jackiesam's review against another edition
3.0
Even though the stories were just ok, it was kind of interesting to fill in the gaps.
kmontcrieff's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars ⭐
- Cute little short stories to go alongside reading the Sookie Stackhouse books.
- My favorite was the Dracula one with Eric, and my least favorite was the Christmas Eve one.
- Cute little short stories to go alongside reading the Sookie Stackhouse books.
- My favorite was the Dracula one with Eric, and my least favorite was the Christmas Eve one.
iamjamface's review against another edition
3.0
Sookie helps Claudine and Claude find out who killed their triplet Claudette.
iamjamface's review against another edition
3.0
A little story with Bubba (I’m a Bubba simp okay???), Bill and two men from the Queen of Louisiana’s court about the murder of Sookie’s cousin Hadley.
Baby girl has a ruthless side to her and I love it.
Baby girl has a ruthless side to her and I love it.
glitterbomb47's review against another edition
1.0
Wow. This book was lame. No new story, just five stories already published in other short story collections. Two-page illustrations in front of each story and really big font to make you feel like you actually read a book instead of a glorified Sookie Stackhouse brochure.
I'd only read one of the stories before, unfortunately for me it was apparently the best of the bunch. "Gift Wrap" was plain awful. "Fairy Dust" is unimpressive (ooh, Sookie's so clever and uses her extreme cleverness to solve crime!) "Lucky" trots out the uneducated idea of Limited Good and pretends like it's legitimate. Bo-ring.
This book is a shameless attempt to milk money out of fans of the Stackhouse series. Good thing I got it from the library. Take that Ace Books suckas!
Alternatively, may I suggest you get your fix by reading Many Bloody Returns, which includes the only good story from this collection, and also introduced me to the fun fiction of Jim Butcher & Rachel Caine.
I'd only read one of the stories before, unfortunately for me it was apparently the best of the bunch. "Gift Wrap" was plain awful. "Fairy Dust" is unimpressive (ooh, Sookie's so clever and uses her extreme cleverness to solve crime!) "Lucky" trots out the uneducated idea of Limited Good and pretends like it's legitimate. Bo-ring.
This book is a shameless attempt to milk money out of fans of the Stackhouse series. Good thing I got it from the library. Take that Ace Books suckas!
Alternatively, may I suggest you get your fix by reading Many Bloody Returns, which includes the only good story from this collection, and also introduced me to the fun fiction of Jim Butcher & Rachel Caine.
bibliotequeish's review against another edition
4.0
This series... I mean its not the best, but I can't stop.
As a fan of the show I flew through this series.
The very definition of a guilty pleasure.
As a fan of the show I flew through this series.
The very definition of a guilty pleasure.
kandicez's review against another edition
4.0
2021 - Still a great collection, made more so since I read this after something I truly did not enjoy to clear my literary palate. Thank you Harris for being so reliably entertaining!
2010 -
Fairy Dust
This story is about Claude and Claudine. I never knew they were actually 2 of a set of triplets. That's one of the joys of short stories slipped between novels in a series. You get little glimpses and facts that just aren't necessary to canon, but are sure fun to read. My favorite line in the story is at the end when Claudine says "Fair is only part of Fairy as letters of the alphabet." It sounds so menacing, and since I picture Claudine as Liv Tyler in my head, I can just see her saying it.
Dracula Night
Sookie is invited to Fangtasia for a birthday party in honor of Dracula. Yes, Dracula. THE Dracula. It's something Eric does every year with the anticipation of being graced with the presence of a true star in the Vampire world. I love when we get little snapshots of Eric being "human". It's been 1000 years, so when he still shows some spark of life, it's pretty thrilling. His excitement in this story was adorable, and even when his hopes were dashed at the end, he perks up with thoughts of "maybe next year". Sookie shows us, once again, that she is a pretty smart, Southern cookie, and not just a psychic barmaid.
One Word Answer
In this story, Sookie learns of the death of her cousin Hadley and meets Mr. Cataliades and the Queen of Louisiana. Bubba makes an appearance which is always welcome and brings a smile to my face. Bill rushes to the aid of "his" Sookie, and just like the last story, Sookie shows us just how smart she really is.
Lucky
This is my least favorite. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them. I mean that's obvious since I love Sookie, the vamps, weres, shifters, and witches, right? But believing one person can use up all the luck in the vicinity? That seems a little silly to even me.
Gift Wrap
Sookie is alone on Christmas Eve. Poor thing. This was a fun story that could have fit anywhere in the series. I don't see anything that pertains to any other stories, other than a few events Sookie references. All I can say is, only Niall, a 1000+ year old, fairy great-grandfather would think of a no strings attached evening of physical pleasure as the perfect Christmas gift. He was right;)
2010 -
Fairy Dust
This story is about Claude and Claudine. I never knew they were actually 2 of a set of triplets. That's one of the joys of short stories slipped between novels in a series. You get little glimpses and facts that just aren't necessary to canon, but are sure fun to read. My favorite line in the story is at the end when Claudine says "Fair is only part of Fairy as letters of the alphabet." It sounds so menacing, and since I picture Claudine as Liv Tyler in my head, I can just see her saying it.
Dracula Night
Sookie is invited to Fangtasia for a birthday party in honor of Dracula. Yes, Dracula. THE Dracula. It's something Eric does every year with the anticipation of being graced with the presence of a true star in the Vampire world. I love when we get little snapshots of Eric being "human". It's been 1000 years, so when he still shows some spark of life, it's pretty thrilling. His excitement in this story was adorable, and even when his hopes were dashed at the end, he perks up with thoughts of "maybe next year". Sookie shows us, once again, that she is a pretty smart, Southern cookie, and not just a psychic barmaid.
One Word Answer
In this story, Sookie learns of the death of her cousin Hadley and meets Mr. Cataliades and the Queen of Louisiana. Bubba makes an appearance which is always welcome and brings a smile to my face. Bill rushes to the aid of "his" Sookie, and just like the last story, Sookie shows us just how smart she really is.
Lucky
This is my least favorite. I can suspend disbelief with the best of them. I mean that's obvious since I love Sookie, the vamps, weres, shifters, and witches, right? But believing one person can use up all the luck in the vicinity? That seems a little silly to even me.
Gift Wrap
Sookie is alone on Christmas Eve. Poor thing. This was a fun story that could have fit anywhere in the series. I don't see anything that pertains to any other stories, other than a few events Sookie references. All I can say is, only Niall, a 1000+ year old, fairy great-grandfather would think of a no strings attached evening of physical pleasure as the perfect Christmas gift. He was right;)
offbalance80's review against another edition
3.0
A nice collection of short stories that take place in the Sookie Stackhouse universe, and a short read. It's a nice snack to tide a fan over until the release of Charlaine Harris's next full-length Sookie adventure.
trudecal's review against another edition
4.0
It was a nice little snack to have between new books, but no real meat to it. :)