Sookie Stackhouse books 5 to 8 by Charlaine Harris

Sookie Stackhouse 05 - Dead as Doornail
At first reading (and I've read it bout thrice now) this seems like a slow read. But its actually quite good on re-reading. It just didn't seem to have as much happening as the other books did.
So Jason is finally a were-panther. And a lot of the shifters and Weres are getting shot at with Jason as a suspect. In the end there are two culprits and the story plays out pretty well.
Sookie also has to tell Eric about what happened when he lost his memory, thanks to Tara. So Eric now knows the truth. Bill is dating someone else. Sam is still being Sam - trying while not really trying, hoping things will just happen. I dunno what Sookie sees in Alcide, or even why she still even knows him. He's just a self centered jackass.
So that takes care of all the men currently in Sookie's life - no sex in this story, and she didn't get beaten up either.I guess Quinn is going to feature in the next book a lot. And more Eric :o)


Sookie Stackhouse 06 - Definitely Dead
So we add Quinn to the list of Sookie's admirers in this book. Everytime she's with him they seem to get attacked.
The one is based mainly in New Orleans with Sookie going to close her cousin and now dead vampire Hadley's estate, meeting the queen and then coming to her rescue. The whole ectoplasm thing was pretty interesting. In between there's all the Pelt family saga that finally catches up with her and thus explains why her and Quinn keep getting attacked by all the Weres.
Also Bill admits to being a lying bastard, which i'm quite glad about. Bill is really boring, so hopefully there wont be much of him in the books to come (one can hope)
It was actually nice knowing the queen's story - this is the first one where we're told how one of the vampires were turned.

Sookie Stackhouse 07 - All Together Dead
This one is all about the Vampire summit in the backdrop of Hurricane Katrina
The Queen is charged with killing her husband; Sookie is the only witness. The Queens' opposition keeps disappearing and once she's finally cleared of those charges, the Fellowship has some fun with all the vamps.
Sookie gets involved and uncovers all this in typical Sookie fashion. Sookie also saves Eric. I mean the first person she thinks of saving before the shit hits the fan was Eric. Well, ok. after she told Quinn. But still. I think it was nice and wonder if she realises why she did it.
You know, this whole Sookie and Quinn thing isn't going to work. Also, she's contradicting herself with him. She tells him she has big lust and so doesn't wanna sleep with him right away and then does it anyway. So all the i-wanna-wait-and-see-if-you're-the-one was just talk, she slept with him anyway.
Sookie promises herself no more supernatural world for her from now on, but since the books have to continue, that just wont be true.


Sookie Stackhouse 08 - From Dead to Worse
This book initially seems like a breather after the last two action packed books. While there aren't any blasts or all out action like in Definitely Dead, this one does have quite a lot going on but on a seemingly slower pace. This one is among my favourites actually, it really is pleasant to read. There's a Were War, more of that jackass Alcide, new family members for Sookie, more Eric-Sookie, a new king for Louisiana. Tanya is back with some Pelt vengeance. Jason and Crystal are in self-destruct mode. Sookie seems more mature in this book. And she's evaluating her life in light of Quinn's disappearance and then re-appearance (Ha! told you it wouldn't last)

It wasn't surprising that Bill is trying to make things right with Sookie again. Considering Sookie doesn't seem to know what she wants with the men in her life, in this area atleast, she thankfully seems to have made up her mind. So Bill will only be a background figure from now on (Don't disappoint me, Ms Harris) He might actually die for her in one of the next books maybe (His words, not mine)
Eric finally remembers what happened when he was at Sookie's place so that means they will have their conversation sometimes soon (Please Ms. Harris) I also like the whole calming effect he has on her and i wonder what more the blood bond entails. I also wanna know why he's called Eric the Northman, so maybe in one of the next books Harris can maybe explain that. Maybe Sookie and him finally do hook up but I'm guessing eventually it either wont work out or Sookie will have to become a vampire.
All these things mean that there's a lot more to happen in the books ahead. Always a good thing. In the meanwhile., something needs to be done about the damn Word of the day calendar. It just gets annoying after a while.