Inconsistency: At the beginning when they were transported to Hell the beings in charge of transporting them were Mechs and Witches (which every one fears, are creepy, etc). But upon returning from Hell with the conjuring ball the transport beings are suddenly Mechs and Magicians and there is n...
Theme-oriented anthologies, especially those about holidays, tend to throw up (no pun intended) too much of rubbish, resulting only in bad hangovers and lengthier regrets (I already sound blue, and it’s not even Christmas-eve!). This book, dealing with Werewolves and Christmas, came pretty close ...
The title on this one grabbed me. It's been awhile since I read horror short stories and IMHO Stephen King is a master of this genre - so I'll make that clear going in. There were only two stories I didn't read - they just didn't spark any interest. What I particularly like about this collection ...
Read only Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews.Such a lovely read. It was nice to read something about Julie Olsen-Daniels-Lennart. The ward of Kate Daniels and Curran Lennart is definitely basking in the love and protection from her 'parents' and the Pack. She's proved her capabilities by solving thi...
The book starts out with a short story of Sookie going to Sam’s brother’s wedding. There was controversy because, despite Sam’s brother not being a shifter and his bride not being a shifter, people were protesting. The story was a lot of blah blah blah, but the point seemed to be to show that S...
This was a good book full of fun, well selected short stories, some poignant and most funny. It'd be good light reading for anyone, not just fans of the supernatural genre."I hate harpies. They smell horrible. When you rip 'em apart, they screech so bad it makes your ears want to bleed. They aren...
Three really good novellas all in one book. So good in fact, that this book is hovering between 4 and 5 stars, so it might end up with a permanent home on my book shelf.This was my first time reading Maggie Shane, and she had some laugh out loud moments in between the ghost story and romance.Bar...
There's a wide range of stories here, and a chance to meet some writers who may be new to you. There are some strong stories here, especially Mike Carey's Iphigenia in Aulis, and I don't recall any weak ones - although Sookie Stackhouse stories are by definition the Twinkies of SF and this one's ...
This "Sookie" short was OK. Dahlia is not a character I was familiar with before and at no point is there any interaction with other Sookie characters that I am familiar with. It is set in the same "world" as Sookie so basic principles were consistent. The story itself was standard Charlaine Harr...
What I found most annoying about this book was that none of the issues surrounding the Vegas vampire takeover were actually dealt with. They were discussed at great length, and then dropped midway through the novel. It was like reading two distinct books: the first half about Vegas vampire takeov...
This is my first Sookie Stackhouse novel. So I guess I'm starting at the end then reading backwards? I have, however, watched True Blood since S1 and am familiar with the characters via the TV show. I understand the books and the TV show follow different narrative tracks. I also understand that m...
I love all the Sookie Stackhouse books- I discovered the first one shortly after it came out and I devoured it. I loved the idea of a Southern vampire mystery- and Sookie quickly became one of my fave characters. They were so different than other vampire stories I'd read- not young adult and not ...
This would be a fabulous resource if I wrote more Southern Vampire Mystery fanfiction. The novella fills in the gaps for Quinn’s story arc with Sookie and provides a fitting end for Sandra Newlin’s story as well. It also expands a little more on Sam and Sookie’s arc. Sam takes her as his wedding ...
I actually was surprised about how much i enjoyed most of the books in this set. i have to say that i did not know overly much about this set or the books themselves when i bought it. I was just in search of a nice vampire story that i could read because i was just in the mood for it, and this se...
"Fairy Dust"Taking place right after Dead to the World, Sookie is hired to discover who is the kiler of Claudette, the triplet of Claudine and Claude (all fairies). The story is short and to the point, and the only thing it adds to the Sookie storyline is the introduction of Claude, who makes lat...
I first read these from the Steubenville Ohio Library. I enjoyed them so much I had to buy them. First off understand the first six books have nothing to do with the HBO series True Blood other than names and places. seven and eight have a new writing style and TV show feel to them eight being th...
Okay, I love this series, and that was totally unexpected for me. I am not usually into romance supernatural horror, so I did not expect this series to be as completely engrossing and captivating as it is. Not only myself, but even my hubby voraciously read through the Sookie series and became ve...
These books have to go at the top of my favorites list,i could not put them down what with such lively exciting characters such as sookie whoom i fell in love with such a sweet not so normal girl with extraordinary talents that finds herself in such unbelievable circustances with the two hottest ...
I love these books! I just finished reading a popular vampire series, and a friend of mine recommended for me to read this series. She said it was more geared towards adults and that I would enjoy it.When I read the first book, I fell in love. Every book after that just kept getting better and...
This nicely filled in the gaps that were missing from the sixth book, Definitely Dead. While I appreciate having some back story, I would have liked it better if this novella were eliminated and the story was written in the actual book. I experienced some confusion and felt like much of the story...
good if you just needed another sookie book when you finished the series but seriously underwhelming. lots of info on characters that mean nothing to me as a reader, ie, sookies insurance broker, and honestly the short story with Eric in it makes him come off as a completely different vampire th...
Even though Bon Temps, Louisiana ain’t urban by any stretch of the imagination, I would still classify this book as urban fantasy. So if you enjoyed popular series such as The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher and/or The Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Series by Laurell K. Hamilton, you might want to give...
Rating: 3.9* of fiveThe Publisher Says: Sookie Stackhouse likes living in Bon Temps, Louisiana, and she likes working as a cocktail waitress at Merlotte's. But she is having a streak of bad luck. First her co-worker is killed, and no one seems to care. Then she comes face-to-face with a beastly c...
Poco a poco voy engullendo toda la bibliografía de esta magnífica escritora, que no es poca. Esta es la quinta entrega de su saga protagonizada por una peculiar e inocente Aurora Teagarden que sin querer se ve envuelta en todo asesinato que ocurre en la pequeña aldea de Lawrencenton, Georgia.Tras...
Don't be misled by the title, "Shakespeare's Christmas" is is not a "Christmas Special" where we get to see the people of the small town of Shakespeare acting as if they were in a remake of "It's A Wonderful Life". It is the darkest, and I think the best, book in the series so far. It's set befor...
"But it was not her weakness that had caused her death; it was one of her strengths that had killed her."Many readers have been turned off by the disparaging inner thoughts from the main character, Lily, about victim's lifestyles and "slut shaming." I've seen from reviews that some wouldn't even ...
“My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.” Sookie and Bill have called it quits on their on-again, off-again relationship, but that doesn't mean Sookie's life has gotten any easier. Bill still lives nearby; plus, Sookie finds a memory-wiped...
A few years ago I was twiddling my thumbs, waiting for the new Sookie Stackhouse book to come out, when I decided to see what else Charlaine Harris had written. Turned out she'd written a lot of other books, including three other mystery series featuring similarly intrepid heroines. My eye immedi...
4.5 stars.Pretty much from start to finish, I adored All Together Dead. Sure the reveals in it were pretty damn glaring but I definitely was entertained. It was interesting how Harris wrote it with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It certainly brought more dire circumstances for the Louisiana ...
Let me just say, right off the bat, that I had a love/hate relationship with this installment of Sookie's life. This one was another good read, story-wise, but it frustrated the hell out of me. We're steadily learning more and more about Sookie, and her life and love(s), and not all of those thin...
For the first third of Club Dead, my same old complaint about Sookie Stackhouse was widening and deepening, and I thought it was finally going to take its toll on my enjoyment of Charlaine Harris’ books. Even now, even after Harris won me back and entertained the hell out of me, I am still not su...
Okay, I started reading this series exactly a week ago... and I haven't been able to stop. As I've already mentioned, I loved the first, second, and third books, so I couldn't wait to get stuck into this one!So much has happened in this former librarian's life. She's helped solve several mysterie...
I am very not happy with this series now, and it's author. What a complete waste of time, reading through it all.Harris decided a few novels ago, that the reason Roe could not have children with her husband (at the time) Martin, was because she has a "deformed uterus". Roe was understandably up...
Review originally posted here: http://fictionfinders.blogspot.com/20...I must begin by stating that Charlaine Harris is one of my favorite authors. I first began reading her books after I read the Twilight series. I was on a bit of a vampire kick, so I picked up the first book in her Sookie Sta...
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse is about a girl named Roe Teagarden, aka Roe, who just quit her job at the library, inherited a lot of money from Jane and is now starting to become a realtor just like her mom. In the midst of all this, she is also trying to find house of her own. On the day of the And...
There used to be a series of movies on the Hallmark Channel called Mystery Woman about a female bookstore owner who had a passion for mystery novels, a habit of stumbling over dead bodies, and a talent for solving mysteries. I always wished that the movies were based on a book because that is a ...
In the months following the series of murders that led to the dissolution of the Real Murders club, Aurora "Roe" Teagarden lost a boyfriend, gained a stepfather, and attended more than her fair share of weddings. Life looked -- perish the thought! -- predictably spinster-ish, until Jane Engle, er...
This was a fast read and I liked it much better than the previous two books. Despite some humorous moments, I found "A Fool and His Honey" to be a little darker than the other books, even darker than "Real Murders". For me, this is more of a 3 1/2 stars but I couldn't go to 4. The reason why is...
I loved this book! But to tell you why, exactly, would spoil it... so I'll tell a little about why else I like this series.What I have loved about this series is that despite being oriented around dead bodies and a mystery, they don't read like the hundreds of crime thrillers and forensic mysteri...
With the Dead as a Doornail I am now half way through with my 10-book set, and so far it has paid itself off more than well. This fifth book in the series came very close to my personal favorite Dead to the World. I think in every review of mine, I have mentioned how much I adore Harris's way of ...
"Shakespeare's Counselor" is the final book in the Lily Bard series. I was surprised to find that I took great pleasure in this series. In some ways it is one long novel, charting Lily's journey from isolated, insomniac, night-walker, to a woman with a life that she has built through her strength...