This series improves with each book. Although it gives the initial impression that it's about the Sookie/Bill relationship, in fact the series is about Sookie and the supernatural world. In this book she must deal with an unfaithul, albeit kidnapped, Bill and learn more about the werewolf part of the supernatural world. ( )

This book makes it clear that this series is about Sookie's gradual entrance into the supernatural world, and not about her romance with Bill Compton. I thoroughly enjoy this fact. I think it keeps the series fresh and entertaining. I particularly enjoyed getting to learn more about the werewolves in this book. Sometimes Harris gets caught in the trap of retelling the reader the rules of this world she has created a few too many times, but you can skim over those parts.

For my extended review, please see my blog post at: http://wp.me/pp7vL-4v ( )

Imagine this: your biggest problem for the day is not whether to clean the bathrooms or how to get your errands done but this: what do I wear to go to a nightclub for supernaturals frequented by vampires so I can find out (by reading minds while I’m there) who kidnapped my vampire boyfriend?

I know that sounds ridiculous, but books about the waitress/barmaid Sookie Stackhouse are delightfully addictive: Sookie is endearing (just ask the two vampires and two shape-changers who are vying for her affections!), the author has a fantastic feel for humor in absurdity, and the romantic moments have just the right mix of tenderness, lust, and realism.

This is book 3 of the mystery-vampire-romance series featuring sassy Sookie, now 26, who works by day and hangs out with vampires by night. In Club Dead, Sookie’s boyfriend Bill has gotten so involved in playing on the computer he seems to have lost interest in her, and then he disappears. His vampire boss Eric arranges for the werewolf Alcide Herveaux to help Sookie find Bill. Alcide turns out to be a “big rough man” who eats real food (as opposed to drinking blood)! Sookie is somewhat smitten. (Okay, when there's a full moon he eats raw animals on the hoof, but that's just a once-a-month thing.)

Alcide has a vicious ex-girlfriend Debbie who resents Sookie and who still has an emotional hold on Alcide. She throws a lot of obstacles in Sookie’s path. And “sinister and sexy” Eric is getting more attached to Sookie, although, as he tells her, “I don’t like having feelings.” Will Sookie rescue Bill? Will Acide dump Debbie for Sookie? Who will Sookie choose? All these flying hormones will keep you glued to your reading chair!

Evaluation: These books are like the candy you can’t stop eating. When I’m not stopping to laugh out loud, I’m whipping through the pages and having a rip-roaring good time. ( )

A Sookie Stackhouse story in which her relationship with Bill the Vampire takes a turn after he is kidnapped after betraying Sookie. This book introduces a growing rift between Sookie and Bill that will be more fully explored in later books, and the tension keeps the pages turning. ( )