The 3rd book in the Sookie Stackhouse series is just as good as the first 2, and it's even more different from the show, True Blood, than the first 2 were.
What I like most about this book is Bubba, the vampire Elvis. It's totally cheesy, and funny at the same time. Supposedly he wasn't quite dead when he went to the morgue the night he "died," and the vampire on duty turned him. Unfortunately, the massive amount of drugs in his system made him a less than intelligent vampire, and he is traded between Areas to prevent him from returning to Graceland and causing a "sighting." They call him Bubba so he isn't constantly reminded of his human life.
In this book, Bubba is commissioned to protect Sookie, and he does just that. In the process, he kills a Were and hides him in the apartment where Sookie is staying, forcing her to hide the corpse. Like I said, it's a bit much, but it's kind of funny.
The other thing I love about this book is the way Sookie begins to move away from Bill, both emotionally and physically. While she still loves Bill, Sookie experiments with letting herself think about and feel for Alcide and Eric. She makes out with Alcide and fantasizes about going further, and then to third base with Eric! I like the way Harris wrote those scenes, but hope we'll see a little more description in later scenes.
