Genre: Mystery / Vampire / Romance
Series: #3 in the Sookie Stackhouse series
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 292
Challenges: Sookie Stackhouse Reading Challenge #3, Clear Off Your Shelves
Source: purchased new
I’m enjoying this series a lot and I’m glad to have this challenge to encourage me to read it.
As with any series, it’s hard to write any sort of plot summary without giving away stuff that happened in the earlier books. So, if you haven’t read the first two you might want to skip the next paragraph, just to be safe.
Sookie’s vampire boyfriend, Bill is missing. He was acting a bit mysterious (well OK – more mysterious than normal) before he left town, but when Bill’s boss, Eric tells Sookie that Bill’s been kidnapped she’s stunned. Then when he tells her Bill’s been unfaithful to her, she’s angry as well as stunned. Finally Eric says he’s sending Sookie to investigate Bill’s kidnapping and she’s angry, stunned, but feeling obligated. Her mission is to go to Mississippi with an attractive and sexy werewolf who has a crazy ex-girlfriend. They are to visit a Vampire night club to use Sookie’s telepathic talents to find out if any of the humans there know anything about Bill’s whereabouts.
Yes, it sounds complicated, but life is just naturally complicated when your boyfriend is a vampire.
Sookie is feisty and I love it when she gets angry at her vampire ‘friends’. These are sexy, fun, slightly icky at times but not really grossly gory books. Once again Sookie finds herself in dangerous situations by just trying to do the right thing. The series continues to build on the culture of the vampires and other supernatural creatures.
I kind of missed Sam not being in this one so much, but dangit – I love Bubba!!
Rating 4/5
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7 Comments:
I love these books! Great mindless escapism. Don't worry, you will see more of Sam. And Bubba! :P
You are sure flying through this series! You will have it finished before you know it. :)
Have you watched TRUE BLOOD, the show based off it?
I do love this series! I have them all on audio now and DH was able to get caught up when we went on the Virginia roadtrip. He loves the series almost as much as I do. I have a crush on Eric and Sam. And Bubba is a favorite.
I thought about you as I was walking past a boxed set of this series, last week. Didn't buy them, but I thought of you and that someday I must get to them 'cause SuziQ says I'd like them.
Karen: I'm really enjoying them. I think I'll pass the ones I've read on to my SIL at Thanksgiving.
Kailana: I know. I'm reading them faster than I'd thought I would, but they're such a good break between genres as well as quick and fun books that it's easy to go ahead and pick up the next one.
Vickie: Who reads the audios? Might have to look in to those.
Bookfool: yes you should and yes you will ;-)
I didn't read this full review because I've only read the first in the series, but I can't wait to read more. Great review.
Swapna: The series just gets more and more fun!
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