The supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana, is reeling from two hard blows -- the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire summit the month before in the up-north city of Rhodes. Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to normal. But that's just not happening. Too many vampires -- some friends, some not -- were killed or injured, and her weretiger boyfriend, Quinn, is among the missing.
It's clear that things are changing, whether the Weres and vamps of her corner of Louisiana like it or not. And Sookie -- friend of the pack and blood-bonded to Eric Northman, the leader of the local vampire community -- is caught up in the changes.
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 flowing, her world will be forever altered...
This is definitely one of the better books in the series. Even though the author must have been trying to fill pages with so many different plots in the story, it was written better than the previous books had been. I spent more time looking forward to what would happen next than rolling my eyes over ridiculous things the characters did. Sookie is definitely growing as a person and not quite as annoying as she used to be, but she still does things that she can't help since the author is obviously trying to drag her romantic life on for as long as possible.