Well, as long as it's in the Charlaine Harris universe you're going to have werewolves and plenty of other were's as well. I've read all of her Sookie Stackhouse novels and I love them. I wonder if Jason will ever turn into a were panther in the TV series?
It's just weird how the TV show has the same characters but the story lines have been changed to give more depth to certain characters and to even give them a completely different story line altogether. For instance Lafayette is one of the more popular characters in the TV series, whereas in the books we barely got a chance to know him before he was killed off.