Deadlocked was a little better than the previous too, but not by much. It definitely needed more Eric and less other stuff. Between the vampires, fae, werewolves, elves, etc there is just so much and I have a hard time keeping some stuff strait. 
 I'm glad that the next Sookie Stackhouse book will be the last. I feel like this series jumped the shark a couple books ago and if this was still going to be an ongoing series I'm not sure I would continue.