All Together Dead

All Together Dead is the seventh book in the Sookie Stackhouse, or Southern Vampire Mystery, series by Charlaine Harris. I took a break from these for awhile because they're very light reads, though nice to interject in between the larger books to give your brain a break. The whole series would be a great beach read if you're so inclined. Perfect for the pool that is noisy with children because you don't really have to pay too close attention.

In the previous book, Sophie-Anne Leclerq, Queen of Louisiana, wed and subsequently may have murdered her new husband King of Arkansas, Peter Threadgill. Thus, she must stand trial at the vampire summit to be held in All Together Dead. She has requested that Sookie travel in her entourage so that she might commandeer Sookie's telepathic skills. During the summit, there may be other humans who do no have Sophie-Anne's best interest at heart and Sookie is there to suss them out. Sookie's new shifter boy toy, Quinn, will also be in attendance, in a business nature as well as his company is planning the event. Tagging along are a number of other vamps including, of course, Eric and Bill. Bill and Sookie are not a couple in this book after she learned some disturbing news about their relationship in the previous book.

All hell breaks loose at the summit when vampires are suspiciously murdered left and right. It is clear someone is out to get a number of them and it's up to Sookie and her telepathic friend Barry Bellboy to find out as much as they can and aid in the safe-keeping of multiple vampire kings and queens. Who could be behind these dastardly plans? If you've read any of these, I'll give you one guess.

I liked All Together Dead because I appreciated the new setting. Things were getting old for me in Bon Temps. I also liked Sookie's interactions with the Queen and other vampires that are new to this series. I think I still have 4 books left which shouldn't take that long to get through. They're extremely fast reads but enjoyable all the same. Good guilty pleasures.

And lucky me, True Blood is back on HBO! The new season just started a couple weeks ago and already it is crazy good. There are some divergences from the books but they also provide interesting unexpected twists so it's okay. I also saw an interview with Alan Ball in which he said if you're a fan of the 4th book, you'll be happy with this season. YEA! I really liked the 4th book because Eric is loads better than vampire Bill. So, I'll be happy to see more of him this season.