I'm a HUGE Sookie Stackouse (hence, Charlaine Harris) fan but I'll admit, I was a bit disappointed by this fourth book. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed. I liked the "new" Eric. My problem was that it seemed as though the book was very drawn out. So I liked it because I like the characters but I wasn't jumping up and down over it. I loved the first three and so I'm still going on to the fifth because I think maybe she was just having a lull in her writing...plus there's the whole Bill thing...but without revealing too much I'll leave it at that.