Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

I love Sookie Stackhouse! Aside from the fact that everyone in her life is supernatural or two-natured as she says, she's a lot like me! This was book 12 and readers are preparing for the end. Book 13 is supposed to be the last in this series. You can tell the author is getting ready to end it. Sookie is still "married" to Eric, the big, Viking vampire. (I do love Eric!) They are failing to communicate and facing problems on all fronts. Of course Bill, Pam, Sam, and others are involved throughout the story. It all boils down to Sookie having a faery object that gives the possessor a wish. Eric wants her to use it for one thing, but she doesn't think she should have to use it for that. She ends up using it for the one thing she must use it for. Obviously, the book ends without a real end since we all know the next book will give us the closure we are hoping for!

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

What a way to start my summer reading! I'd already read the Vampire Academy series...Rose and Dimitri finally got to be together! Bloodlines is book one in the author's spinoff series featuring Sydney, the alchemist, as the primary character. The only thing I didn't like about the VA series was the fact that Adrian was left brokenhearted at the end. Well, he is part of this new series. I love his character! He still has the sarcasm but with new twists and turns. Other characters enter and a new problem takes hold in this series. I love that Rose and Dimitri are still mentioned. The ending was great! I can't wait for book two to see the interaction between Adrian and Dimitri.