Quick easy read, a bit insubstantial but like popcorn in that you just keep gobbling. It was nicely paced, zipping along at a good clip. Most enjoyable part was I think the main character. I genuinely liked Sookie, which I wasn't expecting (largely because on the very first page she starts describing her appearance and that's a particular writing turn-off for me). But she's likeable and kind and has good relationships with other women. She's not particularly well-educated but is still intelligent, and I enjoyed her domestic streak - it certainly makes a pleasant change from the urban fantasy protagonists who are all too frequently (and boringly) sarcastic violent workaholics with no mates.

Unfortunately I am entirely indifferent to Bill. Honestly, by the time he turned up again at the end, at Sookie's hospital bed, I'd pretty much forgotten he existed. I just don't care one way or the other about him, which seems a problem in a romance.