Product Description Every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-in one special volume-from the New York Times bestselling author.
New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris has re-imagined the supernatural world with her "spunky" (Tampa Tribune) Southern Vampire novels starring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Now, for the first time, here is every Sookie Stackhouse short story ever written-together in one volume.
Stories include "Fairy Dust," "One Word Answer," "Dracula Night," "Lucky," and "Giftwrap."
A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse: The Complete Stories) by Charlaine HarrisJuly 26, 2010 Lisa Faith Bragg I really loved this book. I am a fan of the series and I really loved this book. I hope that Mrs. Harris keeps writing short stories about Sookie to go along with the books.
Loved it! Wish it was longer!July 17, 2010 B. Shirts(West Coast) If you are a fan of the HBO show, or of the Sookie Stackhouse books, you will enjoy this book.
There are already descriptions of the time frame for each story, and these seem to be tales that just didn't quite fit into the tone of the other books.
They are great at adding information though, and much more "stand alone" than the author's normal style, which often includes page turning cliff hangers and a need for "what will happen now?"
I'd buy it just for the expanded tale about the fairies, but I enjoyed each of the stories quite a bit. The endings were unlike Ms. Harris' normal style, so a tad jarring at first, but quite satisfying at the same time.
If you think of the series of books as a continuous delicious feasts, then these stories are the lovely little special treats offered from a dessert cart at the end, a perfectly ripe Belgian chocolate covered strawberry here, a creme brulee there, homemade coconut ice cream in a cookie shell over there, and all kinds of little goodies to enjoy.
I'd give it five stars, but for such a slim volume, the price was a tad high, still, it was fun and informative, and filled in some lovely blanks. The stories, though certainly set in the same situations as the books, do not always jive with the actions in the "real" books. That didn't bother me, but it might bother some.
For example, in one story, Sookie meets the queen under quite different circumstances. Hadley's death is also different. I looked at it as a glimpse into various options Ms. Harris considered whilst creating her world.
I just wish we had a few more stories in the book!
A Touch of DeadJuly 13, 2010 Lifetime Reader This book was not worth buying or reading. There are only 4 stories in this collection and all of them can be found in other short story collections. And some of the short stories don't even make sense with what is going on in the series. I wouldn't bother buying this book. If you really want to read the short stories, I would buy the anthologies that they were originally included in and you can experience a few other authors too.
For example:
Many Bloody Returns
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe
Both have Sookie Stackhouse stories and there are plenty of other anthologies with a story by Charlaine Harris, if her style is what you like.
Again, I wouldn't waste the money on this book.
TWO THUMBS & BOTH BIG TOES UP!!!July 7, 2010 Rachael(USA) No disrespect intended or implied to anyone else who read & reviewed this book ... I completely read the book description prior to purchase, so I had no nasty surprises or disappointment. Armed with full disclosure that this was an inbetweenie compendum of short stories ~ sort of like an appetizer to tide me over until the next book in the series was published, I gobbled up the stories, greedy for more! It was completely satisfying, without the guilt or calories! BUUUUURP!!! :)
Can't get enough Sookie!July 6, 2010 Elizabeth A. Hoffman(Falls Church, VA United States) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These are vignettes of Sookie's saga--they fill in some blanks from the book, others are just short stories...not as satisfying as the books, but still entertaining, and oh! so Sookie!
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