Once again Charlaine has given us another great Sookie story. These are always so entertaining and fun to read. If you haven't read the Sookie Stackhouse series you really need to !

Great book. Love the Sookie Stackouse seires

I thought each book I have read in the Sookie Stackhouse series was great. I hate to see it end.

Sincerely

Teresa

I am glad Sookie used up the magic so she could quit stressing over it! I loved the ending and her choice for whom to use it on! That was the best show of true love. I won't mention the recipient so I don't spoil the ending, although I am sure some have done so. This is my favorite book of the series because of the ending. I so hope the final book sums everything up about everyone and I so want those that live through the entire series to have "happily ever afters". Reality is often not answered dreams with happy endings. This series is not reality, just in case someone did not get that, so please leave reality for the real world and make everyone's dreams come true or at least let them be content!

I have read all of the books when they are released. I am finally getting around to writing the review. It was a pretty boring read, really. Not much happened. Was a let down that it wasn't exploring the relationship between Sookie and Eric very much. They were barely in the story at all together. The ending - was absolutely horrible. I got to the end and said "That's it?" I couldn't believe I had read the last part of the book. It just abruptly ended. Very strange. I will read the next book (#13), as it is the last one and I will want to see if there is some sort of ending to the series. I hope the next (and last) book is much better and worth it. It better not have the ending like this one! I will be glad for the series to be over though....it has been getting more predictable as time went on. Time to move on. Not much more you can do with the series at this point. I just want to know how it ends. Hopefully it will be a satisfying end. We will see. Just wish this book didn't have such a disappointing end.

I'm a big fan of this series, and this did not disappoint! Definitely not the ending I was expecting. I am so sad that this is the second to last novel in the series!

Overall great read I am however not particular about the ending I would have taken it a different route. But that doesn't make it any less wonderful!

Great series, great book, now to wait for the next book...

As always another fantastic read looking forward to the next one can't wait

This book is by far the worst book in the series! It is as if she was writing in a hurry and the ending was an even bigger disappointment.

This book was just as amazing as the prior ones. Once you start reading it you cannot set it down. The ending was not my stories though.

The book was excellent but I didn't like the ending,not knowing what Eric was gonna do is gonna drive me nuts!!!

I thought I read she was releasing the last book in the series May 2012. If this was it I am so disappointed. I loved the books until the last three. No real story line, seems as if it was thrown together in the last chapters. Too many characters, too much space wasted on reminding readers about EVERYTHING that ever happened significant..or not.

At least the author did not do what Laurel Hamilton did with Anita Blake. That series has become a train wreck.

Back to the subject: I hope this was not the end. To leave the characters like this and not let the reader have real closure no matter how it ends is cruel and maybe a bit lazy on the authors end. That's it. Ms. Harris became very lazy and maybe even bored with the later books.

Oh well, nothing we can do.

I have been so mad with this season of True Blood. The characters are completely lost from what Charlaine has made them. This book was my savior through this awful television series. I always feel that the book is better , but most try to follow the same story line. True Blood is not even close. Same names, but not even close on story line. I thought it was good at first because I. Thought it would be the same characters in similar situations. The characters personalities are different and story lines are so far stretched from the book it is depressing. I have been waiting for Quinn to appear in the series and I get Tara turning into a vamp! Horrendous!

This book got me through the worst of this season.it was great! It had all the rules, all the wonderful characters, and suspense. I loved the ending! So happy that she gave all the readers what they needed and are so lacking from the show. I do not think I will continue watching, but I pray for another book!!!

I read some reviews about how disappointing this book was and sorry to say that I agree. I really hope this was a one time thing and that she is not giving it her all now there is an HBO series. As much as I enjoy watching it, it has not lived up to the books.

Having read all of the other "Sookie" books, I kept thinking, "this has to get better. It didn't.

SO disappointed, probably because Ms. Harris spoiled me with her first nine books about a new wave of supernaturals mingling with "normal folks" in the deep south. I'm even hooked on "True Blood", although their storyline has followed the books' plummet as far as I'm concerned. I guess it's time to check out what Anne Rice has been up to lately. I was pleasantly surprised by "Angel Time".

This was the best Sookie book so far!

I have been reading this series for years. It still amazes me. :) good job Charlaine!

I have not only read this entire series, I have been a big fan. My favorite T-shirt is my Bon Temps football T. I have even collected autographed 1st editions of most of the books. I was so excited, and sad, to read the end of Sookie's story. The book in whole is a good book. BUT if you are looking forward to a conclusion you are in for a big let down. It left as if there would be another book. No closure at all. Just like those movies where there is all the build up and you never get the climax, you get so much potential for this great ending after several years with these characters and then nothing!!! I found myself on page 340 of 344 looking at ... and going this can not be it!?! Not even a epilogue! I hope the darn TV series has a better ending when it finishes. Absolute disappointment. Mrs. Harris, this may be your story to tell, but you owed your fans & followers to end it with some true conclusion. This was just an insult. It was worse than the last Dark Tower book that ended the series by repeating the first page of the first book.

I think it's gotten to the point that this series is all about money it was a ridiculous amount to pay for such a short book!! And the book was definately not worth my time

Yes, this book was slower in pace than the others but considering the series is about to come to an end I felt the book was great set up for the final book. Wrapping up a lot of loose ends and I absolutely loved the ending!

This latest Southern Mysteries entry is certainly not short on the action and intrigue. There's plenty of Vampire, Werewolf and Fae drama to go 'round. These pages are long enough to fill you up on your questions from the last book, all while giving you a hearty chunk of new questions to ponder while you wait for the next.

This book is one of the best. I hope Ms Harris continues for a food long while.

I am gravely disappointed to see the series end, and wished it was better.

I loved this series but after this book I'm starting to think the author is loosing her edge, the only reason I kept reading was the growing relationship between Eric and Sookie, and know I'm left with disappointment......

I thought this was the best Sookie Stackhouse yet. I liked that the emphasis was more on the fae and it wasn't as predictable as the others. It had a good amount of Alcide, Bill , Eric, Claude, Dermott and Nial - a good mix. Loved it.

This book was awful, boring, and predictable. Charlaine seems to have lost her touch and/or her interest in this series. I am upset that I spent $15 on a book whose outcome I predicted within the first two chapters.

I have read all of these novels and all were great but this one. This was very boring. Nothing happened. It was a waste of time to read.

Yet another great Sookie book!!!

Fabulously done, so many loose ends were tied up in great fashion!!

For those of u who were bored by it, sorry for ya, go watch True Blood where there's no imagination required.

I'm not saying this was the best book of the series but Ur crazy to say it was the worst.....if that's possible to have a BAD Sookie book!!! Hats off to ya Ms. Harris!

I love all the Sookie books but this was a total waste of money! So boring, no real plot, just a bunch of disjointed stories. Barely any vampires. I had to force myself to finish it. I think Charlaine has done all she can with this series.

I find this series amazing, but this book was crammed with so many details there was almost no content! It strayed from the passion that makes this series so amazing! I just found it pale in comparison! .

I normally snap these up and have them finished in 2 days. This one was awful, took almost 3 weeks. You can tell Charlaine has checked out of this series and is phoning it in. So boring! Do I dare buy the final one when it comes out? Don't waste your money, get it at the library for free if you insist on torturing yourself with it.

Another Master Piece! I can't wait to read the next one!!!!!

I've read all the sookie books and this one has to be in the top 3.

The book wasn't so bad as everyone has stated, however I do agree I'm so disappointed in knowing more with sookie and Eric's relationship.

I don't know where the bad reviews are coming from. This was an awesome book just like the rest. After reading it (and crying at the end) I do get the feeling the next book may be the last. Without saying too much, I'm happy about Sookie's 'magical' choice at the end of this book. I love that Eric didn't get to use her yet again. He'll have to find another way out of the mess he's in..... if he even wants to be out of it now, after the choice Sookie made. I can't wait for the next and possibly (sadly) last book in this series.

I have read all the Sookie books and this one was horrible compared to the others. It was extremely boring. I usually read these books in a matter of 3 days but this time it took me 2 weeks. Don't waste your money and time.

If you've read all the other books, then there is no way you can avoid reading the last book in their series. This was not Charlaine Harris' best book, but it wasn't terrible either. It just doesn't have the same spice as books did in the beginning.

I'm an avid Sookie Book reader and for other fans this is a must read to help with True Blood withdrawals. Not as great/amazing as the other!

Another great C. Harris book. Though I felt it started a bit slow, I was unable to put it down. I felt she addressed a lot of the story lines that had been going on in previous books and the ending had a certain finality about it. It has left me curious about where she may go in her next novel. I guess I will just have to stay tuned.

Of course I read this book because I have read all the others in this series. Wow, it was really really boring. I loved all the others, but this one was a lot about nothing. The action was rushed and not detailed, no romance, and the plot was very predictable. I really hope the next book is better. It seemed to me like the author either wrote this quickly, or is maybe getting tired of this series. Hope the next one is much better!

Another good Sookie adventure! I enjoyed it enormously! CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE!

I have read better books from the series and this one a disappointment!

I think this book was awesome! Perfectly closing doors while opening new exciting ones! I'm hooked! :)

No story or plot

I didn't enjoy the book, the others where better than this one. It was lacking in everything.

Waste of time and money. I loved the first 9 books but the characters have been allowed to stagnate and this book was just plain dull. No sense of drama or comedy, just nothing. Even the "big revelations" we're boring.

This book delivered as all the rest of the series has.

Each book has less and less substance and very little backbone. Renew Sookie as the strong heroine she once was! Find a partner worthy of her love and devotion!

I have to start off by saying that I love the sookie stackhouse books. This one was terribly slow. I kept hoping it would get better so I continued reading. It didn't get truly exciting until the last 100 pages. Hoping for a better story next book!!

I loved the first nine Sookie Stackhouse books. I was a little disappointed in Book 10. I barely remember Book 11. This will be the last book in the series that I try to read. Harris replaces plot with plod and characters with cardboard. The main plot of the book is that there is a dead girl no one knows, with no friends or relatives, who apparently wanted to die, and Eric, Sookie and Pam might possibly for about five minutes be potential almost-suspects. Most of the book follows Sookie around Bon Temps interacting with boring characters most of whom are interchangeable and doing mundane things most of which are uninteresting. Remember how she used to go to the library and get shot or attacked by a werewolf? Now she just goes to the library, which is what I should have done instead of buying this book. Eric is barely in the book, and when he is around, he doesn't do anything. Remember when he regraveled her drive way because she needed it or when he bought her a cranberry coat because she got brains on her old one? Now he shows up on her birthday empty handed with nothing to say. Pam is equally gutted. Bill make a lot of page time, but doesn't do anything other than profess his undying love for Sookie. No dramatic gestures, just words. Harris clearly doesn't care about this series anymore, so, with a heavy heart, I'm following her lead and giving up on it.

I preordered this book because I LOVE the Sookie Stackhouse books. I should have waited for all you fine reviewers to clue me in. I'm halfway through the book and so far Sookie has taken a shipment of beer at Merlottes, washed a few dishes, talked briefly to Niall, joined her friends for girls' night out at a strip club (and even that was boring), and then was questioned ad nauseum by police. This has been a day in the life of Sookie minus all the things that make her interesting. Ms. Harris threw some words together for a fat paycheck, is what this feels like. Bummer for me!

I have loved this series from the beginning, but this book was a total waste of my time and 15.00. Ms. Harris, please don't entertain us with another waste of time.

I have read every stackhouse book and been in love with them. This one feels like an insult. Most of the book feels like random short thoughts about doing meanless things. The last 1/3 of the book is better, which is not saying much because the book is so short. Complete waste of my money, and time. Maybe the author is tired if writing this series, b/c thats what it felt like as i was reading.

If this was the first book of the series I read i would not pick up another one

A great read. I agree that this was better than the last two books. I cannot wait for the next!

Very clear Charlaine Harris is tired of writing. This book was so bad. She took the excitement of Eric and Sookie and made it tired. Sorry but this was a waste of good money.

Lame. The only reason to turn the pages was in the hope of it getting better. It seems as if the reason for the book was to tie up loose ends. It was a "written for TV" book, HBO won't have to change any of the plot or characters to make this one. Maybe Sookie needs to retire.......

I'll start by saying ilove this series. But on that note this book and the last are horrible. I'm happy it was only 372 pgs on my ipad, because I'm really disappointed.

Best so far!!!!

I hate the abrupt ending. The books are always too short. All in all it was one of the better Sookie books in the series. Totally worth reading.

Not as good as the first nine books but def a good ending/cliffhanger for the next book.

I love this series & now I have to wait another year for the next book to come out!!! I read it all in a night, couldn't put it down. Amazing as always.

Charlain Harris

Worst book of the series!!

Fantastic. When is the next book...ideas about where you'll take Sookie

This book was chock full of action, twists and turns then answered so many questions. Sookie's character grew so much. I look forward to where you take her from here.

Will Quinn come back into the picture? He can give her a family.

Will Sookie forgive Bill? after all in the beginning he was on an assignment...he's been a supporter ever since even though Eric was in Sookie's life and heart

Will Eric be gone. He was obviously angry that Sookie chose to use the Clovial Dor magic to save Sam and not to save Eric from deciding how and/if he would deal with the situation with Felipe and Freyda. Loved the whole book. Looking forward to the next one.

Charlaine never disappoints. I'm so pleased w/this book. I tried to read it slowly (ie it took me 3 days instead of 1) because I know I have to wait until next May for the next one. This is the only series I've spent a decade reading, and it's still the one I look forward to the most!

I think this was the worst book yet!

Needed way more Eric.

This book by far is one of my favorite of the series!! It had me on The edge of my seat the whole time I was reading it!! And I have read it twice since it came out!!

I agree with a lot of the other reviews - much like the last book, this one sucked. I feel like I invested in this series and really enjoyed it for a long time. Now, when the next book comes out, I'm uninterested in paying a to read a story that goes nowhere.

Obvious cliffhangers are a slap in the face to readers who have stuck by the series. I flash back to some of the more exciting books (Eric with amnesia, the big scary vampire conference, etc.) and I'm entirely disappointed in these last two books. Neither carried any substance, nor were they fulfilling to read.

Oh, and what happened to Jason?? The guy is a recently turned were panther and he's suddenly super domestic? Right... I loved Jason in the other books (how he often showed up right when Sookie needed him) now he's basically been written off the canvas into his happily-ever-after that does not suit the character we've all grown to love at all.

The second star is only there because of my original love for the series - and my hope that the next story turns things around.

This one was much better than the last one, but still far from the greatness of the earlier books in the series.

Though, I do have high hopes for the grand finale.

Love Sookie and all the unusual characters!

I'm just so sad that the series is coming to an end:-(. I love all of the characters, and wish Ms. Harris would delve deeper into the Eric "story". When "and if" the series ends at book 13, I hope Eric turns Sookie and they live through eternity together, he as king of Louisiana and she as his Queen. I just hope Sookie does not end up with Bill, unlike his HBO counterpart, I think the "book" Bill is a wimp, and sneaky. After all when I first started reading the Sookie series, way back when the first book came out. I was lead to believe it "was" going to be about, Sookie and a thousand year old Viking Vampire, and I was disappointed to have to wait SO long for that to happen.

Let's hope for all of us who love Ms. Harris's books so much, that the end of the series is well over 400 pages. I like many read the Sookie books in one in one sitting, find it frustrating that after devouring another Sookie Stackhouse novel, I'm crying out, "that's all"?

In closing I'd like to thank Ms. Harris, for years of enjoyment with this series. Let's just hope that it's not the end of Sookie and the Bon Temps gang, let's hope they make occasional appearances in the years to come. :-D

As with the last few books in this series very few things are settled and there are too many loose ends. Mrs. Harris spends too much time on unimportant subplots. Personally I would have like to see more about the love triangle between Sookie, Eric and Bill. Eric had a very small part in the book. The relationship between Sookie and Eric is very unfulfilling and it lacks substance. Now we have to wait another year (or longer) to find out where Mrs. Harris is going with the series.

I'm also disappointed with the high cost of the ebook, $14.99.

Yet another page turner! I only wish the ending had been different.

I could not put the book down.....can't wait for the next adventure of Sookie!!!

True nail-biter!!!

These last few books haven't been good:( I feel like she is trying to squeeze the last few dimes from her fans by extending this series!! This book sucked and so did the previous one! I hope she does right by us with the next one..

....If you're into the series. Had a few giggles. Characters are what they are and nothing less. Can't help but feel like it this edition was yet another filler book (@ full price ) to bring us along to the end scene. Might wait and see on the next one. Avid fan of both written and screen storyline. I love this tale, always will, but this edition had nothing to sink your teeth into.

As always, I love the adventure and Sookie does not disappoint. I do admit that there is not nearly enough Viking sex in this book.

This is the worst of the series. It was actually depressing. Hope the next one is better....

I expected more. More excitement, more mystery more ERIC!!! I am disappointed. As I was with the last book. She's falling off big time with this series.

Ms. Harris has done it again!!! Created a story that just pulls the reader in! I just wish Sookie's brain moved a lot quicker haha! But I love the book! Definite summer read!

I waited a long time for this book to be released and I was so excited when it finally arrived to my iPad. It took me only a few short days to complete the 400 page novel. I began reading the novels after watching two season of True Blood so I was already a bit biased on my opinions of the characters and how I like to see them portrayed. As seasons have passed, I've noticed tremendous differences in the characters and story lines. All in all, I tend to like the writers from the show better than Charlaine's writing, especially when it comes to the dialogue. Sookie is in her mid to late twenties but Charlaine has this incredible ability to portray her as a 50 year old woman. Sookie refers to Eric as her "honey", and records episodes of Jeopardy at her home. Really? This is a beautiful, young faery who's life is in complete chaos due to other faeries, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings and she's going to watch Jeopardy in her spare time? I see that Charlaine is trying to keep the idea in tact that Sookie is still this normal, Southern girl but it comes off so cheesy, it's just very difficult to take seriously.

Anyway, the first few books of the series were wonderful. True Blood fans do love the romance and the sex involved in the story lines. Whatever people say these novels are about, it's not so much about supernatural beings and mysteries. It's about Sookie and her love life. We want to know who she is with and the intimate details of their relationship. So this novel was a huge letdown for me when all 5 of her love interests (Eric, Bill, Alcide, Quinn, and Sam) appeared in one way or another and Sookie felt pangs in her heart for all of them but NOTHING happened. She barely even touched Eric, her boyfriend. The novel was so anti-climatic in regards to the bigger picture of the problem at hand, which is that Eric's maker promised him to another vampire, a queen in fact. The only thing that could keep him and Sookie together is the cluviel dor (if Sookie chooses to use it for this situation).

I know there was a big revelation at the end of the novel, when Sookie does use the cluviel dor in an emergency (I will not spoil this for anyone) which was the only good part about this book. If anyone has seen the Harry Potter films, Part I of the Deathly Hallows was a big anti-climatic film that's only purpose was to get the viewers hyped up and lead into the big finale of Part II of the Deathly Hallows. There was no hype in this book. There was just confusion as to where the story could possibly end from here. Since Book 13 is said to be the last book, I wish I had an inkling as to what she'll even discuss and what in this book will be relevant to the next.

In closing, Charlaine could have saved me the $15 and combined book 12 and 13.

I am a huge fan of Charlaine Harris, but this book just wasn't the best. A slight disappointment for me.

I'm so tired of Eric Northman! I keep hoping Sookie will either fall for Bill again or Sam. However, I love this series and deadlocked did not disappoint. Maybe the next book will have Eric flying off to vampire never never land, one can only hope. Looking forward to the next Sookie adventure!

Awful. Ms. Harris seems to be trying to change her characters into the versions Alan Ball cultivated for the t.v series.

Thank you Ms. Harris for bringing back the real Sookie Stackhouse. I was so disappointed after the last book. I felt I was reading about strangers. But you turned it around and gave us another incredible look into the lives of all the characters you made us love and care about.

I must say that I am very saddened that the story is coming to an end. I can see where you are leading us, and I guess it needs to end this way, but....

I want Sookie to live happily everafter with Eric. I want her to remain friends with all the "regulars". I want to think of Sookie as living a glamorous exciting life amongst the Supernatural, helping Eric become King, and she would be his Queen.

But it's your story, and I thank you for all the wonderful adventures you have led us on, and letting us share Sookie's incredible journey.

I will always love the Sookie Stackhouse books and will continue to read them over and over.

Thank you for sharing your wonderful story with us, and I can't wait for the next book.

I am a huge Sookie STACKHOUSE and True Blood fan- but this book was a BORE! Doubt this series will survive without hot vampire/Supe sex and romance! Especially now with the sex and romance bar raised so high by Fifty Shades Trilogy!

Sad to say- maybe Charlaine has lost her passion for this series. Please don't write any more, Charlaine, if you don't re-kindle the fire and passion for theses characters!

After reading Dead Reckoning, I really thought that Charlaine Harris was coming down to an immediate end to Sookie's storyline. She had already stated that she would stop if she felt that she had nothing more to give to this particular series; and with the last book, I was certain that Deadlocked would be the one tie it all up. Thankfully, that was not the case.

Dead Reckoning was probably my least favorite, whereas Deadlocked was one of the best. And, WOW, one more on the horizon! She has done a great job of maturing Sookie through the series, and this book was the pinnacle of that development. Wherever she takes her character in the end, my hat is off to Mrs. Harris & her fans, because it's been a great ride!

I read this book in 3 days! Can't wait or the next one!!!

Such a disappointment.

Sorry, but this book was BAD! It does not deserve even 1 star. Still love ya Sookie!

I loved the book! It kept me up all night until I finished it. The only thing that I didn't like was how you are left hanging at the end. I know it's done purposely to have you waiting eagerly for the next book, but it still drove mr crazy!!! Can not wait till the next one!!

Why do these books always have to end? I could read them forever!

With only one more book until the end of the series, it's nice to see Charlaine Harris get this train back on it's track. The last 4 books have been fun quick reads, but totally not up to par with the rest of the series and almost like she didn't care. (I don't thinks he did. She never intended to write the series this long, and got pushed to by her publisher.)

This book begins to bring closure to all sorts of loose ends and hanging threads, but you won't like all of the closure. In fact, where this leads I don't think I'm going to be happy with where Sookie ends up… but I'm dying to find out anyway.

I was so excited about this book, but I found that I was somewhat disappointed. Found it lacking in many ways, and I only hope that her next one is better than this one was.

I've been a fan of these books since the beginning. Downloaded this one this morning and just finished! I couldn't put it down! Can't wait to see who Sookie ends up with! :-D

The last couple of Sookie books were a little off for me, but Charlaine set all to rights with this one. I LOVE this series again and what a good way to lead us into the final stages of this story. This book was well worth the wait.

I love charlaine Harris. Her books keep me at the edge of my seat. I only wish they were longer and that there were more because I always love to sink my teeth into her books. I cannot wait for her new one. And it's coming out 2 days before my birthday, what a great birthday present

I have ready every sookie stackhouse books more then once. Every time a new book comes out I will read them all over again from book 1 to the new thats coming out. As right now I'm starting at book one so by the time this one comes out I will be all caught up n ready to read this one. CAN'T WAIT UNTIL IT COMES OUT!!!!