Supernaturallygifted waitress Sookie Stackhouse is pitted against the legacy of her own undead bloodline in this novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series—the inspiration for the HBO® original series True Blood.
Since Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has so few living relatives, she hates to lose one—even her cousin Hadley, undead consort of the vampire queen of New Orleans. Hadley’s left everything she had to Sookie, but claiming that inheritance has a high risk factor. Some people don’t want her looking too deeply into Hadley’s past or Hadley’s possessions. And they’re prepared to do anything in their power to stop her...
Some parts (the relationship parts) of this series keep getting better. Maybe because Sookie’s moving further away from Bill with each book? I now feel totally justified in my dislike of him from the start, plus, I like Sookie with a shapeshifter. Unfortunately, the plot here wasn’t that great. It seemed a little cobbled together, like the author just needed a reason to get Sookie out of town and to New Orleans for a while. There’s a couple of small bombshells dropped that will impact later books, but overall, the plot didn’t do much to further Sookie’s story (and the reenactment stuff was just plain weird). Though now that I’m thinking of it, what *is* Sookie’s story arc? I’m really not sure. I’m not a fan of Bill, but I would like to see Sookie interact more with Eric and Pam again.
