Deadlocked - Charlaine Harris

It’s vampire politics as usual around the town of Bon Temps, but never before have they hit so close to Sookie’s heart…

Growing up with telepathic abilities, Sookie Stackhouse realized early on there were things she’d rather not know. And now that she’s an adult, she also realizes that some things she knows about, she’d rather not see—like Eric Northman feeding off another woman. A younger one.

There’s a thing or two she’d like to say about that, but she has to keep quiet—Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana (and Arkansas and Nevada), is in town. It’s the worst possible time for a human body to show up in Eric’s front yard—especially the body of the woman whose blood he just drank.

Now, it’s up to Sookie and Bill, the official Area Five investigator, to solve the murder. Sookie thinks that, at least this time, the dead girl’s fate has nothing to do with her. But she is wrong. She has an enemy, one far more devious than she would ever suspect, who’s set out to make Sookie’s world come crashing down.

WARNING: THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TINY SPOILERS!!
So after much anticipation (a whole freaking year) we have the new Sookie Stackhouse book. With only one more after this one I feel kinda sad. I don’t want it to end but I know that as they say "all good things come to an end". Also sorry this has taken me soo long to get the review up but I’ve just not had the time and now after almost 3 weeks having read it I’m having a hard time recalling everything that happened in the book, LOL!! So this review will probably just be short and sweet - like me...hahahaha!!

In this book Sookie is still dealing with her cousins Claude and Dermot living in her house. She still does not know if they are there for her or if they can sense the presence of the cloir dyvor (I’m sure my spelling is wrong - I will have to check the book when I get home). Also, her relationship with Eric is teetering on the edge.

The beginning has Sookie going over to Eric’s house (after being warned to stay away by his day man and Pam) because Felipe is in town and he has questions about Victor’s death. When Sookie gets there she finds Eric drinking from another girl and after throwing a hissy fit the girl leaves only to be found later that evening dead in his front yard. Who killed her and why?

Enter Beehl...um I mean Bill. He is now the Area 5 Investigator so he begins to look into the girl’s death. What is revealed is something Sookie never in her life imagined!! They find out that the girl had drank fairy blood before entering Eric’s house unannounced to make her more irresistible to Eric. But where did she get the fairy blood? The truth sends Sookie’s world tumbling upside down!

Also Sookie still has the cloir dyvor and Eric has basically asked Sookie to use it to help him get out of his contract with the marriage to the Queen of Oklahoma. Sookie thinks that Eric should get out of the contract on his own without her using the power of the cloir dyvor.

In the end Sookie ends up using the cloir dyvor to save Sam’s life. She did not hesitate and was glad that her paranoia in carrying it around with her actually paid off.

So with the last book due out next year there is one question that needs to be answered (I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking it): Who will Sookie end up with?

Okay as much as I love Eric (Even though Charlaine Harris is making him out to be completely different than he was before. I mean if book 2 Eric met book 12 Eric I’m sure book 2 Eric would kick book 12 Eric’s whiny little ass all over the place. I say this because the Eric I fell in love with would not have worried about some "contract" to marry another woman. If he wanted Sookie and only Sookie that is what he would have had damn the consequences. I want to tell Ms. Harris she was confusing Eric and Bill’s character traits which in my book is NOT okay!!) I just have this feeling that she will not end up with him.

Also, I don’t think she will end up with Bill either (but if she does Lord help me!!). I’ve had this feeling since starting the books that it would be Sam and her in the end and I still kind of see that happening. Which I honestly do not mind. I mean if Sookie and Eric can’t be together I would much rather see her with Sam than pathetic, whiny Bill!!

Happy Reading,
Mindy

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Fifty Shades of Grey - E.L. James

When literature student Anastasia Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Christian Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent Ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her, too—but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana hesitates. For all the trappings of success—his multinational businesses, his vast wealth, his loving family—Grey is a man tormented by demons and consumed by the need to control. When the couple embarks on a daring, passionately physical affair, Ana discovers Christian Grey’s secrets and explores her own dark desires.

Well alas my fellow book nerds I am BACK!! Yes finally!! So after almost six months....YES SIX MONTHS of not reading I finally finished a book and I can feel that old feeling coming back!! YIPPEEE!!

I owe E.L. James a huge debt of thanks for knocking me out of quite possibly my longest EVER reading rut.

So over the last couple of months I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about the Shades of Grey trilogy. Well I decided to give it a try and see what I thought of it.

The story took off in an instant and it never let go. From the immediate meeting between Christian and Anastasia there is a palpable tension between them. Also, you gotta love a girl who literally trips over her own two feet into the office of one the world’s richest men.

Anastasia is of the belief that she’s gawky and well not really all the pretty as in comparison to her friend and roommate Kate. Although, she has guys constantly vying for her attention. I guess she is just to oblivious to it. The whole time I was reading this I kept hearing the song You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful by One Direction in my head, LOL!! I feel that the lyrics to that song described Ana perfectly.

Christian knows his affect on women and he’s bound and determined to have Anastasia Steele in his bedroom. Yes he’s rich. Yes he’s good looking but mostly he’s a very tortured soul. He has demons that as of this book are slowly being revealed but I’m sure we’ll learn more over the next two. (Again you guys know I love me a tortured hero, LOL!!)

Finally, Christian convinces Ana to give him a chance but soon she finds out that this man with the cool exterior is hiding a very deep and naughty secret. He’s a Dominant and he wants Ana to be his Submissive. He proposes this to her in the only way he knows how...a business deal. But Ana has wanted more out of life and soon she’s got Christian wanting to give her more and this takes him by surprise.

This book is filled with hot, sexy scenes that will make your heart race and if you read them in public maybe blush just a wee bit, LOL!!

I’m hooked on this series and can’t wait to see how the relationship of Ana and Christian evolves. I will be reading them but first I gotta read the next installment in the Sookie Stackhouse series...Deadlocked!!

So if you are looking for a hot (and I do mean HOT) read then this is the book for you. Now warning if you are not into stuff like BDSM and the like then I don’t recommend it. I read this and afterwards realized something about myself...with this and loving Vishous from The Black Dagger Brotherhood books who is also into BDSM maybe this is a pattern forming...hmmm....something to contemplate, no?

Hugs,
Mindy
The Romance Book Nerd

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