Originally posted at The Wandering Fangirl.

There comes a point in a book series where you have to wonder why a writer keeps going (popularity, of course) and you can see it. I love Sookie Stackhouse a lot, and I love Eric Northman, and I love the world of Bon Temps. But Deadlocked felt sort of lackluster. Sookie and Eric seemed shells of themselves, and the tension between them felt manufactured. Everything about the book seemed to have the characters walking through the motions, which makes me sad.

I need book Sookie and her awesomeness to remind me why I love this series so much after every weekend of TV Sookie.

(God, I can’t stand TV Sookie.)