I'd been dying to read this book (excuse the pun) for awhile now, because I thoroughly enjoyed True Blood, the TV series on which it is based.

I wasn't exactly disappointed, but I was hardly blown away. The story started out very strong. We are introduced to Sookie, then Bill, then Sookie's grandmother. Sookie saves Bill, then Bill saves Sookie, then Sookie and Bill have lots of sex. LOTS! It's pretty erotic, but nothing I haven't read before, and not nearly as graphic as the television show. I was thinking that this is shaping up to be a really good read.

Then at around 70% or so, things start to take a turn for the worse. The typos, which had up to that point been barely noticeable, because to get more numerous. Sookie hears things and either takes them completely in her stride (the story is written in first-person, by the way, from Sookie's perspective), or acts as though she already knows, when she obviously doesn't and there is no explanation given for why she would. It's almost as if the author was rushing to get the story finished.

Towards the end (from 90% or so onwards), things start to get better again. The ending was quite satisying, although the fight scene at the end is a little unrealistic.

I don't think it was worth the hype, but I will most definitely be picking up the next in the series, nonetheless!