Dead as a Doornail (Southern
Vampire Mysteries, Book 5) by
Charlaine Harris
Wow! I Cant Wait To Read The Other Books.
When Sookies brother Jasons eyes start to change, she knows hes about
to turn into a were-panther for the first time. But her concern becomes cold
fear when a sniper sets his deadly sights on the local changeling
population-and Jasons new panther brethren suspect he may be the
shooter. Now, Sookie has until the next full moon to find out whos behind
the attacks, unless the killer decides to find her first.
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Dead as a Doornail is number 5 in the Southern Vampire Mystery Series. I
was a little apprehensive about reading this one because several
reviewers gave mediocre or poor reviews. Im glad I discarded those and
read the book anyway! While it was not as great as the last two, it was a
good fit in the series and I enjoyed it!
Doornail picks up where book four left off, and Sookie is still trying to settle
down after the Witch War and the Debbie Pelt affair when someone begins
shooting shifters. When some of her two natured friends are victims,
Sookie tries to find the culprit. At the same time, Sookie gets pulled into
Were (wolf) politics when her friend Alcide Herveaux enlists her help to
help his father be elected packmaster of Shreveport. To add t o the drama,
someone sets fire to Sookies home and she is rescued by the mysterious
Charles, the new vampire bartender of Merlottes, and Claudine, her fairy
godmother. The action and drama is nonstop and as with all of Harris
tales, the pages cant turn fast enough!
There are some interesting developments in the relationship department
as well. Alcide uses less than polite means to get Sookies help, which
causes some deterioration of their relationship. I was a little disappointed
by this, because I was rooting for an Alcide-Sookie hook up. Eric, her
vampire lover from Dead to the World (Book 4), is still trying to remember
what happened between them while he was under the witchs spell, which
makes for some nice scenes between the two. And we meet Quinn, a new
shifter that may have a developing relationship with Sookie. I want to like
Quinn, but his character seems a little creepy to me and if he says babe
one more time, Ill scream!! We also see a prickly side to Sookies
personality, which I found a little harsh, but understandable, at times.
As an aside, Im now convinced that Stephenie Meyer ripped off elements
of Harris characters in the Twilight saga. She likes to say that she never
read anything about vampires other than Ann Rices novels, but Im
convinced thats a lie, there are just too many similarities to ignore (e.g., the
changing eye colors, the telepathy, the inability of the telepathic character
to read the mind of his/her beloved). Twilight is still a great saga, but its
obvious Meyer found some inspiration here, in my opinion.
Anywho, this was a great addition to the series, and Ive already started
book six!
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