The Lure of Shapinsay GIVEAWAY!

Remember that book I just reviewed a few days ago?? The Lure of Shapinsay - you know, the one about the Scottish selkies? Well, I have an awesome giveaway for you!
Author Krista Holle is giving away to ONE lucky reader:
An e-book copy of The Lure of Shapinsay
A  bookmark
A bookplate
AND a T-Shirt!


This giveaway is open internationally!

Book Review: The Lure of Shapinsay by Krista Holle

Book Details:
Title: The Lure of Shapinsay
Author: Krista Holle
2011, Sweet River Romance
ASIN: B006O53UTS
Genre: Paranormal Romance


Book Summary:
Ever since Kait Swanney could remember, the old crones of the village have been warning her to stay away from the selkies. They claim that like sirens of old, the seal men creep from the inky waters, shed their skins, and entice women to their deaths beneath the North Sea. But avoiding an encounter becomes impossible when Kait is spotted at the water’s edge, moments after the murder of a half-selkie infant. 

Kait is awoken unexpectedly by a beautiful, naked selkie man seeking revenge. After she declares her innocence, the intruder darts into the night, but not before inadvertently bewitching her with an overpowering lure. 

Kait obsesses over a reunion deep beneath the bay and risks her own life to be reunited with her selkie. But when she lands the dangerous lover, the chaos that follows leaves Kait little time to wonder—is it love setting her on fire or has she simply been lured?


My Review:
Move over vampires! This was a very unique novel. I had only briefly heard the mythology of the selkies in a previous series and the concept intrigued me, as I didn't have much knowledge of the legends. 


Kait and Eamon, the selkie male, begin a strange relationship after his first encounter with her. At first I was not sure if Kait was stupid or if she was just so enchanted by him that she couldn't help it. It kept me a little frustrated, but just enough so that I had to keep reading to find out what was going on. 


The author does a wonderful job of letting us see from Kait's view and that of Eamon. There were some definite twists and turns that I was unprepared for throughout the book, along with some unlikely secondary characters that add interest to the story.


I don't want to give too much of the plot away in my review. It is well-written and keeps you wondering until the very end what fate is going to befall Kait and Eamon. Will they end up together? Are they destined for one to live on land and one in the sea? Or will one of them end up dying while trying to survive in the other's world? If you are interested in forbidden love stories, definitely pick up this book. Like books with historical or mythological creatures? Even better.


At this point, you can pick up a copy of The Lure of Shapinsay on Amazon for your Kindle or Barnes and Noble for your Nook for only $2.99! 


Be on the lookout for a GIVEAWAY in the near future!!

Mini Reviews #1

Okay, so this a new thing for me this year. I'm going to save up several reviews and do them all at once rather than doing a long review on each book. If they are just books I've picked up to read, I'm going to do a mini review. I like to be able to look back at what I've read and see if it was something I enjoyed or an author I liked, so I still want to document it... just not clog up my blog with millions of reviews!


If they're for a publisher review or ARC tour, then obviously then they will get their own lengthy one. =)


Click the Goodreads Summary for a summary of each book.

Title: 51/50: The Magical Adventure of a Single Life

Author: Kristen McGuiness

2010, Soft Skull Press

ASIN: B00440D824

Genre: Non-Fiction

Goodreads Summary

My Review:

This was the first book I read on my Kindle. I started it thinking it was kind of a weird fictional book about a recovering alcoholic trying to discover herself... only to realize that it was actually more of a memoir written by the author about her own weird life. At that point I was too far in to quit, but I thought it was a strange and not very uplifting book.

Title: Paradise Valley (Daugthers of Caleb Bender #1)

Author: Dale Cramer

2010, Bethany House Publishers

ASIN: B004EPYYDQ

Genre: Christian Fiction

Goodreads Summary

My Review:

I'm always a sucker for a good Amish story, so when I saw this one for free on my Kindle I was pretty happy. This book is about a father who moves his Amish family to Mexico to avoid  a government that is attempting to force their children to attend a conventional school 5 days a week. Apparently this was based on some true events, which made me like the story even more. This was really a great novel, with intelligent and interesting characters. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series to see what happens to the Bender family in Mexico.

 Title: Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart

Author: Beth Pattillo

2010, Guideposts Books

ISBN: 0824947932

Genre: Contemporary Fiction

Goodreads Summary

My Review:

This is my least favorite of my books I'm going to review today. There was something lacking about the storyline of this novel. It was cute, it was nice, but for some reason I wasn't too excited about it. It's a little unfortunate, because I looked back at my view of Jane Austen Ruined My Life by the same author, and I really liked it. I felt like the author was really grasping to make the story work with the whole Mr. Darcy/Jane Austen theme for this one. 

Title: Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side (Jessica #1)

Author: Beth Fantaskey

2010, Graphica

AISN: B003UV91AQ

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Goodreads Summary

My Review:

This was another free Kindle download. I'd never even heard of it before. I really enjoyed this book. I always like a unique vampire story and this one delivered. Main character, Jessica, is a smart, interesting and fun American teenager and her counterpart, the vampire prince she's betrothed too (surprise!), Lucius, is complex, mysterious, charismatic and brooding all at once. Makes for an interesting relationship and story line. If you like paranormals I'd suggest picking this one up. I'm looking forward to the sequel!

Two Mini Reviews: Dark Lover and Cloudy with the Chance of Marriage

Just finished these two books.... I'm not really feeling up to a lengthy review of either, so here they are - short and sweet. =)

Title: Cloudy with a Chance of Marriage (Impossible Bachelors #3)

Author: Kieran Kramer

2011, St. Martin's Paperbacks

ISBN: 0312374038
Genre: Historical Romance

My Review:

Like the other two Impossible Bachelor novels, this one is fun, quirky and full of sex. I had read some very unfavorable reviews on this one in the series, but I liked it. The point of these novels seems to be very far-fetched and ridiculous, not historically accurate, so if you can handle that, then they're pretty easy and fun reads. If not, don't even pick this one up because you'll think it's dumb. =)

Title: Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood #1)

Author: J.R. Ward

2005, Signet Eclipse

ISBN: 0451216954 

Genre: Paranormal

My Review:

This is a series I'd been hearing about for awhile now, but hadn't gotten around too. I picked up this copy of the first in the series cheap when Border's was going out of business. I really enjoyed this book and will be picking up the next one in the series. I liked the original take on the vampire nation. I could have done without some of the sex scenes, but I was expecting them for the most part from other reviews I'd read. The characters were well written and the plot was engaging. Definitely left me wondering what was going to happen in the next book.

Blood Rights by Kristen Painter: Good Choice Reading Book Tour

Book Details:
Title: Blood Rights (House of Comarré Bk #1) ARC
Author: Kristen Painter
2011, Orbit
ISBN: 978-0-316-08477-2
Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal

Book Summary (from Goodreads):
The lacy gold mapped her entire body. A finely-wrought filigree of stars, vines, flowers, butterflies, ancient symbols and words ran from her feet, up her legs, over her narrow waist, spanned her chest and finished down her arms to the tips of her fingers.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle’s body bears the telltale marks of a comarré—a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world…and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.


My Review:
This was a great book. It's amazing to me how many different takes there can be on vampire stories! This one is unique because of the comarré, which is a human who is bred to feed the vampire nobles. In return, the vampire saliva helps keep them young, strong and with ultra-sensitive senses. A patron buys a comarré's blood rights for exclusive use.


Chrystabelle's patron has been murdered and they think she did it. She is on the run and her only hope is Malkolm, a vampire noble who has been cursed and discarded by the rest of the nobility. The two of them team up to defeat a power-hungry vampiress and clear Chrystabelle's name.


The story was unique, the characters were strong, likeable and intelligent. My only complaint was that there were a lot of made up vampire-ish terms that were a little confusing. At the end of the book I saw there was a glossary of these terms and wished I'd known that at the beginning for reference. It was also a very clean read - which surprised me. Only a few 4-letter words and two kisses  in the whole thing!


I am looking forward to the next two books in the series and highly recommend this novel if you are a fan of vampire paranormals.




This book is set to be released on October 1, 2011.


Thank you to Good Choice Reading for hosting the Blood Rights Book Tour and giving me the opportunity to review this book.

More ARC Tours - Blood Rights

Just found out I'm getting to participate in an ARC tour for

Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

through Good Choice Reading!

Seems a little more hard-core 

paranormal than I usually pick up 

(uh... Sookie Stackhouse or Twilight anyone?)

but the summary sounds intriguing, 

so I'm up for it.

I'm last on the tour, so it'll probably be 6 weeks

before I get it, but I'll get a review up to tell you

what I thought about it!

Abandon by Meg Cabot Once Upon a Twilight Book Tour

Book Details: 
Title: Abandon (The Abandon Trilogy #1) 
Author: Meg Cabot 
2011, Scholastic 
ARC Copy 
Genre: YA fantasy/paranormal

Book Summary: 
Pierce knows what it's like to die because she's one it before. 

Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce can't help ut feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet she's never alone ... because someone is always watching her. Escape from the realm of the dead is impossible when someone there wants you back. 

But now she's moved to a new town. Maybe at her new school, she can start fresh. Maybe she can stop feeling so afraid. 

Only she can't. Because even here, he finds her. That's how desperately he wants her back. She knows he's no guardian angel, and his dark world isn't exactly heaven, yet she can't stay away ... especially since he always appears when she least expects it, but exactly when she needs him most. 

But if she lets herself fall any further, she may just find herself back in the one place she most fears: the Underworld. 

The myth of Persephone ... Darkly Re-imagined. 

My Review: 
I was very excited to read this book - and a little skeptical. I love Meg Cabot's books, but her last one about the vampires made me wonder why she was attempting another one of these paranormal sort of books and not just sticking to The Princess Diaries type. 

I was pretty happy with this one though! First, I've always been a big Greek Mythology fan, so to find out that this series is based loosely on the Myth of Hades and Persephone was intriguing to me. Meg Cabot's characters are always kind of flaky and quirky and I wasn't sure at first if I liked that about Pierce, but she really grew on me as the book went on. 

I also really liked the character of John - a death deity. He is mysterious, brooding, protective and loving all wrapped up in one person. I expected him to actually BE in more of the story, but he was kind of in the background for most of the book. Cabot also used some interesting secondary characters that I liked, Pierce's parents, cousin, and Mr. Smith, the cemetery caretaker, and the Furies. Cabot used a lot of historical facts or references for this fiction book - I always like a book that is based on something realistic. 

I have to say I was a little frustrated at first because I felt like Cabot just jumped right into the story and I had no idea what was going on - and it took her half the book to slowly explain it. But although I was kind of annoyed about that, I still couldn't seem to put the book down! 

I am greatly looking forward to the next installment of this series to find out what happens with John and Pierce! This one really left the reader hanging at the end and wishing for the next one! 

Thank you to Once Upon A Twilight for hosting the Abandon Book Tour and giving me the opportunity to review this book. http://www.onceuponatwilight.com

Book Review: Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11)

Book Details:
Title: Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse #11)
Author: Charlaine Harris
2011, ACE Books
ISBN: 978-0441-02031-7
Genre: Paranormal Romance


Book Summary (from the inside cover):
It's spring in Bon Temps, and for telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse, the season will turn out to be one full of secrets revealed - secrets that will bring major changes in her life...


With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion falls immediately on the anti-shifters in the area. But Sookie suspects otherwise, and she and Sam work together to uncover the culprit - and the twisted motive for the attack.


But her attention is divided. Though she can't "read" vampires, Sookie knows her lover, Eric Northman, and his "child" Pam well - and she realizes that the yare plotting to kill the vampire who is now their master. Gradually, she is drawn into the plot - which is much more complicated than she knows. 


Caught up once again in the politics of the vampire world, Sookie will learn that she is as much of a pawn as any ordinary human - and that there is a new queen on the board....


My Review:
Ugh! I am so frustrated by the ending of this book! This was kind of a slow mover for me as Sookie Stackhouse books go. I was still pretty intrigued the whole way through, but it seemed to have a little less action than usual. 

I spent most of the book worrying that Eric and Sookie were breaking up - I'm not going to say whether they did or not for spoiler reasons, but let's just say that after the book ended I'm still not sure exactly what I think about the situation. I've spent quite a few of these books waiting for them to get together and if it doesn't work out now I'm going to be pretty annoyed. Bill also seemed to redeem himself somewhat in this book and that didn't really make me happy either.

Some interesting things were revealed - how Sookie became telepathic, a little more knowledge about the fae and some Stackhouse family history.

Usually these books end pretty well - not too much of a  cliffhanger at the end, but this one left A LOT to be revealed. It's going to be hard to wait a whole year to find out what happened with all the loose strings at the end of this book.

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Book Review: Insatiable by Meg Cabot

Book Details:
Title: Insatiable
Author: Meg Cabot
2010, Harper Collins
ISBN: 978-0-06-173506-6
Genre: Chick-lit, Paranormal
 
Summary (from the inside cover):
Sick of hearing about vampires? So is Meena Harper.
But her bosses are making her write about them anyway, even though Meena doesn't believe in them.
Not that Meena isn't familiar with the supernatural. See, Meena Harper knows how you're going to die. (Not that you're going to believe her. No one ever does.)
But not even Meena's precognition can prepare her for what happens when she meets- then makes the mistake of falling in love with - Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a bit of a dark side. It's a dark side a lot of people, like an ancient society of vampire hunters, would prefer to see him dead for.
The problem is, Lucien's already dead. Maybe that's why he's the first guy Meena's ever met whom she could see herself having a future with. See, while Meena's always been able to see everyone else's future, she's never been able to look into her own.
and while Lucien seems like everything Meena has ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, he might turn out to be more like a nightmare.
Now might be a good time for Meena to start learning to predict her own future...
If she even has one.
 
My Review:
Okay, I usually LOVE Meg Cabot books. I haven't read them all, but I've always liked the ones I HAVE read. This was not my favorite. I want to say that I loved this book, but I didn't. But I can't really say I hated it either.
 
I think I liked about the first half or two-thirds of this book. I actually sat up late reading a few nights after I got off work at midnight! Then it just kind of fell apart. Ridiculous things started happening (okay... I know what you're thinking... this book is about vampires - it's not realistic!). But it wasn't that. I didn't like the ending - she went off with the wrong guy, in my opinion! She made the guy I like end up being more like a creepy guy at the end. And some really far-fetched things happened - even for vampires.
 
I really enjoyed the beginning when she was making references to other vampire stories like "I'm surprised he wasn't sparkling or something?" (Twilight) or "Sookie Stackhouse, and she's made up" and "that vampire show on HBO" (TruBlood/ Sookie Stackhouse novels). But then it went off on it's own direction - and although it's characters were pretty fun and quirky like Meg Cabot's other books, there was just something I didn't like about this one. I did think her version of how vampires came to be was interesting - she ties in Dracula.
 
Soo... if you like vampire novels - you might like this one, even if just for the vampire-craze humor. If you like Meg Cabot's other books - you might like it, just because.
Or you might not. I think this one could go either way.
 


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Book Review: Dead in the Family

Book Details:
Title: Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)
Author: Charlaine Harris
2010, Ace Books
ISBN:978-0-441-01864-2
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Summary (from the inside cover):
A Fae War has left the supernatural community of Bon Temps, Louisiana, in chaos - and waitress Sookie Stackhouse mentally and physically drained. And still, the peace and quiet she so desperately craves is hard to come by ...
Even with the blood of two vampires in her system, Sookie is having trouble healing from the terrible torture she endured at the hands of her great-grandfather's enemies during the brief  but deadly Fae War. Worse are the emotional wounds - especially over the loss of her own personal fairy godmother and the near death of her first love.
Sookie is hurt and she's made. Just about the only bright spot in her life - besides the fact that she is, after all, still alive - is the love she thinks she feels for vampire Eric Northman, who is under scrutiny by the new vampire king because of their relationship.
As the political implications of the shifters' coming-out are beginning to be felt, Sookie's connection to one particular Were draws her into the dangerous debate. And, unknown to her, though the doors to Faery have been closed, there are still some fae on the human side - and one of them is angry at Sookie. Very, very angry.

My Review:
Can I just start out by saying that I'm very unhappy that I've come to the end of the currently published books?! I have to wait until May for the 11th  book! And then I think she only comes out with one a year. Geez!

Anyway... I really enjoyed this book in the series. Sookie was pretty battered from the previous book and as terrible as it sounds, I kinda liked it that it took her a while to bounce back - so many bad things happy to her and she's so perky usually.

This one had the interesting twist of Eric's maker coming into the mix - up until that point I'd been thinking that maybe Sookie should just get turned, but now I'm thinking that might not be such a great idea, giving Eric that much power over her - unless someone else turned her, like Pam? Hmm....

And although I haven't decided if I think Sookie SHOULD become a vampire or not, I've started to kind of leaning in that direction. Would she still be a telepath? I was also interested to see she spent a little time contemplating it, which I think she'd always been totally against it before.

I still really like Eric and hope that they stay together. Bill is annoying and Sam is a little strange - although good friend material. I have to say also that I'm glad that her brother Jason is slowly becoming an adult - finally.

Soooo.... I'm eagerly anticipating the next installment of the series. I'm actually going to pre-order the next book, which is something I NEVER do. I hardly ever buy books and when I do, they are usually in paperback. =)



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Book Review: Dead and Gone

Book Details:
Title: Dead and Gone
Author: Charlaine Harris
2009, Ace Books
ISBN: 978-0-441-01715-7
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Summary (from the inside cover):
For Sookie Stackhouse, the day-to-day activities of the vampire and Were communities in and around Bon Temps, Louisiana, are of vital interest. She's blood bound to the leader of the vamps, is a friend to the local Were pack, works for a man who is a shifter, and has a brother who is a werepanther ...

But for most of the humans in Bon Temps, the vamps are mysterious, seductive creatures - and they dont' even know about the Weres.

Until now. The Weres and shifters have finally decided to follow the lead of the undead and reveal their existence to the ordinary world.

At first it seems to go well. Then the mutilated body of a werepanther is found in the parking lot of the bar where Sookie works. The victim is someone she knows, so she feels compelled to discover who - human or otherwise - did the deed.

But what she doesn't realize is that there is a much greater danger than the killer threatening Bon Temps. A race of unhuman beings - older, more powerful, and far more secretive than vampires or werewolves - are preparing for war. And Sookie will find herself an all-too-human pawn in their battle.

My Review:
I was a little worried that I wasn't going to be able to get  back into the Sookie story since I've had a little break from the series, but I was sucked (hmm... no pun intended) right back in. I realized I've kind of missed quirky Sookie and her gang of Supes.

I really enjoyed this book in the series. I'm VERY glad that she's so close to Eric the vampire - I'm not really sure why because he's so selfish and demanding, but for some reason I really like him regardless. Bill redeemed himself a little in this book I thought - although I still don't like him as much as Eric.

The fae were really creepy in this book and I'm kind of glad to be rid of them. I don't want to reveal any secrets, but I will say that the two people/things that died in this book I was kind of sad about because I liked both their characters. I'm kind of surprised that I don't get more irritated with all the crazy scrapes she gets herself into, but somehow it doesn't bother me.

I'm very curious about what's going to happen between Eric and Sookie since she's had even more of his blood now - I'm not really sure how they can be more blood-bonded than they already are, but I'm assuming something must come of it.

There's only one more book and then I have to wait until May for the next one to come out!



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Book Review: From Dead to Worse

Book Details:
Title: From Dead to Worse
Author: Charlaine Harris
2008, ACE Books
ISBN: 978-0-441-01939-7
Genre: Paranormal Romance

Book Summary (from the back cover):
After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. but her boyfriend, Quinn, is among the missing. And things are changing, whether the Weres and vamps in her corner of Louisiana like it or not. In the ensuing battles, Sookie faces danger, death ... and, once more, betrayal by someone she loves. And when the fur has finished flying and the cold blood has ceased flowing, her world will be forever altered...

My Review:
Out of the last few books, I think this Sookie novel is one of my favorites. She's back in Bon Temps, back to living her normal life and then of course - things go weird. But I liked it that she wasn't travelling around meeting all kind of new weird creatures in new weird places.

I'm a little disappointed that Quinn seems to be out of the picture now - although I didn't think his betrayal was that horrible. Bill is starting to worry me since he's being all nice and trying to win Sookie back and I really don't want that to happen. And I'm super happy that Eric has regained his memory from his bout of amnesia when he stayed with Sookie a couple books back (I think that should lead to some interesting conversations later...). And, although I don't want her to get together with Sam for good... I like it that he played a larger part in this novel than he has for awhile.

I'm not really sure how much farther Harris can take this series - she killed off quite a few people (uh... creatures) in this one. The Weres are supposed to be reveling themselves to the world along with the other shapeshifters soon, so that will be interesting. Oh! One other thing I've really liked is having Amelia the witch living with Sookie. She adds a lot to the storyline, I think.

I have the next two books in at the library, so I'm going to have to make the time to swing by there sometime this week and pick them up. Although this next book in the Outlander series looks like its going to take me awhile to get through!



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Book Review: All Together Dead

Book Details:
Title: All Together Dead
Author: Charlaine Harris
2007, ACE Books
ISBN: 978-0-441-01581-8
Genre: Paranormal Romance


Book Summary (from the back cover):
Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse must now not only deal with a possible new man in her life - the oh-so-handsome shape-shifter Quinn - but also contend with a long-planned vampire summit. With her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans, the local vampire queen in vulnerable to those hungry for a take-over. Soon, Sookie must decide what side she'll stand with. And her choice may mean the difference between survival and all-out catastrophe....


My Review:
Okay, this wasn't my favorite Sookie Stackhouse book. Not sure why, exactly, but it just wasn't my favorite. I think I didn't like all the people (uh, creatures) dying or something and the end seemed a little rushed after taking a long time to get to it. There were a couple passages I had to read more than once to figure out what was happening - I didn't think it was the best written of the series, although I thought the plot line was okay.


What I did like: I like how Harris brings characters back in from previous books. The vamps from the last book were back, which was kind of a given, but she also brought back Barry the Bellboy, also a telepath, from the 2nd or 3rd book and it was cool to catch up with him and see how his life had changed since meeting Sookie.


I'm still rooting for Quinn the were-tiger, but I'm sensing a definite leaning towards vampire Eric (not necessarily on Sookie's part, but the author's!). Harris keeps making sure that Eric and Sookie are tied together which also seems to harm Sookie's relationships with other guys. Still glad that Bill is out of the picture - I'm always worried that he's going to make a comeback.


I'm interested to see where the story goes from here. Coming into this book, I knew what was ahead because Sookie was looking forward to the vampire summit, but since at the end of this one she's decided maybe it'd be better to spend more time with normal human people, I'm not sure where that leads. Obviously something will happen!



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Dead and ...

Anyone who's following my recent reading habits will see that I've been pretty into the Sookie Stackhouse novels lately (or TrueBlood for those with HBO). I'm nearing the end of the published books which is already making me a little sad!

Today I got on my favorite site, PaperbackSwap.com, and ordered No 8 - From Dead to Worse. I'm just hoping it doesn't take too long for it to get here! haha

I really don't want to actually have to break down and purchase any of them, so I put a hold on No. 9 - Dead and Gone (whick looks like might take about a month to get, but that should give me a chance to catch up on some other reading!)

I also put a hold on No. 10 - Dead in the Family, but I'm guessing this might be the first one I have to actually buy considering there was no timeframe for it being my turn to get from the swap.

I thought that was it, but THEN I saw that on May 3rd the lastest Sookie Stackhouse novel is coming out! Yay! Something to look forward too - No. 11 - Dead Reckoning

I'm sure all most Sookie Stackhouse fans already know this, but I was excited! haha!




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