A review by kimberwolf
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris

3.0

I liked but didn't love the last book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. While I enjoyed visited the familiar characters, the plot seemed disjointed and the ending and resolution rushed. Factors that could be influencing my less than stellar feeling about the book: 1) a LOT of time has passed since I read the book just prior to this one. I normally read them as soon as they come out in hardcover, and this one I just didn't pick up until a few weeks ago: an impulse purchase from the paperback section at the grocery store; 2) not enough Eric Northman exposure! 3) after successfully avoiding any spoilers as to how it all winds up, I spoiled the ending for myself by casually and randomly skimming through the "Fan Questions for Charlaine Harris" at the end of the book when I'd finished a reading session right before going to sleep -- one of the questions gave away the ending! It was all anti-climatic reading from that point; and finally, 4) I am also currently watching the final season of True Blood, which I have followed along with faithfully since season one, for better or for worse. The TV series so little resembles the books that my mind kept rejecting things in the story -- different characters are alive or dead in the book vs TV show, different characters are married to each other, and so on. It was a little disconcerting. So maybe I'm not giving it a fair shake. I DID begin to read the excerpt from the first book, called Midnight Crossings, in the author's new series, and it looked promising...