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Sookies investigation into why leads straight into a dangerous battle among witches, vampires, and werewolves. But a greater danger could be to sookies heartbecause the kinder. Read the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires a novel by grady hendrix available from rakuten kobo. Stories from the world of sookie stackhouse anthology by other authors. Honestly, slaying vampires is a disservice to women and is compared to steel magnolias in the book blurb. I didnt know much about the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires before going in, because i like to stay relatively neutral before starting a book. Soon, sookies in dallas using her telepathic skills to search for a missing vampire. Dead to the world by charlaine harris southern vampires 4 rating. This is the second book ive read by hendrix and while i liked my best friends exorcism and it technically exists in the same universe, the southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires hit so many more of. Sookie stackhouse 8copy boxed set sookie stackhouse southern vampire charlaine harris. The complete series list for a southern vampire mystery sookie stackhouse charlaine harris. That said, the book wasnt without its usual tremblay issues, where some of the dialogue and characters actions felt clunky or forced or misused. Theres only one vampire sookie stackhouse is involved with at least voluntarily and thats bill. The southern book clubs guide to slaying vampires ebook.
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