And, some interactions with Sookie’s other boys occur, leaving Quinn just as uncertain as Sookie and the reader as to where those relationships stand.Īlthough lots of exciting events occur, with lots of action, there’s not much emotion. Several mystery threads are also woven into the narrative, but the solutions are rather obvious. Barry, her fellow telepath, is there and it is clever that they can communicate via their minds. networking and differing political aims converging. The summit is exciting, with vampires from throughout the U.S. The Queen of the Louisiana vampires is being put on trial, and Sookie is part of her entourage, tasked with detecting subversion through the humans in attendance. After we hear her reasons for going on the summit for about the third time, she finally boards a plane. There are also some lackluster discussions about her many confusing relationships. The buildup of the summit continues as Sookie goes about her life and almost everyone she knows sits her down and has a serious conversation about why she shouldn’t go. I missed the emotional build-up, and that this hasty sexual encounter happened within the first 35 pages of the book left me with an uneasy feeling as to what the rest of the story would bring emotionally. Although this creates a sense of continuity from the previous book, it shocked me. After a passionate kiss and a roommate’s hasty retreat, the two quickly consummate their relationship. Sookie comes home from this meeting and several other errands to find her current boyfriend, Quinn, running out of her house to greet her. This was, of course, helpful for someone like me who’s missed the latest news, but I’ve seen needed information reintroduced in a much more innovative fashion than a big info dump. It wasn’t the most thrilling way to start a book, especially one of Harris’, because those meeting were basically catching everyone up on their forthcoming summit. The book started off with human telepath Sookie Stackhouse attending a meeting of vampires. The seventh book in Harris’s Southern Vampire Mysteries series, All Together Dead, wasn’t altogether great.

All together dead by charlaine harris