After seeing the movie, I expected the book to be significantly different/better, as is usually the case, but in this case, the Book and the Movie are very close to each other, so I wouldn't say there was a huge difference.

The book was quite good, but a bit teenage girlish. But given the intended audience, thats no surprise.

I quite enjoyed it, and have the rest of the series still to read as well, so will post thoughts on them as well.