Decent enough, but I think that the Sookie series is starting to grate on me a little. I can honestly say that if I hadn't been listening to this book as opposed to reading it, I'd probably have never finished it. Part of what irritates me about this series is the whole Sookie/Sam dynamic. It's pretty obvious that Sam is Sookie's destined partner (view spoiler)[even if you aren't aware that they eventually end up married with a ton of kids (hide spoiler)] and it's kind of frustrating that nine books in, we've yet to see them actually make any true headway. It doesn't help that every time Harris brings in a love interest for Sam, she inevitably ends up not staying with him by the end of her introduction book. It's like we're being browbeaten with the fact that Sookie will eventually grow past her current flames and realize that the baloney pony she needs to be riding is Sam's rather than Eric, Bill, or whatever other guy is introduced. (view spoiler)[Never a bad time for an Evangelion reference. (hide spoiler)] 
 There is some movement on the fairy front, but so far I can't help but get the impression that this could and probably should have been a shorter book or condensed into the next book- if what I've heard about that one is any indication.