While this book was definitely better than it's predecessor Dead in the Family, I still felt like the Sookie Stackhouse series has taken a turn for the not-so-good. Dead Reckoning picks up a few weeks after the events of Dead in the Family and simulataneously focuses on Sookie and Co.'s dislike of Victor the regent for the King of Louisiana who dislikes Eric immensely and the strange fire the occurs at Merlott's at the beginning of the book. Everything is intertwined together even if it's not all directly related. 
 I just found the way this book was set up a little strange. It didn't seem to flow really well and relationships between Sookie and everyone (except Sam) were awkward at best. I was a little put off reading this book because it seemed like a lot of decisions that Sookie made came out of left field. In fact, the whole exchange between Alcide (in his like 2 pages in the book) and Sookie was just worthless. I wonder if Charlaine Harris felt like she had to include everyone in the book even if they ha no point in being there? 
 Probably one of the only things I did like was Sookie giving acknowledgement to her future. With the series coming to an end in two more books, it's definitely something that needs to be addressed. I guess Charlaine Harris is getting everyone ready. I'm interested in the possibilities that Harris has started with events in this book. There's a lot that was resolved within the story proper itself, but in the overall series story there were a lot of threads left open. Probably the biggest one is the question of Sookie and Eric's relationship. I mean we all know that as of this moment Sookie is human and will age whereas Eric, obviously is an already long-lived vampire. What future could they have? Well, Harris has certainly started setting us on the path. I think by the way things are going so far that we will get a solid conclusion on Sookie's future in the last book instead of having to fill in the blanks on our own (fingers crossed it happens that way). 
 So, while I'm trying not to be put off about the quality of the last couple of books, I keep reminding myself that there's only two more and I really do want to see how everything ends up. Until Then!