"dose of mystery, a cup of fantasy and a pinch of romance blended together"
Since the vampires have came out of the closet, Bon Temps,
Louisiana waitress Sookie Stackhouse, a very powerful
telepath, has bounced from one life threatening incident to
another. One of her biggest problems is the Van Pelts who
want to know what happened to their daughter Debbie. Sookie
doesn't want to tell the shifter family she killed her in
self-defense yet they continue to hound her through
representatives to get her to talk to them. On a date with were-tiger Quinn they are attacked by teen-
Weres who were recently bitten. Neither Quinn nor Sookie
know who was supposed to be the target. It's almost a
relief to travel with the queen of New Orleans's lawyer the
mostly demon Mr. Cataliades to New Orleans to settle her
cousin Hadley's estate. Sookie is the only heir but someone
is going to extraordinary lengths to keep her from looking
at Hadley's possessions. Sookie thinks it is because she
was the queen's lover and in trying to avoid danger, Sookie
once again finds herself in the middle of deadly vampire
politics. Take a dose of mystery, a cup of fantasy and a pinch of
romance blended together and readers will have some idea
what the Sookie Stackhouse novels all about. Charlaine
Harris has created her own sub-genre with tongue in cheek
(or should I say fang) humor that pops up the oddest times
yet is used brilliantly as a tension reliever during the
height of intense action scenes. Readers will thoroughly
enjoy this special one of a kind series and after reading
this book, will definitely want to obtain the backlist of
books in this wonderful series. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 19, 2006
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted January 23, 2007
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