The Sookie Stackhouse novels started as a guilty pleasure...not that well written and a bit cheesy at times, but I find the more I read them, the more I enjoy them. Again, while cheesy at times, I am drawn to the suspenseful - I just have to know how they end, then I must know what the next one brings. It is much like a row of dominoes falling in slow motion. And I must admit Eric, among several other characters Sookie meets in her adventures, is absolutely YUMMY!