The Kari AnnAlysis

Posts Tagged ‘maenad’

Released: April 29, 2003

As I read this book, it made me think a lot of the Stephanie Plum series. But before I tell you why, let me tell you what happens in this book.

Trouble is once again brewing for Miss Sookie. And this time her mind reading duties have to save her beloved vamp Bill. Who would’ve thought that she, a crazy mortal, would be able to save the undead? For this, she heads to Mississippi and plays pretend girlfriend to another unhuman. There’s death, there’s destruction, there’s blood and of course, there’s some heat (in more than one way).

When I said this book reminded me a lot of the Stephanie Plum novels, it is for a couple of reasons.
1. Once again Sookie is in trouble. It’s dangerous, but she does what she has to do. No matter the scenario, Stephanie also always finds herself in trouble, and always gets through it.
2. There are so many scrumptious men that Sookie has to choose from. In this series, Bill reminds me of Morelli. Eric reminds me of Ranger and Alcide reminds me Diesel.

And while we’re on the Stephanie Plum page, I have realized how much I really like how authors who write a series keep us informed without repeating too much. I like how in this series, as well as the Plum series, if you miss a book (how dare you) or haven’t read one in a while, you won’t miss out. Everything will be explained as if it was the first in the series, but it’s never repetitive. I really, really like that!

One thing about this book that I really liked was we FINALLY found out who Bubba is. I’m not going to spill it for you if you haven’t read it yet, but I think you’ll be pleasant surprised. I sure was. I know that is a silly reason for me to like a book, but it’s the little things!

I also liked that with the start of each book, we get another “creature” if you must. First we were introduced to the vampires. In the second book,we were introduced to the maenad and in this one, we meet werewolves and even a goblin. The only thing about all the different players is a few times I had to re-read parts to remember who was what.

And when it came to the weres, there was a time or two where it said “were” as in werewolf and I read it as were (We were going). I was sooo confused about the grammar until I realized I was the wrong party

I actually got through this book quicker than the other ones in this series. I liked Sookie from the get-go, but I’m really liking her now. She’s kicking butt and taking names. I was not a big fan of Bill in this book. He did some things that would’ve made me not want to save him. Sookie may be more of a woman than I am. But I like the variety of other characters we get to meet. They make not take a swim in every book, but I like that we get a little splash from them and others I expect to see again later, or at least I hope so.

This has been my favorite Sookie book so far. I give it 4 bookmarks.

Sookie Stackhouse Series
1. Dead Until Dark
2. Living Dead in Dallas