"Ms. Harris mixes friends and fiends in this 8th book in the series"
Accepted as part of Louisiana's supernatural community
because of
her talent and past events, Sookie Stackhouse is still
cautiously
finding her way. While working as a barmaid with a semi-
regular
routine, she has friends who bring her into their world by
asking
for help. Political intrigues and power plays in
the "regular" and
"supernatural" societies make her feel occasionally
helpless, but
rarely hopeless. Sookie again chooses to "do the right
thing" in
aiding those in need even if it may cost her life. There are signs of a were-war coming involving her ex-
boyfriend,
Alcide. The leader of the local vampire community Eric
Northman has
difficulties of his own that are coming to her doorstep and
she
might have to allow them in. Meanwhile, she finds
relatives she
didn't know existed and Quinn, her shifter boyfriend seems
to have
disappeared. Ms. Harris mixes friends and fiends in a sometimes violent
tale in
a conventional Louisiana setting. Sookie Stackhouse is a
big-hearted woman with character that a reader will care
about and
respect. The supporting characters may be varied in
personalities
and powers but all are intriguing. Although this book is the 8th in the series, this is the
first book
by Charlaine Harris I have read and I can tell you that
even with
events hinted at through the story, the story was complete
without
reading the previous books. I will also say that now I
wish to
read the rest of this series to fill out characters and
past events
mentioned. I am looking forward to the next Sookie
Stackhouse
story and I can certainly see why it is being made into
HBO's TRUE
BLOOD series.
Reviewed by Cy Korte
Posted April 27, 2008
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