Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

These books make me smile. They also make me wish I was a little (o.k., alot) like Sookie Stackhouse. She's always so nice to people until they deserve another approach and then she loses it. I lose it first and then contemplate if it was a valid reaction or not.... But I digress...
This installment in the series made me think of Harry Potter a little, in a very good contest-of-the-wills and agility kind of way. They ALWAYS remind me of Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovitch's character in the Plum series. It's a very good combination of fun and mystery and fantasy. A nice break if your other reading is say... a marketing textbook... :0)

You will find an official plot line description at:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170210.Dead_as_a_Doornail