About a month ago, I read Sookie Stackhouse #9 Dead and Gone (see review HERE!). I really wasn’t thinking of reading on this series after that one but I did find this one on special so I figured since I’m only 4 books away from the last one, I might as well tough it out. Plus, I hate leaving things hanging. Seeing as True Blood Season 6 starts this Sunday, I felt it appropriate to finish this Book#10 Dead in the Family up.
Dead in the Family is about the healing, conflicts and anger following the last book’s Faery War. Sookie is now in a relationship with Eric. Her fairy cousin Claude asks to move in with her as her great-grandfather Niall had decided to close the portal between the two worlds making the events of the last book feel somewhat stupid and useless. Things get a bit complicated and they revolve mostly around the touchy issues of the two-natured weres and shifters exposing themselves causing Alcide and his pack to have to borrow Sookie’s land to shift. Its there they smell an unknown fairy on her land. This causes Sookie to be worried and to seek help. On the other hand, Eric’s maker suddenly drops by with an unexpected “son” Alexei. All these events eventually spiral out of control, as you’d expect.
I really don’t know how to summarize these plots anymore. This one wasn’t boring like the last one. It was just so scattered and choppy. It was like 20 people (exaggeration, there’s not that many side stories) wrote a different part and put it together without bothering to add a link in between them and the previous books. This caused some things that didn’t really mesh with the characters that has been known. Eric seems to really lose how he usually is, and some parts of it aren’t too logical. Although, if I was being totally logical, I don’t think I’d read these guilty pleasure reads. Claude does a 180 and turns into this caring relative. I mean all this is just the beginning.
There were certain segments that was interesting to read unlike the last book. Even without correlations, it was alright. Not too boring, mostly because there was so much to follow. What drops it a bit more is the ending which ended ridiculously fast. It makes everyone else in the story somewhat silly for not have thought of it in the first place.
Overall, an okay read which shows signs of bringing up questions that have to be considered. We know that the situation will only get worse as always, just depends what path it will go the author will choose. I’m assuming this book is a bridge to connect to the upcoming events. I’ll only know later. For now, I’ll be taking a break from reading these since the season starts soon. It will resume after the season is over(maybe).
Tranquil Dreams 
Oh man, I just finished the last book in the series, and I don’t want to spoil anything… but don’t get your hopes up. For a series closer, I found it very disappointing. I think these characters deserved better, and it seemed like Harris had just phoned it in.
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I seriously don’t expect much…I have the next 2 books sitting on my shelf but I’m only going to get to them later this year. The last 3 have been pretty underwhelming but its just for the sake of finishing them off..haha! Probably much like how Harris felt when she ended it up 😉
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