From Amazon.com...
"Wedding fever has come to Bon Temps, Louisiana! Unfortunately, buxom, blonde, beautiful, and telepathic cocktail waitress Sookie is not the bride-to-be, so she takes the opportunity to travel to New Orleans on family business. As heir to the estate of her newly dead cousin Hadley, Sookie unearths a big secret. Soon it becomes clear that more than a few people will do anything to stop Sookie from looking into Hadley's past. Fresh, fashionable, and a little bit frightening, Definitely Dead is the best entry yet in an endlessly entertaining series."
If I could have skipped this book in the series — I would have.
"Definitely Dead" didn't do anything for me. I wasn't able to connect to Sookie's new man toy and I didn't really buy into the whole dead cousin plot line. I don't know if this is because it's the first book I've tried listening to rather than reading, but I hope that the next book in the series is better (and that it contains a bit more Eric). I feel like I've heard such fantastic reviews of these books that maybe I missed something with this one in particular? I don't know. I will, of course, continue on but I'm really hoping for something with a bit more suspense and a better connection with both the plot and characters.
I will say in regards to Bill, The Queen, and Sookie: I sure didn't see that coming!
I know this is a quick review — but what else can I say? Do you think that by listening to some books, you lose that connection to the characters and plot? Do you multi-task when you listen to audios? Could this be the cause of that lost connection? I don't know, but like I said... I hope the next book revives the series a bit. I loved "Dead to the World " and hope that in the near future Eric plays a larger role in Sookie's life.
Originality: 9/10
Ending: 7/10
Characters: 7/10
Plot: 7/10
My reaction/enjoyment: 5/10
Cover: 0/10
Overall: 35/60
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This extremely short review is also due to the fact that I finished it about three weeks ago — whoops.