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Sookie has so much going on for a small town waitress of the local Merlotte’s Bar. Her ex-boyfriend ( vampire) and ex-fling (vampire) that remembers nothing of their time together, along with a Were named Alcide, that Sookie killed his ex-girlfriend, and her brother that is changing into a werepanther for the first time, should be enough but no, there is someone out there that is killing  shapeshifters. There were three shootings in her area that she knows of. One was a girl that shifted into a fox, another was the leader of the Weres in Hotshot, and the other was Sam, her boss. Only the girl was fatal though. Until Sam was up and going there had to be another bartender to help out so Sookie went to Eric and asked him for a favor for Sam. Eric just wants to know what happened when he was out of it with amnesia. He wants to know if they had slept together or what. Sookie didn’t want Eric to have that much ammunition against her so she kept quiet on the subject. Eric sent his new bartender, Charles, to the rescue for the bar. Although no more people have been shot so far, Sookie did have her own house burn. Luckily her fairy friend, Claudine, was there to get her up and out of the house. Also, Charles had killed the man responsible for setting her house on fire. When the shootings are being pinned on Jason by the other shifters is when Sookie gets shot. Now everyone knows that Jason couldn’t have done it. She was only grazed since she heard the shooters mind right before and had time to duck. Just to make matters worse, Tara comes into the bar with another vampire named Mickey. Mickey gives Sookie the creeps and she wants to know what he is holding over Tara’s head to keep her around. When it all falls down, you won’t believe it.

I couldn’t put this one down. I have to admit that Dead To The World is still my favorite but this one is a very close second. I finished this in less than 10 hours and loved every minute of it. There is such a twist at the end that you don’t know where that came from and you can’t believe it. Also throwing all the hype of the werewolves and their way of choosing a new leader was perfect. I couldn’t ask for a better series. Kudos again to Harris for such a wonderfully, spicy and mysterious series. Thank you