Valerie's review
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, Book 8) by Charlaine Harris
From Dead to Worse is the eighth book in Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse series. After not liking the last installment overmuch (All Together Dead), I thought FDTW was a nice return to Sookie's roots and the foundation that made the series so good in the first place - Sookie being herself back home in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
This book seemed like somewhat of a transition. After the huge events of the last book and the vampire summit, this book seemed to take a breath and recover a bit.
The cast of characters expands as Sookie meets a relative (or two) that she didn't know she had, and we're also introduced to some witches as Sookie's group of supernatural friends grows. And as always, Sookie's romantic interests are a source of tension in the book as she tries to work out who and what's right for her - shifter, weretiger or vampire.
It also contracts a bit as some characters were written out or killed off. No spoilers here, but it did seem a bit like Har...more
This book seemed like somewhat of a transition. After the huge events of the last book and the vampire summit, this book seemed to take a breath and recover a bit.
The cast of characters expands as Sookie meets a relative (or two) that she didn't know she had, and we're also introduced to some witches as Sookie's group of supernatural friends grows. And as always, Sookie's romantic interests are a source of tension in the book as she tries to work out who and what's right for her - shifter, weretiger or vampire.
It also contracts a bit as some characters were written out or killed off. No spoilers here, but it did seem a bit like Har...more
Oh, good, I'm glad to hear this is a good entry in the series, Val. I really like Sookie as a character, and sometimes she gets lost in the vampire shuffle, like the last book.
I'm starting this one today!
