, but I'm sure that had to do with the fact that it was a complete story, beginning, middle, and end. If only I could say the same for the book. 
 If you like Twilight then you'll like this book. It was a bit more interesting. However, if you are expecting an amazingly written one-of-a-kind story, this clearly isn't it.