Club Dead (2003)

My favorite so far :) I love the interaction between Sookie, Eric and Alcide. ( )

Actual rating: 4.5/5 stars



Summary : Things between cocktail waitress Sookie and her vampire boyfriend Bill seem to be going excellently (apart from the small matter of him being undead) until he leaves town for a while. A long while. Bill's sinister boss Eric has an idea of where to find him, whisking her off to Jackson, Mississippi to mingle with the under-underworld at Club Dead. When she finally catches up with the errant vampire, he is in big trouble and caught in an act of serious betrayal. This raises serious doubts as to whether she should save him or start sharpening a few stakes of her own ...


-GOODREADS


My Opinion: In the third installment of the well known Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris' explores, with the reader, betrayal. She does so beautifully.


I feel like I have to say, again, that Harris' writing is fun, fast-paced and dark.


When I read that Bill had betrayed Sookie, I wanted to sharpen my stakes and go kill him. Once I'd calmed down, I continued reading the book. I felt really bad for Sookie.


Anyone who loves Young Adult Paranormal Romance should enjoy this series.


I currently have the fourth book of the series, and will probably read it next.
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3 1/2 stars

This 3rd Sookie book has a ton of action and introduces some new and interesting characters. I liked the ending. Looking forward to book 4. ( )

Still not a fan. I like so much about these, especially her supporting characters. (Bubba)
But they are getting more R rated in each book and that doesn't work for me. And they still just don't have that, "I'm hooked" factor.
Think it is time to move on. ( )

Rating: 3.75* of five

The Publisher Says: Things between cocktail waitress Sookie and her vampire boyfriend Bill seem to be going excellently (apart from the small matter of him being undead) until he leaves town for a while. A long while. Bill's sinister boss Eric has an idea of where to find him, whisking her off to Jackson, Mississippi to mingle with the under-underworld at Club Dead. When she finally catches up with the errant vampire, he is in big trouble and caught in an act of serious betrayal. This raises serious doubts as to whether she should save him or start sharpening a few stakes of her own...

My Review: Ah, the vicissitudes of love...Sookie faces them in a very very very big way in this book. She's afraid she's losing Bill, she's afraid for Bill, she's afraid *of* Bill, and it's barely book three! She also has her fears about Bill's boss Eric, whose hold over her grows.

Sookie doesn't lack for drama in the love department. Add in a werewolf named Alcide, a superultrayummy Cajun construction worker, and you have an exquisitely delicious conundrum: Whom shall I bed, wonders Sookie?

Don't you just hate when there are several hunky men panting after you?

Yeah, me neither.

This is the most sexual of the series to date, and it's not the strongest outing possibly for that reason. The story is pretty straightforward, and it's not as if there's a lot of room for suspense. Plenty of room for "who wins the fair maid," however. Now, I am not one to whinge about some smexy goins-on, but there needs to be either more or less of them to make this work.

Still and all...the series is as addictive as cocktail peanuts. Stop now? Are you MAD?!


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