The shifters romantic interest was provided by Sam, Alcide and Calvin. Sookie seems to have an abundance of men (well vampires and shapeshifters) interested in her in this story. All the regular characters that we have come to know and love from the previous Sookie Stackhouse books are in Dead As A Doornail, as well as some interesting new characters, such as Charles the vampire barman who originally was a pirate in life and Quinn the mysterious shifter that the werewolves have brought in to referee their leadership contest. What can I say? This is yet another gripping instalment of the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic cocktail waitress from small town Louisiana. Sookie certainly is in for a dangerously exciting time… if you think that having her house burnt down with her still in it and getting shot by the mystery sniper qualifies as exciting, rather than an indication of how dangerous her life has become since she started associating with vampires! The Review

However because this is the werewolf leadership competition you just know that the winner is not going to be decided by a democratic election…. Alcide’s father wants to lead the pack and Alcide soon drags Sookie into the power struggle, hoping that her telepathic abilities will give his dad an advantage. To further complicate matters the pack master of local werewolves dies suddenly and the pack need to decide on who the new leader will be. Known for dispensing their own kind of justice the real shooter needs to be found before the were panthers turn on Jason.

If that wasn’t worrying enough, when Calvin Norris (head of the local were panther community) is shot and seriously wounded the rest of the were panthers suspect Jason might be the sniper. Someone in her small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana is shooting the local shifter population at random. Sookie’s relief that her brother is going to be okay with turning into a panther once a month for the rest of his life doesn’t last long. Strangely enough Jason actually likes shifting and takes his transformation quite well. Since he was bitten, not born as a were panther, he doesn’t change into a true panther but into a kind of wild panther-man. It’s the first full moon since her brother Jason was bitten by a were panther and she knows that he’s going to turn into a panther before he does. Sookie Stackhouse is back for more adventures in the fifth book in the Southern Vampire series.

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