#4.1- #13.3 Sookie Stackhouse
Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Ace
Published: 11.21.17
Pages: 368
Rating: 4 stars
Format: Hardback
Source: Purchased
Sellers: Amazon
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GoodReads Synopsis:
For the first time together in one volume, the complete short story collection starring Sookie Stackhouse--with a new introduction from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the series, Charlaine Harris.
For the first time together in one volume, here is the complete short story collection starring Louisiana's favorite telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse--from #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. New fans can fill in the gaps in their Sookie lore while old friends can revisit some of their favorite moments and characters. From investigating the murder of a local fairy to learning that her cousin was a vampire, from remodeling her best friend's house to attending a wedding with her shapeshifting boss, Sam, Sookie navigates the perils and pitfalls of the paranormal world.
Belly up to the bar at Bon Temps's favorite watering hole and hear stories that will make you wish Sookie never left, including...
This definitive collection is the perfect binge read for people who like their stories with bite!
Sophia Rose's Review:
While I've been enjoying a Sookie Stackhouse series reunion by experiencing the series on audio for the first time, I figured this was a good time to pull down off the shelf my unread copy of The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories and read them as they occurred in the series chronological order between listens.
All appear to introduce characters either already met, but some aspect of their character is further revealed or there is an introduction to characters who will be significant in a future book. Love the author's notes that lead into each story explaining how the story came about and where it falls in the series as well as where it previously was published.
Mysterious people and situations give Sookie plenty more adventures in the well-developed shorter pieces.
“Fairy Dust” #4.1
Claudine comes to Sookie asking for her help to solve her sister, Claudette's murder. In which Sookie learns about the gorgeous fairy triplets and a strip joint called Hooligan's.
“Dracula Night” #4.3
The vamps only celebrate two holidays a year and Lord of Night's birthday is one. Will Dracula grace Eric's party and will Sookie's new party dress and the new bartender survive the night?
“One Word Answer” #5.1
Sookie learns from the mysterious supernatural lawyer, Mr. Cataliades that her cousin Hadley was made vampire, was a fav of the vampire queen, and in her final death made Sookie her heir. Sookie susses out Hadley's killer and learns the political savvy of the one-word answer.
“Lucky” #7.1
Sookie and Amelia, her witch friend, and Hurricane Katrina refugee are asked to help solve a mystery for an insurance agent who generally has the best luck- helps that his witch heritage can draw good luck to him.
“Gift Wrap” #8.1
Sookie is alone at Christmas and- but wait, a mysterious wounded shifter in the woods is the start to an unforgettable Christmas eve and that is topped by a surprising family Christmas with a newly met great-grandfather for Sookie after all.
“Two Blondes” #9.1
Pam and Sookie take a vacay trip to the Mississippi casinos. Sookie is dubious and sure enough there is a catch landing Sookie and Pam in the soup at a strip joint.
“Small-Town Wedding” #10.1
A novella-length side adventure for Sookie and Sam when they head to his tiny hometown in Texas for his brother's wedding. The wedding gets some nasty bigots out, but also some warm allies and friends in support. Sookie is cozy with Sam's family and gets some closure with Quinn.
“If I Had a Hammer” #11.1
Sookie and Sam help Tara and her husband remodel their house after the birth of the babies and accidentally unveil evidence of a long ago crime and a ghost. Sookie pairs with the mysterious babysitter to help get rid of their ghost problem.
“Playing Possum” #13.2
Tired Sookie steps up to bring cupcakes to her cute little cousin's kindergarten class only to tangle with a school shooter with the help of apples and a witch.
“In the Blue Hereafter” #13.3
A crossover story with Manfred Bernardo, a side character in the previous Harper Connelly series and main character in the soon-to-be Midnight, Texas series is a psychic and sometimes con artist entering Sookie Stackhouse's world. He's been sent by his dead grandmother to Bon Temps, LA for some obscure reason. He bumps into a gorgeous telepath at a softball tournament and, with her help, figures out the purpose of his trip.
There are other side stories and novellas in the Sookie Stackhouse world, but I enjoyed this complete collection of all the ones that involved Sookie in one book. I'd read some of these in previously released anthologies, but a few were new to me (or at least I think they were new to me). Most were well-developed and I really enjoyed them though there were a couple that felt they needed a tad bit more. All in all, I think Sookie Stackhouse series fans are the target audience and will get the most out of these since they assume the reader is familiar with the storylines and casts of characters in the novels of the series.
Author Bio:
Two thousand twenty-three will mark Charlaine’s forty-second year as a published writer. She has written two stand-alones, and her series include the Aurora Teagarden mysteries, the Lily Bard mysteries, the Sookie Stackhouse urban fantasies, the Harper Connelly urban fantasies, the Midnight, Texas novels, the Cemetery Girl graphic novels (with Christopher Golden), and the Gunnie Rose books, set in an alternate history America. Charlaine has also written many short stories, and together with Toni L.P. Kelner she edited seven themed anthologies (and had great fun). Her books have sold over 39 million copies worldwide.
The television series “True Blood” was based on Charlaine’s Sookie Stackhouse novels. Hallmark Movies and Mysteries is still showing a series of movies created about the Aurora Teagarden character, and for two seasons “Midnight, Texas” was on the air. Two of her other series are in production.
Charlaine belongs to several professional organizations and is an avid reader. She and her husband live on a cliff overlooking the Brazos River with their rescue dogs. Charlaine has the joy of being a grandmother, and she attends the Episcopalian church.
Sophia’s Bio:
Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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