I'm allso hooked on the show, and I like the storyline better in the shows than in the books. I don't say that books are so bad, but they are very different from the show many ways and they are made a little younger people than me but I still liked the books, and I specially liked the last book best. I didn't think it was hard to follow and the dark dimension was the most interesting part.
I am in Damon's side too, he's shown his sensitive side and he doesn't pretend to be better than he is, and he is a vampire, so he drinks human blood, but in later in show's doesn't kill his victims. I don't like that Stefan tries to be "a better vampire" by drinking animal blood, copying Edward. In the books he drinks human blood and in show I would liked if he did so. So little twilight effect there.
And I was shocked when I realize that Damon didn't kiss Elena in the last episode, I really thought that she was Elena, not Kathrine. And I hoped she was Elena (except the knife part), cause I would love to see Elena with Damon. But there is not long wait anymore, two weeks and then it continues.