Having been a huge fan of Charlaine Harris's series of books, and in turn the "True blood" series, I was more than happy to find the newest book in the Sookie Stackhouse series - "Dead reckoning".

After the vampires had successfully "come out", meaning they no longer lived in the shadows, the shifters decided that they would take the leap, unfortunately they were not as well received, lets be honest who wants a werewolf teaching your kids maths?!

After facing a fair few, but reasonably un-violent protesters outside his bar, Sam, (Sookie's best friend and boss) had assumed that everything had quietened down, that was until someone decided to firebomb the premises and nearly killed everyone inside, ever et the feeling it never rains but it pours!?

Sookie soon finds herself not only dealing with Sam's problems but also a few of her own, these being interfering friends (witch Amelia, who is insistent on finding a way to break the blood bond between Sookie and her vampire lover Eric), Eric himself, who seems intent on keeping secrets from her and finally the fact that two of her distant relatives have moved in with her, these of course are not just relatives but also faery, and have to live with her after being effectively "locked out" of faery land.

Will Sookie ever get the quiet life she craves?

I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this book, and how much better it was than the previous book in the series!

The book is fast paced and full of action, enough for the vampire/werewolf/action lovers out there, with there being just enough blood and sex to keep me entertained for the duration, this said this is obviously a book for an adult, there are a few sexual scene's, all of which go into a lot of detail!

This is not a book that you would be able to pick up and read without at least a few of the previous books having been on your "read list", there are so many characters within the books it would extremely confusing to you.

Sookie is as she always has been, independent, feisty, self sufficient and aware of her sexuality enough to allow herself to be loved, but not walked all over, I think the fact she is also a telepath sometimes is a secondary issue, she really is a modern day gal, and one that seems to have it all under control.....sometimes!

I love how the book portrays every character you meet within the book as everyday people, even though they obviously aren't, you get a real sense of almost reality, which is down to the fantastic writing.

This was a really fantastic book, that I literally lapped up reading it within two days (and getting on everyone's nerves in my house in the process), this book has completely redeemed itself after he last book, and now can't wait for the next book to be published to follow saint Sookie and her mad, bad life, recommended!

Price wise this is available for around the £6.00 mark via www.amazon.co.uk

Thanks for reading x

ISBN 978-0-575-09652-3