It's been a month since Sookie was in Jackson trying to save her cheating, now ex-boyfriend from a crazy group of vampires that were trying to kill him. So it's somewhat surprising when Bill (cheating ex) shows up on her porch step telling her he's off to Peru of all places for the forseeable future, oh and could she watch his house for him?
Adding to it, driving home from Merlotte's one night she comes across a half naked man running down the side of the road. Low and behold it's the haughty Eric; only he has no idea who he is or why he's running or who Sookie is.
When the Shreveport Vamps find out Sookie has Eric, they ask her to hide him in her home while they sort through the mess with some crazy, wacked out witches. Sookie and her brother Jason agree, but then Jason myseteriously disappears and Sookie is left (mostly) alone trying to help Eric, search for her brother, and try to stick to her New Years Resolution of not getting beat up.
This is the 4th in the series and it was much better than Club Dead. Eric was probably the best part of Club Dead and I looked forward to more of him in this book, even if his character wasn't really ... him. I had a hard time liking this new Eric becaue he lacked that sarcastic, egocentric wit that Eric just exudes. There are a light spoilers ahead so please be warned ...
And then there's Sookie and Bill. This is hard because I realize the author wants/wanted to move past Bill but ... I just don't believe Sookie cares about Eric the way she cared about Bill. Maybe that's intentional. Or maybe I'm just biased. But the believability was there for me in the first two novels with Sookie and Bill and with Sookie and Eric it's just sort of ... not there.
As also happens in series novels, the author spends several annoying paragraphs doing the "Last time on Sookie Stackhouse..." routine which I realize is necessary but it kind of gets old. I skip those parts. As I'm probably expected too.
I like this series and I think the whole storyline is interesting and worth following along. Louisianna is a good backdrop and I can imagine quite clearly what some of these characters are like. Definitely worth picking up and at 290 pages it's a breeze to finish and easy (light!) to carry around with you.
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