Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

04/14/10

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Guest Reviewers Series

Title: Dead and Gone
Author: Charlaine Harris
ISBN: 978-0-441-01851-2
Reviewer: Erin O’Riordan
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Mini-Bio: Erin O’Riordan is the author of the 12-part Pagan Spirits series of urban (Milwaukee) erotic romance novels with a dash of paranormal magic.
Rating: 4 stars

Perhaps it’s because I’ve waited so long for my next Sookie Stackhouse fix (I always hold out for the paperbacK), but I liked this book much better than the previous book in the series, ‘From Dead to Worse.’ My chief complaint about FDtW was that lots of things happened, but they seemed more like a laundry list than a coherent storyline.

It’s true that good news is few and far between in ‘Dead and Gone,’ but this one flows so nicely, I read pages 73 to 289 in one big gulp. There are a number of gruesome deaths in this book. I won’t spoil them for the reader. I will say this: the Weres come out to the world the same way the vampires did, while a separate and much more secretive group of supernaturals fights a war amongst themselves.

Sookie Stackhouse lightens up a bit compared to her rather bitter turn in the last book. As always, she finds herself in a heap of trouble. Unlike other vampire novel heroines, she holds her own. Would Bella Swan stab a fairy with an iron trowel? I don’t think so. Would ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Elena even be able to form a thought like, “I’m in a heap of trouble, perhaps I should seek protection?” Not likely.

Still, Sookie just wouldn’t be Sookie without a romantic wrinkle or two. This time, she has romantic wrinkles in spades with blond hottie and Viking vampire Eric. Of course, Bill Compton is never far from her thoughts, and it seems the Sook may actually have forgiven Bill this time. Whether you’re a member of Team Eric or Team Bill, you’ll be relieved to know were tiger Quinn is dismissed, and Sookie’s romantic life has returned to a battle of the vamps. Despite an unfortunate loss in the last few pages, this is a very satisfying volume in the Sookie Stackhouse saga.

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