Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris

Dead Reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse, #11)

by Charlaine Harris

There?s a reckoning on the way . . .

. . . and Sookie has a knack for being in trouble's way; not least when she witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately falls on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but before she can investigate something else ? something even more dangerous ? comes up.

Sookie?s lover Eric Northman and his ?child? Pam are plotting something in secret. Whatever it is, they seem determined to keep Sookie out of it; almost as determined as Sookie is to find out what?s going on. She can?t sit on the sidelines when both her work and her love life under threat ? but as she?s gradually drawn into their plans Sookie finds the situation is deadlier than she could ever have imagined.

Reviewed by lizarodz on

3 of 5 stars

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I have been reading this series for a while now, and eagerly await my yearly visits with Sookie, but I have to say that books 10 and 11 have been kind of a disappointment to me. 'Dead Reckoning' is a relatively short book and its filled with a lot of mundane, everyday tasks, such as doing laundry or fixing a ham sandwich. Don't get me wrong, a lot of Sookie's expressions and inner thoughts are very funny, and love her 'voice.' It's just that I think Ms. Harris is kind of fluffing the book up with irrelevant things, instead of concentrating on the plot, specially since the series will end with book 13.

'Dead Reckoning' has a lot of characters that we have come to know, like Bill, Eric, Pam, Mr. Cataliades, Alcide, Claude, Amelia, Sam, Hunter and others. There are a few new characters introduced and the conspicuous absence of others, such as Jason. The characters, as always, as well developed and each one was a very distinct voice.

There are a lot of twists and turns in this novel and there is a lot going on in a short period of time. A don't know what to think about the item Sookie found (code name: 'cd') or the new development with Eric, or how out of character certain comments from Bill are, or what are the fairies planning. This book leaves many untied ends and raises more questions than answers.

For those of you who watch 'True Blood', I have to say (like in most instances,) that the books are much better than the series (even though I do watch it.) The novels are always written from Sookie's point of view and therefore we don't get a lot of insight of what is happening to other characters, unless she is told about it or she is involved in the scene, therefore the TV series makes up A LOT of things to fill in the blanks.

I do hope that the next two installments are better and that, at the end, Sookie can find her happy ending. I will still read the remaining books (I am invested in the series now!)

About the cover: I like all of the covers for the series, the art is very nice and always ties in with the title and the plot of the book.

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