Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse, #13) in Around the World in 80 Books

May 09, 2013 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal, mystery, paranormal-romance-and-mystery, vampires

I have such mixed feelings seeing that this is the final Sookie novel. On the one hand: OH NO!!! I will miss Sookie & Eric et al ... On the other hand: Phew! this series was starting to go downhill.

Still, I was excited to read it.

Unfortunately, glancing (yes, just GLANCING) at other reviews has ruined a lot of this book for me. Sadly, this is not the first time that has happened to me with a popular series ... Why do people do that? Why post a plot spoiler in the first two sentences of the revi ...more

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Apr 23, 2012 Lauren⁷ 💜 rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-has-a-copy, fantasy-science-fiction

3 1/2 stars. I had heard who Sookie ended up with before I read this book, and as a die hard Sookie/Eric shipper, I was fully expecting that I would really dislike this book. And I was figuring that I'd give it two stars or even one and rip the book to shreds in my review. Now you may be asking yourself, "well then, why did you even read it?" The answer to that is because, I've stuck with Sookie and Co. for 12 books and I didn't want to give up on them with one book left in the series, and I als 3 1/2 stars. I had heard who Sookie ended up with before I read this book, and as a die hard Sookie/Eric shipper, I was fully expecting that I would really dislike this book. And I was figuring that I'd give it two stars or even one and rip the book to shreds in my review. Now you may be asking yourself, "well then, why did you even read it?" The answer to that is because, I've stuck with Sookie and Co. for 12 books and I didn't want to give up on them with one book left in the series, and I also plain wanted to finish this series. And I'm glad that I did. I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that I overall enjoyed this book a fair amount. It's far from the best Sookie book, but it's certainly not the worst either. And I didn't feel as though I wasted time reading it. The mystery was pretty good and who the actual villain turned out to be was a decent twist. (view spoiler) And I think every supernatural of consequence who has ever spent any time in Sookie's life in the past 12 books, who isn't dead, made an appearance in Dead Ever After. And the loose ends for most of them got tied up. And it didn't feel like a monster mash either, their respective appearances felt natural and worked well for the story. And I liked seeing how things ended for everyone. (view spoiler) Now, onto to Sookie and Eric........... Well, I was displeased by the fact that they didn't end up together. Royally displeased. I question why Harris gave us all this buildup, only to have Sookie end up with (view spoiler) It's not that I dislike (view spoiler) I think he's a great guy and all, but he's not who I wanted her to end up with. On the other hand, Sookie and (view spoiler) getting together did kind of work in a strange way. And he's certainly not the worst guy she could have ended up with. And he does give her the best chance at having as normal a life as is possible for Sookie. But if it had been me in charge of who she ended up with? I would have done away with the whole Eric's maker promising him to the vampire queen of Oklahoma story line and of course the Sam getting killed and brought back with the cluviel dor story line. And instead had Sookie use the cluviel dor to grant herself eternal youth and beauty or something along those lines. That way she and Eric could have been together for eternity and Sookie wouldn't have had to have been turned into a vampire. Oh well. I suppose that I can be thankful that Harris didn't introduce another new guy and have that guy be who Sookie ends up with. Oh, and for once, I semi-liked the cover. Tiny spoiler, when Niall went back into Faery forever, he blessed Sookie's land with some kind of fae magic that made her entire yard absolutely flourish and grow like it had been dosed with Miracle-Gro on steroids. And the cover hints at that very nicely. So, in conclusion, after 13 books, do I feel this was a series worth sticking with? Yes. It's had its highs and its lows for sure, but overall, this is a very good series. I can't say this series ended on a high note. Nor can I say it ended on a low note. I think it ended on a middling note. It didn't end as well as it could have and the magic of the early Sookie books is long gone, but it didn't end on a terrible note either. ...more

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May 09, 2013 Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-author, paranormal-romance, fae, vamps, shifters

This was absolutely wonderful! I love that Sookie has always held on to her self; that core remained practical Southern good girl, with a heart of gold and good common sense to match. perfect end to a wonderful series, although I hope the sookieverse isn't closed to us completely ...more

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May 08, 2013 Agatha Donkar Lund rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-and-scifi, fiction, 2013

This was terrible, ashamed to know myself, can't believe I read all the way to the end, etc, but if I couldn't have ROCKS FALL EVERYBODY DIES this was a pretty good ending anyway. ...more

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May 15, 2013 Erin (NY) rated it liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, read-in-2013

I am kind of glad this series is over. It was so so so long!!! I liked that most of the stories were neatly tied up, and Sookie ends up with who I was hoping to end up for the entire series.

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