I love the Sookie Stackhouse books--they're so easy to read and the story is so good that I fly through the books. I loved Eric in this book especially, but I actually really like him in general because he's so attentive to Sookie (even when he's being typical selfish Eric). I love Sookie in the books so much more than in True Blood--she's much more relatable and much less irritating; I KNOW I shouldn't compare the books to the True Blood series, but I can't help it!! I know I'll be disappointed when I get to the end of this series.