![]() Sookie, it’s been a fun ride, but I won’t be sorry to see your story brought to a conclusion, at long last. I guess I’ll have to wait a year to find out if I’m right. I won’t go into detail, because that would be a bit spoilerific. If I understand the end correctly (and I think I do), then the stage is set for what I’ve believed for some time will be the series finale and Sookie’s happily ever after. So what do we get? A mystery that’s not very mysterious, a bunch of werewolf drama, fae intrigue and plotting, a random phone call from an ex-lover, and some very slow-moving changes in Sookie and Eric’s relationship. However, I do feel that Deadlocked, with a bit of pruning and editing, could have encompassed a good wrap-up and spared us the year of waiting we’ll now have until the next book comes out. Clearly, the author is trying to spin out the story until we get the final book in 2013. ![]() ![]() Not to say that there aren’t plot developments - but not really enough of them, or ones weighty enough to sustain an entire novel. If only we were spared even a few of her countless showers, this book would have been a lot shorter. Endless, endless detail about the minutiae of Sookie’s life. Just as the first book in this series Deadlocked, Wise is able to maintain the fast paced action and keep the reader interested and invested in the lives of Laura, her children, and Billy. I could go on and on… which is what Charlaine Harris does in this book. – that she applies make-up more heavily on days when she’s feeling down… – how much thought she puts into what she wears – whether or not she shaves her legs each day Twelve books in, the Southern Vampire series has run its course and then some. ![]() ![]() Book Review: Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris ![]()
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