Club Dead – Charlaine Harris

Jul 18, 2009 by shanyn

Title: Club Dead
Author: Charlaine Harris

From Booklist: Sookie Stackhouse is having man trouble. Her vampire boyfriend, Bill, has been distant and inattentive lately. Then he announces that he is going on a business trip, which clearly is more than it seems. After a werewolf tries to abduct Sookie at work, Bill’s boss, Eric, tells her that Bill fell under the sway of his–Bill’s, that is–ex, a sexy vamp named Lorena, and has been kidnapped. Eric wants Sookie’s help in getting Bill back, and despite her hurt over Bill’s betrayal, Sookie agrees to go to Jackson, Mississippi, to find her wayward lover. Eric has persuaded Alcide, a dashing werewolf, to get Sookie access to Josephine’s, aka Club Dead, the local hangout of Jackson’s supernatural element. In between dodging kidnappers, the advances of amorous Eric, and her growing feelings for Alcide, Sookie has to find out who kidnapped Bill and figure out a way to rescue him.

For me, this is the Sookie novel that really cemented my interest in continuing the series.

What really did it for me were the relationships – in the first two books, everyone was still getting to know one another – things were in the first steps of friendships/romances, and it didn’t seem quite real (hah). In Club Dead, relationships are tested and started to evolve – it isn’t just “Sookie likes Bill” anymore.

I probably don’t have to say much about the action/suspense scenes except that there are a ton. Hopefully none of you are reading the Sookie novels hoping for peace and quiet.

Perhaps my favorite thing about Club Dead is that my favorite character gets introduced (Alcide)!

If you haven’t joined yet, Beth Fish Reads is hosting a Sookie Stackhouse challenge – head over there and sign up! And if you haven’t read Club Dead – get to it!

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