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There is a little something for everyone here: romance, mystery, and supernatural thrills and chills. Club Dead introduces new and entertaining characters - Alcide Herveaux, surveyor and Southern werewolf; Lorena, Bill's "maker;" Russell Edgington, the vampire King of Mississippi - and of course, we see more of Eric Northman and Elvis Bubba.
In Club Dead - book 3 in Charaline Harris' Southern Vampire Series - Sookie Stackhouse must infiltrate the supernatural community in Jackson, Mississippi, in order to rescue her boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton.Again, something must be said of the setting. The fact that the story took place in Mississippi made it slightly less interesting for lack of a better word.
I really want to give this one 3 1/2 stars. If there's one thing Charlaine Harris is incredibly good at, it is creating memorable and original characters.
I just love Bon Temps, Louisiana so much - the offbeat characters and unconventional places - it's a little disappointing to have the story move to a different city. Fortunately, Club Dead has a couple of qualities that make up for the lamentable change of setting.
Charlaine Harris has masterfully combined several genres in her Southern Vampire Series. Now that I've read past what I've seen in HBO's TrueBlood, I can't wait to see where the series goes next.
This is probably my favorite so far that I've read in this series, maybe I'm finally getting to know the characters or maybe this storyline was more fleshed-out, I'm not sure. But I did feel this story moved along really well. I did think there was a little higher "gross out" factor than previous books in this series.
He, like Sookie, is recovering from hearbreak, as his ex-girlfriend (the extremely unlikeable Debbie Pelt) has recently gotten engaged to another man. With "Club Dead," Harris has written a book that stays true to her style and characters. Readers will notice the absense of Bill, as the premise of this book surrounds the disappearance of Sookie's vampire boyfriend. He is a strong, confidant, and extremely likeable character. Readers of other Harris novels, particular other Southern Vampire novels, will seriously enjoy this addition to the storyline of Sookie and her band of supernatural friends and acquaintances. Sookie somewhat resentfully looks for Bill, as she learns early on of his recent liasons with an old vampire girlfriend.
Sookie has a variety of other, in my opinion more suitable, options. Readers can expect to be wholeheartedly entertained by this enthralling read. One thing I particularly enjoyed about this novel is the relationship between Bill and Sookie, more specifically, the fact that Sookie is hurt but not destroyed by his infidelity. Her journey takes her to Missippi, accompanied by Alcide, a were, where she visits befriends the King of Mississippi in order to gain entrance onto his compound where it is believed that Bill is being kept. Alcide is perhaps the most enjoyable new character we are introduced to in this book. Unlike other novels that include a romance, the book does not fall apart upon the separation of the couple that we have grown to enjoy over the past two novels.
He could send people of his own do the same job.why risk a war.Even with these less developed issues, this book is very good and dificult to put away. Does he have any special skill, power or contacts.
This leads to the first serious chalange to Sookies amourous relationship. Just like living politics.The Queen of Louisiana requests a service from Bill - a secret service.
If you want to know more about this great story watch the following small Written teaser trailer:Sookie talking to the mighty Erik and he is saying "Bill lyed to you";A creepy club and a car moving on its own, without driver;Erik talking with Sookie in BED;Burly bykers facing Sookie and a big powerfuly built green eyed man.This story has lot of action, introduces a great new character - Alcides Herveaux (finally someone I really like in this series), develops the shapeshifter world, and the big shots of the vampire politics move pawns leading to a state of near war; we learn of Bills maker and his past; Bubba's back again, etc.This work doesn't get the 5 star award because it misses some serious points (SLIGHT SPOILERS): 1 - The question of werewolf reproduction must be clarified; it simply can't be the way it is put.2 - Why Bill. The love of her life, although dead, used to be her companion, but now he looks like a stranger.
And an absent stranger after he goes on a mission out of state and dissapear. Why does the Queen of Louisiana wanted him to do that mission, and why the King of Mississipi wanted so badly its result.
Waiting for the next one.
This was much better than Book 2, Living Dead in Dallas, which I also read this year.Book 2 was loosely used as inspiration for Season 2 of the HBO series, and I actually thought the TV season was better. But what vampire love story doesn't.Despite the humor I find in the poor writing and holes in the plot, yes, I am going to continue to read the series. It's easy to see why they are so addicting though. Harris's other series a try. And contain numerous errors in the plots that a good editor should have caught.However, as I said, Book 3 was much better since there was an element of suspense that hasn't been ruined by television yet. I kept telling myself, "I could write this and write it better." Harris's timing at jumping on the Vampire Popularity Train paid off.
In the end, the books aren't very complex. They are extremely repetitive. So, yesterday I finished Book 3 of Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series, Club Dead. And they aren't pretty. Book 3 also spends a lot of time visiting characters that are werewolves. I may even give Mrs. Harris celebrates their flaws and handicaps which actually makes them feel more real on the page, despite there not really being a lot on the page.It's definitely fluffy beach reading, although that sounds so cliché.
Their relationship is even becoming stressed. Maybe I just expected more from the book since I'd already watched the season and knew what it was about, only to be let down when I discovered it was much different.Harris is a very simplistic writer, and I often stopped reading to admire the fact that someone actually published what I was reading. They don't require a lot of thought.Harris's characters aren't very complex either. I also enjoyed seeing Sookie spend much of the story away from Bill. Yes, I already know that they don't stay together, so no need to tell me. I like them though because I can relate to their southern disposition, being from the south myself. But then again, the vampire genre itself has become cliché too, right.
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