Lila in Dexter: The Books vs. The Series

Have you read the Dexter novels? If you've read Jeff Lindsay's Dexter novels, then you're in a position to share your perspectives on how artfully and successfully the series addresses the characters and events he created in the books. Which adaptations are a service to the storyline, which discredit it?

Here are defferences of Lila in the books and in the series

PLOT/CHARACTER ELEMENT
Lila


HOW THE BOOKS PORTRAY IT:
Does not exist in the book.


HOW THE SERIES PORTRAYS IT:
Has a short-term extremely sexual relationship with Dexter. In that short span Dexter is very open to her and only stops short of revealing that he is a serial killer.
!!SPOILER ALERT!!
In the end she discovers it by herself. She saves Dexter's freedom by killing Doakes, but as a result of that, she satisfied the code of Harry and thus becomes one of Dexter's victims.

WHICH IS BETTER?
This character is a great manifestation of the "devil" side of Dexter who goads him to just set himself "free". Although Lila eventually becomes a sort of semi-antagonist in the story.

I go with the series on this one since I think it is a good compromise instead of following the book's concept of the Dark Passenger. It avoids turning the show onto the stereotypical pop/occult storyline.
DearlyDevotedToDex: Also depends on your opinion. The fact that he had thought he, himself was the killer was also something that made him seem less in control, therefore, making him seem a bit weak (at least to this Dexter fan).

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