I read some volumes of ASN when a friend of mine scanned them somewhere. The plot is really good and it hooks you, but actually? The characters weren't of my taste, and I disliked both the pigtailed girl and the dark-haired guy who had the hots for Main Character. So... um.

Skip Beat I haven't read because it's not really my kind of shoujo and starts horribly (too real world, asshole guy, set on revenge). I tend to dig fantasy or urban fantasy settings better.