Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris

[slowfox]

I obviously spoke too soon when I was attempting to list all of Sookie's suitors, because now we have Quinn dating her! Actually, I don't like Quinn that much, so I'm hoping that this won't be a long-lasting thing.

I was a bit puzzled by the plot in this book, since it centres around Sookie's cousin's murder in New Orleans. The murder happened some time ago, but this is the first time we get to read of it in the series, as far as I remember, and yet the way the story's written, it's clear that Sookie knew quite a bit about Hadley's life as a vampire (she'd only recently been turned, and was the Queen of Louisiana's squeeze for a while).

Loose ends from the Debbie business are still dogging Sookie (and her new beau), and our heroine also manages to thwart the scheming King of Arkansas' grand plan in the course of the tale, too.

In the overall scheme of things, I didn't think this instalment was quite as good as the previous five: although we got introduced to some interesting characters, and we had the familiar two-intertwined-but-separate plots through the story, it didn't seem to have quite the same zing about itself.

Still enjoyable, of course, but this particular book felt a little more by-the-numbers than its predecessors.

Comments

[carolanne5]

Actually the pairing that would really get to Eric must be Sookie/Claudine; his one true love and a fairy, *nods*.

[slowfox]

I could possibly see Sookie/Pam, Sookie/Amelia, Sookie/Tara, but I cannot see Sookie/Claudine... Although yes, it would certainly drive Eric Up. The. Wall. :D

I'm not sure which book it is, but there's a point where Sookie states that she doesn't go for girls, so scotching any ideas of Bon Temps femmeslash :-(