All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7)

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All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse #7)

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Betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse must now not only deal with a possible new man in her life—the oh-so-handsome shapeshifter Quinn—but also contend with a long-planned vampire summit. With her power base weakened by hurricane damage to New Orleans, the local vampire queen is vulnerable to those hungry for a takeover. Soon...more

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Published April 25th 2008 by Ace Books (first published May 1st 2007)

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Nov 09, 2008 Logan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, mystery-thriller, blood-suckers, the_south_will_rise_again

You know the worst thing about these books? They're like cotton candy. On face they look incredibly filling and satisfying but then you bite into them and the fluffy candy mass turns into so much sugar and you're just as hungry when you're finished as you were when you started. Except now you're out of money and your mom wants you to ride the Ferris wheel with your little sister.

I've devoured all seven of the Sookie books and now I want more, except there aren't any more. Yet. No one should conf...more

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Nov 07, 2008 Becky rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-and-thrillers, vampires, romance, reviewed, fantasy, 2008, the_south

**POSSIBLE SPOILERS**

Again, I have to mention that this series is in desperate need of a decent editor. I mentioned this in my review of Book 5 (Dead as a Doornail):
"Jason's boss is Shirley (Catfish) Hennessey in Book 4, but in Book 5, all of a sudden he's Shirley (Catfish) Hunter. What?!?" In Book 7, we're now back to a version of Hennessey, although it's misspelled as "Hennessy".

This series as a whole, is interesting, mysterious and sexy. I feel the need to find out where this is all going,...more **POSSIBLE SPOILERS**

Again, I have to mention that this series is in desperate need of a decent editor. I mentioned this in my review of Book 5 (Dead as a Doornail):
"Jason's boss is Shirley (Catfish) Hennessey in Book 4, but in Book 5, all of a sudden he's Shirley (Catfish) Hunter. What?!?" In Book 7, we're now back to a version of Hennessey, although it's misspelled as "Hennessy".

This series as a whole, is interesting, mysterious and sexy. I feel the need to find out where this is all going, but this book certainly felt like it was missing something that contributed to the earlier books' "unputdownability."

Maybe it was Sookie and Bill's relationship, which I loved, that kept me wanting more. Even though I knew it couldn't last through the entire 8 book series (so far, anyway), I have held out hope for their relationship. There are hints that a reconciliation may be in the works, but it seems unlikely that will happen at this point.

The more I think about the later books in the series, the more Sookie frustrates me. She burns bridges before she's even crossed them fully, and cuts people entirely out of her life, for the silliest reasons I have ever seen. She holds grudges and makes off-the-cuff life-changing decisions that make no sense to me. Maybe it is her sense of pride that causes her to do this, or maybe she is jaded by being able to know peoples' intimate thoughts, I just don't know.

I still don't understand why she was so upset with Alcide. Please, someone explain it to me. Really. So he knew about Debbie. So? He had abjured her, and its not like he was going to turn Sookie in, or kill her. I think that Sookie was pissed at him for having the audacity to know what happened and still like her.

Or, how about this mystery... Why was Sookie angry with Quinn after finding out he was a fighter? Hmm? These things are lost on me. I don't get what the big deal is.

But anyway, I'm ranting. Nothing was resolved for me in this book like I had hoped at the end of the 6th book. I'll renew that hope for the 8th book, and also up the ante and hope that Sookie learns to relax a little and stop acting so damn high & mighty. She is not perfect herself, so I wish she would stop expecting others to be. *nod*
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May 07, 2013 Richard rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rating: 3.4* of five

The Publisher Says: Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse has her hands full dealing with every sort of undead and paranormal creature imaginable. And after being betrayed by her longtime vampire love, Sookie must not only deal with a new man in her life—the shapeshifter Quinn—but also contend with the long-planned vampire summit.

The summit is a tense situation. The vampire queen of Louisiana is in a precarious position, her power base weakened by hurricane damage to...more

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Aug 15, 2009 Kristin rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: no one--watch Alan Ball's version.

Recommended to Kristin by: Alan Ball--I blame you!

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. OK, so I love the HBO series "True Blood" and wanted to learn more, so, like a fool, I went to Amazon.com and bought a specially priced box set of the first 7 books. What. A. Mistake.

The first two books of the series, "Dead Until Dark" and "Living Dead in Dallas" were passable. The author certainly has a great imagination, which is the foundation of great storytelling.

But the main character, Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic waitress from Bon Temps, LA., is an unbearable, anti-feminist, hypocritical...more

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Nov 26, 2008 Katty rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: laughed-out-loud

My absolute favorite Sookie stackhouse to date. A lot of stuff happens in this book, but towards the end the action is great and goes somewhere you weren't really sure Ms. Harris would take you. Sookie travels to a Vampire Summit with Queen Sophie-Ann's entourage, which lends to some hilarious moments with different vamps and the fangbangers at their side. Like I said before, there is a lot more action then in previous books which is just exciting. Plus Quinn and Eric play for sookie's interest....more

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Nov 03, 2008 Miranda rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire-fiction

Snooze fest. The avalanche of characters and the painful descriptions of the wedding just came so ridiculous, and I had to skip many pages. I am not the biggest fan of Quinn -- so that could be my reluctance to this book. I just wish Sookie would go to Eric and stop fighting her feelings.

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Jul 22, 2009 Shannon (Giraffe Days) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires, urban-fantasy, 2009, mystery-suspense

Sookie Stackhouse is becoming quite the popular waitress - for her telepathic gift, mostly. She accompanies the vampiric Queen of Louisiana and her entourage to the vampire summit near Chicago, in order to read the minds of the human hangers-on to the other vampires. In the aftermath of her disastrous wedding and Katrina, the Queen is facing a trial over the murder of her vampire husband, Peter Threadgill, and the dispute of his territory, Arkansas.

Sookie soon finds herself in demand as well as...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Misha rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: novel, vampires, 2010

One of the consequences of reading these in rapid succession is that it's easier to catch continuity errors. I'm on Chapter 2 and have spotted two. Harris has Sookie think about how she's 26, but Sookie was 26 in the very first book and more than a year has elapsed since the events in that book. She also thinks about how Selah Pomphrey has been dating Bill for "weeks," but Selah has been dating bill since Book 5, and that book was set in late winter/early spring. This book is set in late Septemb...more

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Oct 07, 2008 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy, sookie-stackhouse

If Book 6 of the Sookie Stackhouse series was a turning point, then Book 7, All Together Dead, is the drawing of battle lines. Vampire politics, were politics, and an upsurge of human fanatic reaction to the undead are all in the forefront of this plot, making it arguably one of the most substantial of the Sookies to date.

Sookie is called upon to join the party of the Queen of Louisiana for a vampire summit in the (fictional) city of Rhodes. Once there, she has all sorts of competing pulls for h...more

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Dec 28, 2008 Maggie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, read-2008, paranormal-fantasy

This book was a hit for me. I love this series, even though it doesn't make me smarter or a better person for having read it. And even though it's totally unbelievable and Sookie is nothing like me, and a little silly.

In All Together Dead, she's heading to the Vampire summit, the Vampire Queen of Louisiana(that's right, Queen of Louisiana, see above paragraph)plans to use Sookie's telepathic abilities. She and Quinn are hot and heavy and Eric and Sookie's relationship also moves to another level...more

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Feb 18, 2009 Jim rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal-urban

Still very entertaining, but I was disappointed by her adding creatures from another dimension that could become invisible. It was a bit too much for me. The parts could have been handled by other supernatural creatures without going so far afield. It went too far beyond the scope of the world she's created without a good reason.

Also, the setup by the Fellowship was too transparent & unrealistic. The security lapses were just too gross & the scheme was ludicrous.

I did like finding out m...more

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Jul 17, 2011 Viktoria rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011

Sookie got hired by the queen of Louisiana. So she has to attend a vampire summit in Rhodes ans read all the humans for the queen and tell her whether they are honest or not. Eric, Pam and Bill are also in Rhodes, as well as many other vampires. And Quinn, who has to prepare all the ceremonies (like for trials or weddings). Not just the trial against the queen, but also the Fellowship of the Sun keeps Sookie busy.
This book felt like a good crime novel. Murder and suspicions, plots against the va...more

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Dec 13, 2008 Tonya rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Best one in the series! Easy read, Eric comes center stage for sure. A Bill fan no longer am I.

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Jul 24, 2010 Edna Lyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, urban-fantasy

4.5 stars.

Pretty much from start to finish, I adored All Together Dead. Sure the reveals in it were pretty damn glaring but I definitely was entertained. It was interesting how Harris wrote it with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It certainly brought more dire circumstances for the Louisiana group at the summit.

Sookie's romantic life wasn't holding this book down at all, it's quite obvious, at least to me, who she's meant to be with. ERIC. Judging by his actions/comments and even Pam's comm...more 4.5 stars.

Pretty much from start to finish, I adored All Together Dead. Sure the reveals in it were pretty damn glaring but I definitely was entertained. It was interesting how Harris wrote it with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It certainly brought more dire circumstances for the Louisiana group at the summit.

Sookie's romantic life wasn't holding this book down at all, it's quite obvious, at least to me, who she's meant to be with. ERIC. Judging by his actions/comments and even Pam's comments, he cares deeply for Sookie. There are some telling signs from Sookie as well. Overall, I gotta say they have the best chemistry. I can't see how they wouldn't end up together, no matter that Quinn seems like a nice guy.

Quinn's history is finally told, why he's so well known (and even awed) among the supes. It's pretty tragic and I do hope he gets a happy ending with his love life, that is unless Harris decides to assassinate his character or something a la Bill, LOL. Just to note, I do think he and Sookie make a nice couple but I don't think it'll work out.

Bubba was not in here besides a passing mention but Pam had her largest appearance ever so that did tide me over. I continue to think it's hilarious and awesome that she backs Eric/Sookie. I mean I know it's loyalty to her master, she wants him happy but part of me thinks she believes they make perfect sense as well. Besides her interest in Sookie's love life, readers finally hear who Pam was before she turned and how she came to meet Eric. That background was long overdue, let me tell ya.

Barry the bellboy from Living Dead in Dallas appears with a bigger role as telepath to Stan, the now King of Texas. He and Sookie kind of bond over their shared abilities. I thought it was nice for Sookie to have someone like him to talk to and experiment with. I enjoyed their friendship and hope they can get closer together since in this book they ended with differing choices.

The different plots were great. I still believe that non-Bon Temps locations provide the more exciting and action-packed stories. New supes introduced, suicidal assassins, traitors, vampire judicial cases, misplaced caskets and luggage, a mysterious multiple vampire murder, weddings, blood exchanges...fun, fun stuff. (less)

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Mar 29, 2009 Janelle Dazzlepants rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, urban-fantasy

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Aug 13, 2009 Bekkah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 27, 2009 Todd rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Oct 06, 2008 Anastasia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I think the first book in this series came out about the same time as Kim Harrison's preternatural series as well as a few other vampire-related series. I was still carrying a torch for the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series, in hopes that Laurell K. Hamilton would quit putting so much sex in her stories and start writing good alternate fiction again. Add a protagonist whose first name is Sookie (a name I just don't get), and I chose to pass.
Then, at the beach one weekend, I read another book...more

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Feb 22, 2009 Lain rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sookie Stackhouse, mind-reader extraordinaire, is hired by Louisiana's vampire queen to attend the big vampire summit in Illinois. Of course, nothing goes as planned, and the vampires are under attack by both humans and other competing vampire congregations. Sookie must try to determine everyone's real motives and keep the queen, her exes (both vampires, of course), and her current squeeze safe, while keeping herself out of trouble, too.

The best of the Stackhouse books, Book #7 has plenty of su...more

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Aug 10, 2007 LJ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, paranormal_fantasy, louisiana, illinois, female_author

ALL TOGETHER DEAD (Para/Mystery-Sookie Stackhouse-Louisiana/Illinois-Fantasy) – VG
Harris, Charlaine – 7th in series
Ace, 2007, US Hardcover – ISBN: 9780441014941
First Sentence: The Shreveport Vampire Bar would be opening late tonight.
*** Telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse has been hired to protect against non-Vamps at the Vampire Queen of Louisiana at the Chicago Vampire Summit where the Queen must defend herself against charges of murdering her husband. Complicating the situation is that both...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Kristin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: i-own

Ok, I'm just astonished that Sookie hasn't lost her damn mind.

God, these books are a pretty example of the saying "Ignorance is Bliss". Sookie, still hurting over the Bill sitch (and you can't blame her much), is called to stand by Sophie-Anne, the vampress Queen of Louisiana who has proven make Eric's deviousness look like something out of a parlor shop, at a big vampire summit.

This is a book where I'm gonna have to write a short description about because then I know I'll be giving something si...more

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May 22, 2008 Korynn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

For those who can't stand it any longer, Sookie and Quinn finally have some quality time in the beginning. Then her life goes back into the usual chaos she seems to thrive on, in this case a vampire summit during which A LOT of bad things happen and Sookie manages to entangle herself with her former beaus again. I liked this one because there are so many new characters and yet you get a strong impression of each one. Some old characters reveal a little more about themselves, in some cases too mu...more

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Nov 24, 2007 Kathy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

From a blog post I wrote in 2007:

The latest entry in Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries, finds telepath Sookie Stackhouse attending a Vampire summit meeting in Chicago. She's there to gather information for the Louisiana Vampire Queen and also in attendance are her current boyfriend, Quinn the were-tiger, her former boyfriend Bill and former fling Eric, both vampires.

I enjoyed the story (the sex scenes were quite nice) but I did find myself frustrated with Sookie missing some obvious...more

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Apr 17, 2013 Olga rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read

This is my favorite SVM.
I love moody Eric in the Merlotte's parking lot. It's painful to see him like that, but good.
Also I liked the blood bond, the dance scene, all the vampire politics and schemes, Sookie thinking about saving Eric, not Bill and the chance to finally put to sleep the Sookie/Quinn thingy.

I liked this line so much "Theoretically, then, I was delighted and hopeful for my two friends. But I couldn’t feel it. I’d seen awful things, and I’d felt awful things. Now I felt like two d...more

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Aug 09, 2011 Nicole Bedford added it · review of another edition

This reminds me of the whole Edward vs. Jacob in the Twilight series. Now that Bill seems to be out of the way it just leaves Eric and Quinn. Now I am so feeling Quinn in a major way but ever since Eric lost his memory I've been quite partial to him as well. This blood bond between Eric and Sookie sounds serious and I wonder how that is going to work.

Also it seems Charlaine was hinting to Sookie possibly being softened to my dismay by Bill in the upcoming novel, and why did Sookie say Quinn was...more

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Feb 22, 2009 becky rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Finally - we're back to the vamps and in a big way! In this book, Sookie and Quinn have finally gotten together romantically, but they still don't see a whole lot of each other. Having become of interest to the Queen of Louisiana for her telepathic abilities, Sookie (along with the Northern Louisiana vamps) are summoned to Illinois for a big old Vampire Summit. This is post-Katrina Louisiana so the vampire queen is low on cash, missing a few devoted vamps and charged with the killing of her husb...more

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Jan 17, 2009 Nymphsin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Sookie fans the world 'round.

Recommended to Nymphsin by: Hunter's Haven forum

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May 01, 2013 Levian rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Sookie was forced to attend an important vampire summit at Michigan, assisting the Vampire Queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne. Sophie-Anne was weakened during the hurricane Katrina n will be on trial for the murder of her husband. Sookie knew her innocence, yet was hardly prepared for more murders to come her way. the Fellowship of the Sun, an anti-vampire church, continued their protests, making things difficult for not only the vampires. Sookie was reunited with her new telepathic friend, Barry t...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Miraphora rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

Stiamo migliorando. Rispetto ai due romanzi precedenti (3 stelline depresse), questo è da quasi 4 stelline. Quasi, perchè ancora manca quel quid che era presente nei primi romanzi; è sicuramente meno lento e pesante e c'è più azione e meno love story per cui probabilmente il suo essere diverso - anche se non di molto perché lo stile è sempre quello - aiuta molto nel digerire il romanzo. Ad essere sinceri, l'aspetto migliore che fa guadagnare punti al libro, è la totale assenza di Bill dalla scen...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Nicola rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It has only taken seven books, but this one actually had some potential. Of course there were still plot discrepancies, character inconsistencies, dodgy grammar and so on, but it was OK.

The main news from Bon Temps is that Jason and Crystal got married in a ceremony where Sookie promised to stand in for him if he screws up (or screws around) and you know that it won’t be long before she has to pay the price for his stupidity.

Sookie is finally off to the Rhodes summit and is working for the Queen...more

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About Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was wr...more Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.

Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, she had the opportunity to stay home and write, and the resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of writing mystery series, and soon had her own traditional books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.

Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.

When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers. The Southern Vampire books are published in Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Thailand, Spain, France, and Russia.

In addition to Sookie, Charlaine has another heroine with a strange ability. Harper Connelly, lightning-struck and strange, can find corpses… and that’s how she makes her living.

In addition to her work as a writer, Charlaine is the past senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church, a board member of Mystery Writers of America, a past board member of Sisters in Crime, a member of the American Crime Writers League, and past president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. She spends her "spare" time reading, watching her daughter play sports, traveling, and going to the movies. (less)

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