WTF! 
 ****SPOILERS INCOMING**** 
 I hesitated for several months before purchasing this novel but curiosity finally got the better of me. I knew something was wrong when I saw the book wasn't in first person anymore. The idea that Eric and Sookie's relationship, after being tested again many times over in nearly every book, to suddenly end on a sour note boggles my mind. This man has sacrificed his life, his business, his reputation, his freedom, and the life of his most treasured protege to keep Sookie breathing and safe. It may have taken her a while to realize how much work he put into keeping them together, but their ties went beyond blood. That being said, watching their relationship become virtually non-existent in this novel was extremely frustrating to read. In the last few books, Sookie carries on endlessly about how she misses Eric, and yet when he can steal away time to come see her, she's too angry or too tired to give him more than a few moments of her presence. 
 Now this novel has the audacity to demonize his character in some bogus secret plot to keep other men from Sookie while he spends the rest of his existence in vampire wedlock? I've never been more insulted as a reader in my life! After all Eric has done to safeguard her life, does Sookie try to find a way to save him? Does she utilize her wide range of supernatural resources to help? Nope, she just checks her email and reads a book whilst daydreaming about babies. 
 Sookie revisits all her past and potential lovers in some sort of "who's she gonna pick?" parade. It's disgustingly obvious from the beginning removing any and all suspense factors from the story. It makes no sense for a person, who has been 100% friend zoned throughout the entire book series to suddenly become our heroines ideal man. The sheer thought of it is a contradiction of every bit of Sookie's character in the first five novels. 
 I'm disappointed as fan and long-time reader of this series. I've watched the characters I've grew to love and admire be written out and killed off inharmoniously. Now the ones who remain are stuck in an irreversible fate while Sookie walks off into the sunset with her new dog. I remember the days when I used to speed through these novels in a matter of hours. This one took over a month with moderate effort to make myself sit down and finish it. In the end, it wasn't worth it.