Ah yes, I see what you're saying. Although I'm a little more sympathetic to the Twilight situation, if only because the only characters who are at all compelling are the Native American characters. And maybe Dr. Cullen, who has an interesting faith journey. But the rest of the cast doesn't really have any unique personality (in my opinion); Jacob (the main Native American character) does, and has a brilliant struggle and character development arc in the second book, and is way, way too good for Bella. But then, you've heard my thoughts on her.

Of course, they're still werewolves with all the tropes that entails, so despite the reasoning, there's still that element of savage that makes it easy to question.