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True Blood Season 4 Ep 3: If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’?
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The last episode of True Blood left Sookie looking fearfully at an avaricious Eric who could smell her fairy blood and, in episode four, his teeth drop down and he looks like he’s about to taste her. She panics and drives away but he just uses his vampire speed to keep pace and go after her.
Sookie’s next plan is to run away but that’s kind of silly – what vampire can’t catch a human running from them? When he zips in front of her, she hits him in the nose which surprises him and he says she broke it. Sookie’s response – “you’re a vampire, it’ll heal”. To which Eric replies, “I know I’m a vampire. I just don’t know who I am”. Sookie (who seems to never learn anything from her past dealings with Eric) states that she will help him figure out what happened but he’s got to do as she says which means no biting or touching. He meekly follows her.
When Eric stands at the door to Sookie’s house waiting to be invited in, you see a light bulb go off above her head – maybe he’s not faking it after all. He is constantly apologizing to her and he seems very shy and timid. She washes his feet and he looks down at her, telling her that she is beautiful. His feet are ticklish which is so unlike old Eric it’s throwing Sookie for a real loop.
Pam comes over after Sookie’s call and she’s shocked that he does not recognize one of his own “children”. The two of them decide that he will hide in Sookie’s house so that he will be safe but Pam has to pay her for her safekeeping services. She takes him to the cubby under her living room and he wants her to stay there with him. He wants to know what she is and for a minute, you think he’s not going to let her go. He goes into vampire mode and drops his teeth but then he looks very embarrassed and she leaves.
Bill is listening to Jessica talk about drinking from another man who was not Hoyt. Cheater. She’s really sad that she did it and when Hoyt is about to find out, she glamours him and he only remembers how much he loves her. That’s a slippery slope, to make somebody forget a bad thing every time you do it. I doubt these two will stay together. Once you start lying, cheating, and glamouring, it’s all over.
Tara wants Sookie to try and convince Eric that they had nothing to do with hurting him at the coven. She wants him to know that the cause of his problems is Marnie, not Tara, Jesus or Lafayette. Layfayette decides to visit Fangtasia on his own and ask for the vampire to forgive them – he’s not waiting for Sookie to intervene. When he gets there, he finds a very angry Pam who gives them one day to bring Marnie to Fangtasia.
Sam and Andy have a confrontation in the parking lot and Andy is getting out of control. His addiction to vampire blood is unmanageable and now he’s starting fights with the townspeople over nothing. He threatens to shoot Sam and actually pulls his gun out. Sam backs away and Andy leaves. Looks like Andy needs an intervention.
Sookie finds out that Debbie Pelt – her archnemesis – is alive and back with Alcide after she goes to visit him. Since Debbie tried to kill her when she was hooked on vampire blood, it’s quite understandable that Sookie does not want to be around Debbie – even if Debbie has completely changed her life. Nobody believes a convert.
Jason is starting his stud service in Hot Shot as Crystal comes in with her little magic blue pill and he takes it because he thinks it will help with the pain from all their werepanther bites. But, it’s really Viagra and he is being set up to start having sex with all the girls in the town. Even sex-lovin’ Jason is not liking this.
Eric leaves Sookie’s house and she can’t find him anywhere. Very concerned about his whereabouts, she sits at the house hoping that he will come back. Her fairy godmother appears in the front year begging Sookie to come with her back to Fairyland. As they are talking, Eric whips in from the side in a blur and takes her to the ground, drinking her blood like there’s no tomorrow. He kills the fairy godmother and as Sookie screams at him to stop, he looks up at her and tells her he’s sorry as the dead fairy melts away into dust.
Sookie Stackhouse Book 9 – Dead and Gone
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In Sookie’s world vampires co-exist with the human race. They “came out of the closet” several years ago and demonstrated their ability to live amongst mankind, due in part to the development of a synthetic blood substitute.
In Dead and Gone the werewolf/shifter community decides to follow suit. After all, they’re closer to “normal” than vampires right? They can withstand the sun, they’re warm-blooded, their skin isn’t pale, and they can eat real food. Who cares if they grow fur and howl at the moon every few weeks?
They decide to reveal themselves to the world on national television by having one of their kind turn furry during a live broadcast. Their unveiling is met with mixed reviews; some question whether other supernatural races exist whereas others applaud their honesty and willingness to trust that the human race will embrace their diversities. Overall, people seem to be taking the announcement fairly well.
Until a were is brutally murdered and placed in the Merlotte parking lot.
With Sookie, when it rains it pours: the recent were murder has Jason once again on the prime suspect list; two of Sam’s relatives are brutally attacked and Sookie has to take over managing Merlotte’s; a new vampire king is interested in using Sookie to his advantage; and her fae relatives are at war with a faction of human-hating faeries that want to kill Sookie because of her half-fae heritage.
So it’s no wonder that Dead and Gone shows us a more reflective Sookie, one who wonders about some of the choices she’s made in life. Sookie realizes that although she’s still a caring person, she’s also become somewhat hardened and jaded because of the numerous life-and-death situations she’s dealt with. Before she knew much about the supernatural world her life consisted of going to work, shielding herself from other people’s thoughts, and looking after her home.
Her increased awareness of the supernatural community has come at a price: she’s lost several loved ones and acquaintances; she’s been targeted by a serial killer; she’s been kidnapped by religious fanatics; her house has been set on fire; and she’s been violently attacked by monstrous creatures more times than she cares to remember. Sookie keeps plugging along because that’s her nature, but in Dead and Gone she’s much more cautious about the decisions she makes.
Dead and Gone is a writing coup for Charlaine Harris. Several loose ends are wrapped up in this book and unfortunately, at least one character from previous books is killed however the storyline kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. The character development is superb, the pacing is quick, and the suspense is, well, downright suspenseful. I used to think that Book #4, Dead To The World was my favorite in the series but it’s been usurped by this entry. If you love well-written urban fantasy with a bit of humor and adventure thrown in you’ll thoroughly enjoy Dead and Gone.
Dead and Gone is available from online retailers and booksellers.
Also, check out the entire collection of Sookie Stackhouse Books in Order.
Sookie Stackhouse Book 7 – All Together Dead
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In All Together Dead, Book 7 in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Sookie is still on the outs with “The Vampire Who Must Not Be Named”. And although she’s dating the weretiger Quinn she can’t seem to shake her attraction to the charismatic Viking vampire Eric. I’m a big Team Eric fan so I’m happy to see this storyline continue.
The story opens with Sookie attending an important vampire summit on the shores of Lake Michigan at the demand of Sophie, the vampire queen of Louisiana. Sophie, accused of murdering her husband (the vampire king of Arkansas) in a play for power and control, will be tried at the summit. Sophie claims to be innocent and wants Sookie to help prove this by reading the minds of the human companions accompanying other vampires at the event.
Once Sookie arrives at the hotel she meets up with Barry the Bellboy, an old acquaintance and fellow telepath who helped save Sookie in a previous book. Barry now works for the vampire king of Texas, who brought Barry along for the same reasons Sophie wanted Sookie around. Sookie soon notices strange occurrences in the hotel: suitcases mysteriously appear, a pair of supernatural bodyguards from a heretofore unknown race have been hired to protect the king of Kentucky, and Sophie’s primary accuser is found dead. As a matter of fact, several murders occur at the hotel. At first they look like the handiwork of the Fellowship of the Sun, a radical anti-vampire organization that just happens to be in town at the time. But Sookie and Barry’s investigations into the murders make them wonder whether they’re the result of an inside job, a suspicion that soon makes Sookie in particular the prime target of the mysterious murderer.
Now let’s talk about Sookie’s romances. Sookie is currently dating the extremely hunky Quinn who’s working at the summit. But powerful and sexy vamp Eric is still a strong contender for her affections and their bond extends beyond any exchange of blood. In this book we learn more about Eric’s feelings for Sookie and I have to tell you, it’s refreshingly sweet. This book makes one wonder if Bill was ever really right for Sookie. I truly believe his feelings for Sookie were sincere regardless of his initial motivations but it’s hard to restore a relationship when trust is compromised.
All Together Dead is one of the funniest books in the Sookie Stackhouse series thus far. The nuptials between the king of Mississippi and the king of Indiana are laugh out loud hilarious. And there are some funny exchanges between Sookie and Pam, Eric’s vampire business partner. In the earliest books Pam was portrayed as an emotionally detached vampire who saw humans as nothing more than food but here lately we’ve seen her warm up to Sookie, something that comes as a surprise to both of them!
Charlaine Harris’s ability to write about so many relationships while keeping the storyline of assassination and betrayal at the forefront is a testament to her brilliance as a writer. Her stories may seem straightforward on the surface but peek beneath the skin and you’ll discover statements about political alliances, trust and loyalty. All Together Dead is a funny, exciting, thought provoking and overall worthy addition to the Sookie Stackhouse book series. You can get All Together Dead from online retailers or from local bookstores.
