Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
The last time I was brave (or silly) enough to review a book by this author, it was only hours before her legion of fans from the States raised an outcry. Well, the mailbox is empty and here I go again.
Remember that Sookie is, or was, a lonely girl from Louisiana who had a special talent – the ability to read minds. This talent made it very difficult for her to be friends with anyone until the vampire Bill entered her life.
Dead and Gone is the ninth book in the series, and so the story has moved on. Bill is out, Eric is in. Sam is a Were, and apparently Sookie is part ‘faerie’. Got that? Well, in this book life gets a little more complicated when the Weres ‘come out’. Suddenly the humans in town are feeling very threatened and react in that good ol’ Southern style – kill them all. And then of course Sookie gets caught in the faerie wars!
I am sorry, but the Charlaine Harris fan club is going to be up in arms again. By book 9, Harris has lost all credibility with this reviewer. The plot is silly and contrived. It is not an imitation of the Twilight series, because Meyer knew when to stop. Harris is milking her series for all it is worth. She has dragged in so many different magical and mythical beings now that there are no humans left! Gee, even Buffy knew that the audience needs someone remotely normal to share their point of view.
How many more books are in this series? Too many more and I will be cheering for Katrina to come again.
