(B+) 78% | GoodNotes: All wolfish ways and hearts ablaze, for me, the series best: fun mystery and—great for me—not bloody sex-obsessed.*Check out progress updates for detailed commentary: Progress updates:11/14/2025 - Preamble(1) I don't remember anything about this from my first time around, except two things:- It's the first one where the central plot/concept wasn't adapted by the TV show.- It's my favorite book in the series—the only one I gave 4 stars.(2) This will fulfill my last remaining...

True Blood book 5: Another episode of the charming and pretty innovative Southern vampire fantasy drama cum soap opera: someone or somebodies are shooting Shifters; Jason goes panther(!?), it appears that someone or somebodies are after Sookie (as per); and Tara realised her supernatural boyfriend is also super. As ever the multiple storylines keep me more entertained in that at least 2 or 3 of them are quite interesting.The multiple plotting is the key device that works well for me in this seri...

Really solid pacing throughout the series. I like how the story picks right up at the start of each book, where the last left off, and goes on to the next major catosphy.

Rinse and repeat.

I know exactly what's in store for me each time I pick up a Sookie Stackhouse book, and I am never disappointed.

Funny, sexy, over the top= my favorite guilty pleasure

*** 3.55 *** "...“Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.”..." This one was entertaining and much less angsty than the previous couple, which of course is a good thing 😋. Sookie is still single and several different guys have been showing some romantic interest in her, but it seems that all of them come with a ton of complications attached. On top of her money problems, the bar where she works being riddled with incidents of violence, and her brother becoming a panther...

A decent read. But Ms Stackhouse's attraction to every available guy (and vice-versa) made me eye roll and I kept saying to myself,"not again and wait what about Bill, Eric, Alcide and Sam and on and on." :/

2 Enough-Already Stars Sookie Stackhouse is a: (If that’s not clear, it’s a soup magnet….. and, also, a VERY bad pun. You’re welcome!) ALL (okay, okay, almost ALL) the soups supes in the area surrounding Sookie’s hometown of Bon Temps want to make an honest woman of her. She gets copious amounts of offers in Dead as a Doornail, it’s pretty exasperating. No matter what magical cookie perfume she’s wearing, I don’t buy it and moreover it seems like a very flimsy excuse to have all the hot guys ...

(B+) 78% | Good
Notes: A pleasant break from its romance focused precursors, it successfully plants the seeds for a satisfying mystery reveal.

Sigh. Sookie, Sookie, Sookie, your fashion sense is still stuck in the eighties. I blame this on the author, who no doubt thinks she's writing you up to date. I myself, did a face palm, when I read about your lipstick matching your red earrings and your red socks with your black work pants. Yeah, I did that in junior high, too. Questionable fashion aside, I still really enjoy this character. She had some tough times this book, what with having no sexual escapades (the first time ever, although i...

Oh, Sookie Sookie. Another fun read, but I’m not feeling as passionate about Sookie & Co. after this installment. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed it. Thoroughly. And you can bet your buns I’ve already requested #6 from the library and will be checking my account furiously for notification that it’s ready and waiting for me. But some of the magic was missing from this one. In the beginning of the book, Calvin Norris and Sam Merlotte were non-fatally shot and another female shifter, whose name I...

Another good installment in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I enjoyed the story, once again, but I was disappointed by one thing, which has sort of been bothering me since the 1st book in the series. It seems to me that at times Charlaine Harris isn't able to keep her details straight. Granted, she has written A LOT and I can certainly understand confusing the details in that situation, but surely any decent editor would have caught these types of discrepancies...For example: - (Book 1) Fang-bange...