Sookie Stackhouse is off to help the Lousiana vampires by using her special gift of reading minds. It seems that a Dallas vampire has gone missing and Bill and Sookie are off to find out where he went. It turns out that not everyone is happy that vampires have come out of the coffin. Meanwhile, back at home, someone has killed one of the cooks that works with Sookie, so once she gets back from Dallas, she helps solve that crime as well.
While I find these books intriguing enough to finish in almost one sitting and I will continue to read the series, there is still something missing. I think it all centers around plot development. In this book, the murder of Sookie’s coworker is introduced almost immediately, but then Sookie is off to Dallas to figure out the case of the missing vampire. I find it somewhat bothersome that a storyline is introduced early on, but then isn’t advanced until the very end of the book. The author could almost have left that whole storyline out and just concentrated on the missing Dallas vampire.
I am also struck by some of the violent happenings in the books. These parts I think the author does well, as they aren’t so gory that you don’t want to read them, but you are still impressed with the violence of the situation.
My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
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