In our third Sookie Stackhouse novel, Sookie and Bill are home from their scary trip to Dallas, and settled into a routine. But then Bill start retreating from her, and then suddenly disappears. She is informed by Eric and Pam that Bill has been kidnapped and taken to Jackson, Mississippi, and he may or may not be shacking up with his former hottie vampire girlfriend.
Sookie sets off with a werewolf, Alcide, to try and find her betraying boyfriend and save him - or kill him - however the mood strikes.
The new characters introduced are interesting, but after 3 books it is getting to be a bit much keeping up with them all. The author seems to have a lot of fun just inventing new people and it's not hard to fall in and like them with her. Though Tara showing up at the bar in Mississippi kind of threw me, and I wasn't sure how or why that fit? And since this is fiction / fantasy I understand why a heroine is desired by everyone and just thought to be so beautiful ... that's what the author wants. But it's not realistic. Since we're talking about telepaths and werewolves and vamps, I think it's pretty easy to let this one slide. Though it's a major complaint from reviews I've read.
These are 300 pages of campy drama fun. It's mindless, thoughtless and most of the time it's not that scary. The great thing about books though ... you can skip the scary parts and not have nightmares. The same is not true about HBO TV shows that took a great series and made it ... well completely different. The books are definitely worth picking up from the library or used book store.
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