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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
I am two for two for really enjoying these books -- sex, action, intrigue, humor, most diverting!
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Being addicted to this series, when three came in the mailbox at once, I delightfully devoured them back-to-back. No, I didn't get needed sleep, so fortunately I was off work that day.
There are two major mysteries for the price of one. First, Sookie discovers the dead body of Merlotte's cook, Lafayette, in the back of Andy Bellefluer's car outside the bar one morning. Determined to solve the murder of her friend - and clear Andy's name, although that's not the biggest priority since the two families dislike each other - things get even more complicated when boyfriend Bill's boss, Eric, summons the two to go to Dallas and help a head vampire discover where his missing "brother" has gone. The latter plot takes up the majority of the book, and is the first mystery to go. Accompanied by Bill and running into Eric, it's stressful times to be had as Sookie winds up in trouble with a radical anti-vampire group.
As always, reading about Sookie's adventures is a delight. She's a down to earth, southern girl with an unusual ability that makes her desirable to all supernatural creatures. Her relationship with Bill is still sweet to this point, with them having a minor obstacle and jealousy running supreme. My hormones speed up again with Eric's scenes, as his humorous flirting and determined seduction is my favorite area of the books. There's a vampire I wouldn't turn away!
There are many scenes that stand out with supreme enjoyment. First, when Sookie must enlist in the aide of the vamps to heal her wounds from the beastly creature of the woods; what discomfort she felt, but how funny the moment. Another great time was with Eric outside the hotel room while Bill and Sookie resumed their frisky nature - too cute! Stan and Bill looking at Sookie like she offered them a Big Mac by mentioning the potential bug in the room (have to love the way Harris wrote that one), Eric asking Sookie to yield on the top of the car outside the cabin, Sookie and Bill discovering the 'new vampire in town' in front of Stan, all were moments that stood out and made this book as great as it is.
The interactions between the two vampires regarding Sookie is hysterical, and I especially loved the ending "orgy" scene. No, not an orgy with Sookie and the vamps, but going to an awkward orgy to try and solve Lafayettes' death. I went between covering my face in discomfort, giggling at the absurdity of it all, to groaning at certain aspects of Sookie and Eric's interaction. Fun times!
The 'master vampire' - even if they're not called that in the Sookie world - Stan, was interesting too. Not anywhere near erotic, he was still an intriguing character I wouldn't mind seeing more of in the future. I enjoyed the strange interaction Sookie had with Andy and sister Portia, as seeing how she's shunned from the community because of her ability is a great obstacle in the series. Sam was a great character again, even if his part did take a slight backstage one. I was surprised with his feelings toward the maenad, though.
Harris writes a book that's quick and easy to read, accurately portraying Sookie's feelings. You feel what she feels, and there's plenty of times you'll be laughing out loud from her internal monologue. I wouldn't have guessed what happened in either mysteries, so the story's were tightly woven enough to where they weren't predictable, and the character interaction is what really made everything so interesting.
As before there are some hot sex scenes, but thankfully they in no way make up a bulk of the story, choosing instead to compliment the story and not take from it. Violence wise there's nothing dramatically bad, but of course there's a certain degree of blood and death involved. (This story does involve supernatural creatures, after all).
So, let's see, I've covered the story depth, writing style, characters, blood level, sex level, and hormone surges. I'm still not sure how I feel with Bill's revelation toward the end about his long-lost family, but no book is perfect. (I also still get slightly irritated when Sookie says grandmama, I always hated that word, and "gonna" too much.) Nothing much left to say except that if you're not reading this series, you're missing out on a wonderful world of supernatural creatures determined to worm their way into your head.
There are two major mysteries for the price of one. First, Sookie discovers the dead body of Merlotte's cook, Lafayette, in the back of Andy Bellefluer's car outside the bar one morning. Determined to solve the murder of her friend - and clear Andy's name, although that's not the biggest priority since the two families dislike each other - things get even more complicated when boyfriend Bill's boss, Eric, summons the two to go to Dallas and help a head vampire discover where his missing "brother" has gone. The latter plot takes up the majority of the book, and is the first mystery to go. Accompanied by Bill and running into Eric, it's stressful times to be had as Sookie winds up in trouble with a radical anti-vampire group.
As always, reading about Sookie's adventures is a delight. She's a down to earth, southern girl with an unusual ability that makes her desirable to all supernatural creatures. Her relationship with Bill is still sweet to this point, with them having a minor obstacle and jealousy running supreme. My hormones speed up again with Eric's scenes, as his humorous flirting and determined seduction is my favorite area of the books. There's a vampire I wouldn't turn away!
There are many scenes that stand out with supreme enjoyment. First, when Sookie must enlist in the aide of the vamps to heal her wounds from the beastly creature of the woods; what discomfort she felt, but how funny the moment. Another great time was with Eric outside the hotel room while Bill and Sookie resumed their frisky nature - too cute! Stan and Bill looking at Sookie like she offered them a Big Mac by mentioning the potential bug in the room (have to love the way Harris wrote that one), Eric asking Sookie to yield on the top of the car outside the cabin, Sookie and Bill discovering the 'new vampire in town' in front of Stan, all were moments that stood out and made this book as great as it is.
The interactions between the two vampires regarding Sookie is hysterical, and I especially loved the ending "orgy" scene. No, not an orgy with Sookie and the vamps, but going to an awkward orgy to try and solve Lafayettes' death. I went between covering my face in discomfort, giggling at the absurdity of it all, to groaning at certain aspects of Sookie and Eric's interaction. Fun times!
The 'master vampire' - even if they're not called that in the Sookie world - Stan, was interesting too. Not anywhere near erotic, he was still an intriguing character I wouldn't mind seeing more of in the future. I enjoyed the strange interaction Sookie had with Andy and sister Portia, as seeing how she's shunned from the community because of her ability is a great obstacle in the series. Sam was a great character again, even if his part did take a slight backstage one. I was surprised with his feelings toward the maenad, though.
Harris writes a book that's quick and easy to read, accurately portraying Sookie's feelings. You feel what she feels, and there's plenty of times you'll be laughing out loud from her internal monologue. I wouldn't have guessed what happened in either mysteries, so the story's were tightly woven enough to where they weren't predictable, and the character interaction is what really made everything so interesting.
As before there are some hot sex scenes, but thankfully they in no way make up a bulk of the story, choosing instead to compliment the story and not take from it. Violence wise there's nothing dramatically bad, but of course there's a certain degree of blood and death involved. (This story does involve supernatural creatures, after all).
So, let's see, I've covered the story depth, writing style, characters, blood level, sex level, and hormone surges. I'm still not sure how I feel with Bill's revelation toward the end about his long-lost family, but no book is perfect. (I also still get slightly irritated when Sookie says grandmama, I always hated that word, and "gonna" too much.) Nothing much left to say except that if you're not reading this series, you're missing out on a wonderful world of supernatural creatures determined to worm their way into your head.
Sookie was better, not great, but better this book. She didn't seem as clueless or dumb, more just out of her depth and the character development between her and Eric was entertaining...although Bill still seems fairly one dimensional. The story itself was well written even if it was a simple plot.
honestly i want to keep reading this series and i don’t even know how much i like them, a 2.5 at least. i like sookie as a main character, she has a strong sense of self and morality and she’s not an emotionless robot like she is strong and she cries semi-frequently and that doesn’t make her any weaker. my only question is how she can be so morally upright but then interact romantically with almost every supernatural man she encounters like sis it’s not adding up.
SO much better than the first novel. I'm not a huge fan of her writing style but I think the books are good enough to read anyway. This one inspired Season 2 of True Blood.
I enjoyed #2 because it was more action packed than the first. I'm getting a little tired of Bill (he's just super creepy) and I think Eric is hysterical.. especially his lycra suit that is talked about in detail. I think that the Eric in the novel is much more likable than the Eric on TV.
I was actually really upset to find out that Lafayette dies at the beginning of the book. He's a great source of comic relief and I really missed his snarky comments. I didn't like the book Eggs - he was raunchy and a douchebag. At least the Eggs on TV really did care about Tara. The maenad storyline almost seemed like an afterthought in the book. She attacks Sookie, disappears, then Sam gets with her? After he sees what happened to Sookie? Uh, no. And then she happens to show up at the "sex party" and wreaks havoc. I was much more comfortable with the Maenad storyline on the show - she was the reason for all the debauchery and sex-riddled evenings. I really do think that the Dallas storyline is handled much better in novel form vs. on television. I like that Jason wasn't apart of all of the drama in Dallas; it seemed a bit unbelievable on the show, and I couldn't imagine it here. I really hated the people at the head of the Fellowship (Steve + Sarah) on the show and the books made me hate them even more. I think Stan was a great creature, and I only wish that Godfrey was somewhat related to the Shreveport vampires.
I flew through this book.. onto the next!
I enjoyed #2 because it was more action packed than the first. I'm getting a little tired of Bill (he's just super creepy) and I think Eric is hysterical.. especially his lycra suit that is talked about in detail. I think that the Eric in the novel is much more likable than the Eric on TV.
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I was actually really upset to find out that Lafayette dies at the beginning of the book. He's a great source of comic relief and I really missed his snarky comments. I didn't like the book Eggs - he was raunchy and a douchebag. At least the Eggs on TV really did care about Tara. The maenad storyline almost seemed like an afterthought in the book. She attacks Sookie, disappears, then Sam gets with her? After he sees what happened to Sookie? Uh, no. And then she happens to show up at the "sex party" and wreaks havoc. I was much more comfortable with the Maenad storyline on the show - she was the reason for all the debauchery and sex-riddled evenings. I really do think that the Dallas storyline is handled much better in novel form vs. on television. I like that Jason wasn't apart of all of the drama in Dallas; it seemed a bit unbelievable on the show, and I couldn't imagine it here. I really hated the people at the head of the Fellowship (Steve + Sarah) on the show and the books made me hate them even more. I think Stan was a great creature, and I only wish that Godfrey was somewhat related to the Shreveport vampires.
I flew through this book.. onto the next!
My god, i can not get enough of Eric. I loved it when he randomly showed up at Stan's....house? and then later at the hotel. His sense of humor is freaking awesome, especially compared to Bill, who must get that stick out from up his.... change of subject needed. I really didn't like Tara and Eggs in the book. True Blood portrays them much better. 'Course, we only saw them at the foot ball game and the... party, i'll call it. I didn't like Mike Spencer, either, the sick twisted freak. I'm not quite sure why everyone was so afraid of Callisto. I mean, the vampires could probably, i don't know, break he neck before she even did.. anything. and what is with Sam and Callisto? Odd, just very odd.
All I have to say is Sookie really needs a stylist. Some of those outfits Charlaine Harris describes just scream "ick" to me. Other than that, this was a great read!
This is the second book I've read in this series and I'm really enjoying it. They are very fast paced and quick reads. I couldn't put it down. I'm about halfway through the first tv series and I definitely prefer the books.
I was ambivalent about the first book in the series. I had already seen the first season of True Blood and it was too familiar. I really enjoyed this one and it made me decide to continue with the series and maybe make it through the 2nd season of True Blood which I had not enjoyed.