The first 6 books or so are good trashy fun. And Eric is the best character, just like he's the best character on the show.

And then it goes to complete utter trout. You should read some of the Amazon reviews for the last books. I think people were ready to stone the author. The book series ended pretty terribly as far as I can tell. I gave up on the books after awhile and only read the synopsis for the last book.